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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

393 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 18 of 20

A German Before the Court

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

At the Windsor police court. Gunther Wittlehaussor, a German, was charged with having a quantity of explosives and firearms in his…

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The War. More Enemy Infamy. Wholesale Murder of Innocents. Russia Hitting Back. Conscription Thretened London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

Lord Derby made a significant announcement that unless the young men enlist before the end of the present month the Government will redeem its…

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Cobar Police Court

Western Age · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 2

THURSDAY — Before Messrs. Neil Morrison and John Leah, J's.P…

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Assault

Western Age · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 2

Matthias Fitzpatrick proceeded against Gus Menzies for unlawful assault on 7th instant at Cobar. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined…

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Dubbo Stationmaster Charged

Western Age · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 2

At the Dubbo police court, before Mr. Robinson, P.M., G. Russell, railway stationmaster at Dubbo, was charged by two men, Powter, a…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., yesterday, Chas. McNamara was fined £2 for using indecent language on the Dubbo-Gilgandra road. The same…

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"Words" and Assault

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 4

At the police court this morning Thomas William Corcoran proceeded by summons against George Stewart on the charges of insulting language and…

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Edwards, P.M., to-day, Joseph Edwards proceeded against Margaret Edwards for assault. The defendant pleaded not…

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Five Years' Gaol

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 7

Judge Docker, at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Tuesday, sentenced Kenneth Faulkner, 10 years of age, to five years' penal servitude. Faulkner had…

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Judge Charged and Fined

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 16

A novel method of raising funds for the Allies' Day at Narandera resulted in a sum of about £8 being raised. A mock court wes…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Friday, November 19, 1915. Local and General. Revision Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

Notice is given that an open court for the revision of the supplementary list of electors for the Municipality of Dubbo for the year 1916 will be held…

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Alleged Burglary at Stuart Town

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 2

At the Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. Marriott, P.M., Ernest Isaac Fitzsimons, was charged with breaking and entering the shop of On…

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Alleged Burglary

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

In the Stuart Town Police Court on Thursday fast, before Mr. Marriott, P.M., Ernest [?] Fitzsimmons was charged with breaking and entering the…

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A Petty Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

At the Wellington Police Court on Friday, before Mr. H. M. Blackmore, C.M., and Mr. A. C. Lec, J.P., Alfred Ah Tuck, alius Alfred Mow Fun, aged…

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Soldiers in Trouble. at the Central Police Court. Sydney

Western Age · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 2

Twenty soldiers and two civilians were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with riotously assembling together to the disturbance…

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Committed for Trial. Charge of Stealing a Letter

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 6

At the police court to-day, a young man named Daniel Victor Ison, 21 years of age, a junior porter at the Maryvale Railway Station, where the…

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Police Court Accommodation

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 10

Yesterday the Police Magistrate was occupied in dealing with a number of important cases. The Gilgandra "Weekly" wishing to give its…

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Murder and Suicide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 7

At the inquest concerning the death of a soldier Ernest Braum, and Lavinia Braum his wife, at Sydney, a letter which purported to have been written…

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Police Promptness

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 6

The prompt action of Constable Hughes, of Newbridge, went a good way towards the capture of the men who recently sent a bogus telegram to Mrs…

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Gilgandra Police Court. Before Mr A R. Perry, P.M. Thursday, November 25. Riotous Behaviour

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 11

George Rowley and James Whiteman pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner on the Railway Station, on November 19th. From the…

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