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

Courts & crime, 1954

1,297 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 65

Police Boys' Club Activities

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

A burst of hurricane hitting by Tommy Platts, 46 and Peter Pillans, 54 not out, in the last half hour of play in the cricket…

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Child Murder Case Artist Held As Suspect

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

IRUN, Spain. Thursday: Spanish police are holding William Sanches de Pina Hepper, elderly artist, wanted in Britain on a charge of…

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Fire Destroys Holiday Homes Police Inquiring

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thurs:—Detectives are investigating a fire which rased Sir sidnes Show's [?] seaside home at Wamberal. near Gosford…

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Woman Posed As Man Court Revelation

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 5

COLUMBUS (Ohio). Thursday: An embezzler about to be sent to a men's reformatory was disclosed yesterday to be a woman of 35 who had…

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Woman Sent to Gaol Theft of £1458

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: A woman who stole £1458 from her employer to Pay her husband's gambling losses told Judge Rooney today she had been…

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Car Parts Dumped in Waterhole Police Find

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Stolen cars that have been stripped "Just for practice" and then wantonly damaged with blow torches have been recovered by CIB…

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Man Charged

National Advocate · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 2

Following a collision with another vehicle in william. Street on Friday afternoon an Orange man was arrested and charged with driving under…

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Newsagents Fourth Burglary In Six Years

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 2

For the fourth time in six years the premises of Portland newsagents, Messrs. Thomas and Batty, were broken into at the weekend, and damage estimated at more than…

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Daring Theft From Van

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--Masked bandits co-operated in split-second detail to snatch more than £22,000 sterling in cash, cheques…

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Murder Myster Unsolved

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

PARIS, Monday: Eighty-one years old Devil's Island convict, Gillaume Sezneo died in Paris yesterday and took with him the possible solution…

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Car Used in Gaol Escape

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Aft.-- Two young convicts at Bendigo Gaol sawed through their cell bars early today and…

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Month's Gaol To Help Vagrant

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Appearing in custody in today's court on a vagrancy charge, a man was sentenced in be detained at Long Bay…

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Allegation Of Teenage Murder School

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- A Brooklyn butcher, accused of master-minding a teenage "murder school," has been…

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Migrants in court action

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

Two new Australians from Hungary figured in a District Court action before…

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Orange Motorist in Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

A 47 years-old Orange Jeweller, John Paul Keefe appeared at Bathurst Court yesterday on three traffic charges—driving under the influence in William…

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Police Fear Killer May Strike Again

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.--Police are closely guarding a London woman because they fear that a killer who murdered…

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Appeal by Police Delaney to Appear Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Police Commissioner C. J. Delaney has been subplenaed to appear before the Crown Employees' Appeals Board, Which is hearing appeals by…

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Fined for Traffic Offences Cases at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

A heavy list of traffic charges was dealt with by Mr. Dash, S.M, at Bathurst Court yesterday. George Barcynskl, of Went worthville,…

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S.P. Betting Costs Three Men £45 Police raid homes

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

Three men were fined a total of £45 in Orange court yesterday on Charges of S.P. betting. Two of the charges resulted from police raids on private homes last Saturday…

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Butcher Rain 'Murder School' Police Allegations

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK. Tuesday: A Brooklyn butcher, accused of masterminding a 'teenage 'murder school.' has been arraigned on murder…

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