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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

438 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 22

Court House Business

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

Mr. A. T. Cochrane, C.P.S., has courteously supplied us with the following statement respecting the receipts at the Dubbo Court House for the quarter…

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Police Ghost. Latest Phase of "Third Degree."

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 3

The use of a ghost by the Los Angeles, police in working the "third degree' on a man accused of murder has been denounced by the lawyers of the prisoner, who…

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Town Mourns Murderer. Hanged for Brutal Crime. March on the Gaol. One Youth Reprieved

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Seldom does the execution of a murderer evoke such a demonstration of Indignation on the part of the populace as occurred at Manchester, when Ernest Kelly, aged 20,…

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Convict Captain's Sin. Breaks Down in Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Captain William H. Heal, formerly of Hills-road, Cambridge, who is now serving a sentence of three years' penal servitude, broke down in the Bankruptey Court in making an application for his discharge…

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Girl Cashier and Man Friend Pathetic Scene in Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Sobbing, bitterly, Edith Overton, a girl cashier, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Quarter Sessions to stealing £350 from her employer. She blurted out, "I was drawn into it by bad company."…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., to-day, Llewellyn George Irby, forestry officer, proceeded against the followiug…

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Alleged Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Thomas Wallace proceeded against George McDonald for assault. A plea of not…

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Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 1

Before Messrs W. F. Robertson, W. T. Lowis and C. Cadell, L.M's, Thomas S. Green was grunted a renewal of his license for the Court House Hotel…

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Dubbo Land Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 1

On Tuesday last the Land Board sat at Dublin. The following [?] were given in the undwermenti[?] cases:-- Exchange and surr[?] .-- F…

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Dubbo Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 1

On Thursday last at Dubbo dailies Reynolds, of Geurie, was granted booth licenses for a coursing meeting to be held at that town to-morrow and…

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Police Court. An Assault Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 6

Before Mr. W. F. Robertaon, P.M. on Tuesday, Thomas Wallace proc[?]ed against George McDonald for aleged assault, on February 20…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 4
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Before Mr. W. K Robertson, P.M., to-day, John Curran pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was let off with a…

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Heavy Fines for Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 7

Six railway employees, engaged as tarpaulin laborers in the Sydney goods sheds, pleaded guilty at the police court on Tuesday to stealing goods to…

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After 17 Years in Gaol

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 2

A Queensland aboriginal, who was known by the name of Larry, died in the Sacred Heart Hospice for the Dying at Darlinghurst last…

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Offensive to the Police

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 2

At the Blayney Police Court last week John Martin Mc[?]y pleaded guilty to a charge of Tensive behavior to the police. Ser[?]…

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Dubbo Assault Case. £6 7s for an Evening's "Outing."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 2

In the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Thos. Wallace proceeded against George McDonald for assault. A plea of not…

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Dubbo Court Customs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 4

A visitor to our local Police Court on Tuesday informs me that he was never so surprised in his life as when the presiding magistrate, having heard…

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Dubbo Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 1

At the Dubbo Licensing Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, C. Cadell, and W. T. Lowie L.[?] William Wish Aiken was…

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Link by Link; or the Chain of Evidence. a Great Detective Story. by Nathan D. Urner. Chapter Iv. Murder and Mystery

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 6

I was a bachelor, but managed to maintain a cosy little household in a cottagenoar the water's edge, and a little east of the bridge that [?]pans the Harlem at the head…

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