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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,370 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 69

Young Hoodlum to Die Car Theft Murder

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Friday: A 20 years od hoodlum stood before a Judge for sentencing yesterday. The Judge asked the accused Harry…

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Police Confer

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police Commissioner C. J. Delaney conferred at police headquarters today with the Acting Metropolitan Superintendent,…

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Engagement Ring Waverton Murder

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A two-stone diamond engagement ring is providing detectives [?]th One of many difficult lines of investigation into the…

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Monday's Court

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

The list of maters set down for hearing by Mr. Dash, SM, at Bathurst Court on Monday is expected to take the full day to complete…

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Yesterday’s Court

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

An argument between two Yugoslavian women, one from Serbia and the other from Slovakia, was aired in German through an interpreter from Russia, in the Orange Court yesterday…

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Test Cricketer on Murder Charge Ceylon Case

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

COLOMBO, Friday: Ceylon Test cricketer, Mahadeva Sathasivam, will stand[?]trial on March 23 on a charge of having murdered his wife, Ananda…

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Widow to Hang Time Bomb Murder Case

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

MONTREAL Friday: A 43 years old Quebec widow, who joked during two murder trials, was due to to hanged at one minute past midnight…

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Court Heard Record List Last Year

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

The number of cases dealt with at the Orange Court during 1952 established a new record for court hearings. This is revealed in…

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Three Men Charged With Breaking, Entering and Stealing Offences

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

At the Mudgee Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last, before Mr. Dash, S.M., three men were charged with breaking, entering and stealing offences in Mudgee…

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Motorist Charged

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

A migrant motorist, a resident of Bathurst, was charged on Saturday night with driving under the influence and indecent language. At 8.20…

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Waverton's Murder No New Developments

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: There have been no new developments in the search for the killer of 21 years old Shirley Butler at Waverton…

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Mass Murder Farmer's Seven Victims

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Sunday: A 45 years old former in the Orange Free state in South Africa has shot seven people and suicided…

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Bond for Showman Magistrate’s Gaol Threat

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

“No one could feel much sympathy for a man who had failed to honour his ob[?]gations,” said the Magistrate, Mr. C. W English, S.M., in the Orange Court yesterday when Shayne Michael, 29,…

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6 Months Gaol Sequel to Wild Chase Youth Sentenced at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

As a sequel to a 60 mph motor cycle chase through the streets of Bathurst on Sunday night, an 18 years old youth appeared before…

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Theft From Airline Firm Employee Confesses

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday: Police said yesterday that an airline employee had confessed to taking about £A1,700 in cash and cheques from the…

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Law Court Congestion Special Sittings

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Six acting Supreme Court judges today began special vacation sittings to help dispose of some of the 1500 common law suits,…

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After Hours Trading Fines at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

The licensee of the Edinboro Castle Hotel, Thomas Christian Hackers Stevenson, was fined £3 with 12/ costs on a charge of not…

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Drove Under Influence Heavy Fine at Bathurst Court Local Youth's Plea Fails

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

A 22-year-old shoemaker, Leo Percival Smith, of 210 Howick St., was fined £20, default 40 days by Mr. Dash, SM., at Bathurst Court…

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Cruelty to Calf Court Imposes Gaol Sentence

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man alleged to have beaten a calf with a shovel and then killed it with an axe, was sentenced to three months' gaol for…

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Finders Not Keepers Says Magistrate

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

An Italian migrant was put on a good behaviour bond for stealing a bicycle, when police told the court yesterday that…

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