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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 3 of 65

Son on £500 BAIL Wyalong Murder Charge

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: An 18-year-old youth, charged with having murdered his father at a West Wyalong sheep station last month, was granted ball…

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Heiress Weds Father Withdraws Court Action

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: The runaway Bolivian heiress and her ex-Etonian lover married in the Scottish border town of Kelso last night,…

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Latest Local News Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

At the Mudgee Police Court last Thursday, before Mr. Dash, S.M., Claud Harold Thomas was charged with…

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Police Hunt Assassin Case Key Witness

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

DETROIT, Monday.--A police search continued yesterday for Don Ritchie, a Canadian key witness in a prosecution against…

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Case at Gaol

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. K. Dash, SM, will go to Bathurst Gaol today as a visiting Justice to deal with the case of the recent stabbing of a prisoner by a fellow…

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Stealing Charge Is Adjourned

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Police made application for an adjournment in today's court in respect to a stealing charge against Dudley C…

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General News Husband Charged

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Sidney O. Johnson, of Bathurst, charged with apprehended violence again his wife, appeared at Bathurst Court yesterday. The case was…

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£3 Fine for Assault on Landlady

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

A man who was fined £3 in Orange court yesterday for assaulting his landlady was advised by Mr. W. E. MacAndrew S.M., to find somewhere else to boa…

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Police Funeral

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

At Parkes tomorrow afternoon policemen will march at the funeral of Sgt. George Henry Crisp, who died suddenly at Broken Hill…

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Police warning to parents

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Orange police and Mental Hospital authorities yesterday made a joint appeal to parents to keep their children away from the two water tanks in the hospital grounds, the scene…

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Police Boys Club Bathurst Activities

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

The successful activities of the Bathurst Police Boys Club during the past year were reviewed in a comprehensive report submitted to…

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Police Squad Raid Southern Golf Club

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

GOULBURN, This Afternoon. Sydney's 21 Division police today declined to disclose the name of a man arrested at…

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Gaol For Old Offender

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

Six pages of convinctions for offences in three States were recorded against a man who was sentenced to 12 months'…

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Husband Charged with Stabbing

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

Police arrested an English migrant in Portland this morning after he had allegedly attacked and stabbed his…

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Gaol Stabbing Case Inquiry Part Heard

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

The stabbing incident at Bathurst Gaol last week was advanced a further stage yesterday morning When a magisterial…

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Doctors Test Brain Of Murder Suspect

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

MARSEILLES, Wed.--Gaston Dominici, the 77-year-old farmer charged last year with the murder of the Drummond…

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Police Boys' Club Activities

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

The past three weeks has been the quietest period the club has experienced since it was opened in March last year…

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Bank Teller on Murder Charge Manager's Death

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A bank teller was today charged with the murder of bank manager Edwin Nixon, 57. Nixon's body was found last night in…

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Police Act on Graft Allegations

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Police today served summonses on two men following investigation into allegations made by…

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Police Send Mines Report to Cabinet

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

The Attorney General has received the police report on alleged irregularities at the State coal mines at Oakdale…

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