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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Sensational Arrest Ten Year Old Murder Revived DUBBO

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

Led 'by Detective Sergeant D. Caiman, of the C.I.B., who has been working on the case from the outset, police early today…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 1

In the absence of Mr. Debenham, who part heard charges against William Alfred Turner and William James Turner, both were remanded at…

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Committed for Trial BREAKING and ENTERING Two Men Charged

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 6

Remanded to appear at the Quarter Sessions on November 5, Maxwell Eugene Larrence and Colin Frederick Harrison were…

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Soldier Shot By Investigating Police SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 1

Detectives investigating a report that there was an intruder in a house in the Crescent, Mosman, last night, shot a 24-year-old soldier after he…

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Police Court Traffic Breach Charges

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 1

Faulty headlights on a sheep-transport truck were the subject of several charges at the Police Court on Thursday…

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Police Patrols Posted To Prevent Picketing MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 1

Although waterside workers have 'accepted emergency transport arrangements, and will resume work to-morrow, there has been no fresh…

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Committed for Trial Stealing Charge

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 October 1946 · page 1

Charged with stealing a quantity of clothing and jewellery from a hotel room on October 19, Raymond Gray was committed…

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District Court

North West Champion · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 2

In the District Court on Tuesday last, before His Honor Judge Storkey, V.C. Thomas Gregory petitioned for a decree of nullity of the marriage…

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Cemetery Murder Inquest Opens To-Day SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 1

The inquest began today into the death of Joan Norma Ginn, 11, whose strangled and outraged body was found in St. Stephen's Cemetery at…

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Body of Strangled Woman Identified Police Find Blood-Stained Handkerchief SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 1

The body of the woman outraged and strangled in Cooner Park, Wollahra, on Saturday was indentified today as that of…

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Woollahra Murder Victim Identified as Near Recluse Detectives Liken Killing To Camperdown Cemetery Crime SYDNEY

North West Champion · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 1

The body of the woman outraged and strangled in Cooper Park, Woollahra, on Saturday, was identified to-day as that of Mrs. Ada Lambert (45), of Woollahra. Mrs. Lambert, who was a…

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Re-open Police Station

North West Champion · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 8

The Police Station at Pallatnallawa, which was closed down during the war, will be re-opencd soon. That decision was made by the…

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Police Investigating Death In Hospital

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 1

The death of a man in the Ryde Hospital yesterday is being investigated by the police, following the refusal of two doctors to issue a…

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Twelve Months Hard Labour for Theft

North West Champion · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

At a recent court, William Leonard Floyd, aged 34, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen at Bellata £10, the property of Hilton Thomas Drinan,…

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Wool Stealing Charge

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

A quantity of wool which the defendant said he intended to use for filling a bed tick was the subject of a change of stealing, at…

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Manufacturer Charged Evasion of Customs Duty SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 1

In the case in which Joseph Goldberg, footwear manufacturer, of York Street, is alleged to have imported prohibited goods, was adjourned at a…

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Boy on Murder Charge Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 7

The father of Alan William Gould, 14, who has been charged with murder, was given permission to sit beside his son when the…

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Hospital Patient Charged SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

A young woman early today disappeared from a private hospital at Waverley, clad only in pyjamas and dressing gown, and was found three…

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Restoration of Police in Rural Areas

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

Pleading in the Legislative Assembly for a restoration of the police and clerks of petty sessions to the country towns and villages from which…

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Charged With Starting Brawl in Cafe

North West Champion · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 9

At the Petty Sessions Court held on Monday, Sydney James Suey, and Leslie Suey appeared before Mr. A. E. Debenam on a charge of having…

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