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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

13 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Tennis Court Jottings

The Picton Post · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

On the last Sunday afternoon Chat visited the tennis courts there was a good attendance of players, but notable absentees…

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Tennis Court Jottings

The Picton Post · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 3

"Well, folk. I managed to get around to the courts in good time on Sunday, and was thrilled to see such good roll up—due…

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Tennis Court Jottings

The Picton Post · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

With mild weather prevailing on Sunday, a good crowd turned out for a gams. I arrived early and at a rather inopportune moment as the…

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Picton Police Court

The Picton Post · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

Herbert Keith Wilson, a young ex-railway porter at Thirlmere, was at the Picton Police Court on January 28…

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Young Man Charged Many Offences

The Picton Post · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 1

Eight charges of breaking and entering and stealing were preferred against Jack Alien Bewhey, a youth of 18 years, when…

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Campbelltown Police Court

The Campbelltown News · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

Before Mr. A. B. Collins, Police Magistrate. ALLEN v ELLISON. At the Campbelltown Police Court…

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Campbelltown Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 4

Before Mr. A. B. Collins, Police Magistrate. ALLEN v ELLISON. At t the Campbelltowm Police Court…

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Youth Sentenced

The Picton Post · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 2

Sentences, totalling in all seven and a half years, were passed at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Jack Allen Bewhey…

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Talkie Talk. Macquarie Theatre. Campbelltown. “Grand Central Murder.”

The Campbelltown News · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 6

Van Hefflin, Patricia Dane, and Sam Levene are the featured players in “Grand Central Murder,” showing this Saturday and Mondays—matinee…

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Police Station not to be Closed

The Picton Post · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 1

Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A,, has been informed by the Premier that it is not intended to close the police station at Burragorang as the…

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Oar New Police Magistrate'

The Picton Post · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 1

The Molong Express writes in the following complimentary terms of Mr. R. Donaldson, who has been appointed to succeed…

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Breaking, Entering, and Stealing Five Ration Books Pilfered

The Picton Post · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 1

Arrested by Constable Quinell as Army absentees, two young soldiers, John Harper and Richard Percy Widdop, were charged…

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Circus Lions Shot by Police

The Picton Post · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 5

It's not many men in this district who can claim that traditional posession of the big game shooter, a skin of a lion, as proof of his dull. Probably Constable…

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