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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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A Court Difficulty

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1910 · page 2

Although there is a fairly large number of Justices of the Peace in Wellington, it was impossible to obtain two to constitute a bench on Friday to deal…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 4

At the Court House on Friday, before Mr. A. T. Cochrane, J.P., Alice Craig was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, and convicted…

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Child Starved to Death. Parents Sent to Gaol

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 5

AT the Newcastle Quarter Sessions, Thomas Butler and his wife, who had been found guilty of having starved to death their five-months-old male child, at Carrington, were…

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Increasing the Police Force

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 4

Recent protests against the reduction of the police force in Dubbo appear to have borne fruit. Constable McNamara, an officer who has been in…

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The Land Appeal Court. Sittings at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 2

The Land Appeal Court will sit at the Court House, Dubbo, on Wednesday, the 31st August, for the hearing of the following appeals and…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1910 · page 2

An application by the Mitchell's Crock Gold Recovery Co. for the suspension of the labor conditions on their leases was before the warden on Friday…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Butler, P.M.)

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 23 August 1910 · page 3

Monday (yesterday) was a busy day at the Cobar Police Court. Leslie Dean was fined 4os and 17s costs for allowing billiards to be…

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The Local Police Force

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

Although Constable McNamara is not now to come from Mudgee to Dubbo the decision that the local force is to be increased may be taken as…

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Land Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 1

THE following cases will be dealt with at the Dubbo sittings of the Land Appeal Court which begin at Dubbo on Wednesday, the 31st instant:--…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 23Rd. (Before Messrs. A. T. Cochrane and H. B. Pinnington.) Indecent Behaviour

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 2

WALTER COLLINSON pleaded guilty to indecent behaviour in Talbragar-street in Monday night, and was fined £1, or seven days in gaol. COUNCIL CASES…

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Blunden Divorce Suit. Full Court Again Invoked

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 August 1910 · page 3

A difference having arisen as to the terms of the order made for alimony in the divorce suit of May Constance Blunden against Thomas Blunden, grazier…

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Police Changes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

In the alterations that are being made in the local police force we understand that Sub-Inspector Cameron, in order to secure another foot…

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Land Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 3

THE following cases will be dealt with at the Dubbo sitting of the Lond Appeal Court, which begin at Dubbo on Wednesday, the 31st instant:--…

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Inspection of the Police Force

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

Superintendent Johnston, of Bathurst, was in Dubbo on Wednesday, and inspected the local police force. He expressed himself highly pleased with the…

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Burglary In Marshall-St

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 3

It is some considerable time since [?] has had a burglary to its dis[?] it, but last Saturday night [?] the unpleasant exception…

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The Kensington Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 3

In connection with the death of Ivy O'Brien the detectives have made no further discovering. Suspicious has now fallen on a jockey. The stains on the balcony have been proved to be…

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The Crippen Murder. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 2

Crippen has been charged at Bowstreet with the murder of his wife, and Ethel Le Neve with being an accessory to the murder after the fact…

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Police Inspection

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 4

Superintendent Johnson, of Bathurst, is making an extended tour of the police district under his charge. After inspecting the office in Dubbo, as we…

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French Problem. Gaol-birds As Policemen

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 6

M. Lepine, the versatile and immensely popular Prefect of Poliqe of Paris, is threatened with difficulties with the Government (says the Paris…

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Cambridge Stablk Murder. Hawker Who Stabbed His Comrade

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 3

James Henry Hancock, a hawker aged 54, was sentenced to death yesterday (says "Lloyd's News" on May 29) at Cambridge Assizes for the murder of…

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