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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Arrested for Stealing the Favorite

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 4

To be screened at the Empire Picture Pavilion on Saturday night next is the King of spotting plays, entitled "Nick Winter and the…

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Revision Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 1

To-day a Revision Court for the Macquarie Electorate was held at Wellington. We understand that some 360 names were objected to…

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Dubbo Police Court. Alleged Await and Bobbery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 1

At the Dubbo Police Court on Saturday, William Glynn and Frederick Malcolm were charged with having assaulted and robbed Charles Palmer…

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Coonamble Revision Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 3

Mr. Perry, P. M., held a Revision Court at Coonamble on Thursday last to deal with aplications lodged for enrollment on the supplementary roll for…

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A Tribute to the Police

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 6

It will be remembered that Senior-Sergeant Phillip Nies, was sent to the recent Bathurst celebrations to represent Wellington, and in conversation…

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Police Court Allowed Assault and Robbery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

On Wednesday, before Messrs. G. H. Taylor and J. H. Bitter, Js.P., J. Glynn and Frederick Malcolm were charged with, having robbed Chas…

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Police Court Surprise

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

Annie Larkin travelled from Sydney to Bathurst on Sunday night, and on arrival at the City of the Plains she failed to produce her railway ticket…

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An Alleged "Welsher." Sentenced to a Month

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 4

Patrick Bourke, 23 years'of age, pleaded not guilty at the Bathurst Police Coutt, on a charge of being a suspected persou found on the…

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Sensational Police Fight

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

A sensational encounter took place between the police and some armed men at Adelaide on Tuesday morning. The police bad been scouring the…

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Orange Quarter Sessions. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 4

Arthur Henry Murphy was charged at the Orange Quarter Sessions on Friday last, before JUdge Scholes, that he did, at Willington, on…

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The Wardens Court. the Quest for Apatite

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 3

The proceedings at the Mining Warden's Court (presided over by Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.) on Friday, was invented with more than ordinary…

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Narromine Bigamist Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 4

Samuel Herbert Powell, who pleaded guilty to bigamy, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude by Judge Scholes at Orange on Friday. There…

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Horse Stealer Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 4

At the Orange sessions last week John O'Heron was charged with having stolen a horse at Orange, on April 9, the property of J. F. Hutchinson…

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Police Court Alleged Breaking and Entering

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 1

At the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. Robertson, Stephen Mullamphy 20 years of age, was charged with breaking, catering…

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A Brutal Assault

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

A brutal and cowardly assault was perpetrated at Orange on Friday, an old man named Webb, who is 80 years of age, being the victim. He was…

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Drink and Drugs. Murder Through Cocaine. Recent American Lynching

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 3

The vision of sudden death in Harriston, M. [?] in the early morning of September 28, when two young drug-crazed negroes were lynched after they had "shot up the…

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Small Debts Court. a Claim Sustained

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 2

In the small debts court on Friday last James Tuxford, groom, sued John Welsh, to recover the sum of £7 3s, alleged to be due in connection with stud…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. Robertson, P.M., to-day, Jessie Bar[?]tt pleaded guilty to using indecent language in a public place. A fine of £1, in default seven…

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Gilgandra Man Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, before Judge Hocker, [?] Graddock, who had pleaded guilty to [?] £10. the property of Edward…

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Land Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

The Land Board will consider the following cases at Dubbo on next Thursday week:--T. W. Dowd. W. M. Jessings -- Compliance with…

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