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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Deliberate Murder. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

A witness, giving evidence before (the War Prisoners' Parliamentary Committee, said ho was convinced many British prisoners had been deliberately…

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Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

In the Dubbo Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, P.M., and C. Cadell, L.M., a renewal of wine license was granted to J…

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A Sheep in Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

A strange seene was enacted in the Dubbo Circuit Court last week, when a sheep (a weaner) was carried in by a couple of constables for inspection by…

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 1

Before Messrs. W. F. Robertson; P.M. and W. T. Lewis, J.P., yesterday, William Rose was proceeded against by W. T. Sutherland, for…

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Alleged Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2

In the Dubbo Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, F.M., and W. T. Lewis, J.P., William Rose was' charged with having, at…

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Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2

In the Dubbo Licensing Court on Monday, before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, P.M. and W. T. Lewis, L.M., Bridget Convay, of the Overland Hotel,…

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Dubbo Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 1

Before Messrs. W. F. Robertson and W. T. Lewis, L.Ms., yesterday, Bridget Conway was granted a publican's booth license for the Dubbo Picnic…

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Small Debts Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Messrs. W. F. Robertson. P.M., and W. T. Lewis, J.P., adjudicated in the, Dubbo Small Debts Court on Monday. when Margaret Edwards, cook,…

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., to-day, William Rose pleaded not guilty to using obscene language in Wingowarra st. on April 11…

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Stealing From a Convent

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 2

At Burrowa police court Richard Oliver Oliver Grosvenor fined 20s, or seven days, for stealing 5s worth of luccrne from the Burrowa Convent…

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General News. Escaped From Gaol

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 2

Walter Jones, alias Fitzgerald, who wag sentenced in Melbourne last December to three years imprisonment, and declare an habitual criminal,…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., on Friday, Sydney H. Hicks, pound-keeper, proceeded against Will am Rose for rescuing a bullock lawfully…

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Alleged Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 2

In the Dubbo Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Frank Schott, a Swede, was convicted of stealing a rolled gold watch and…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 2

At the Forbes Police Court yesterday Taliesen Griffiths was committed for trial on a charge of having attempted to murder a male child named Caffel,…

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Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 2

Is the Licensing Court on Monday, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Daniel Muoro, of the Collie Hotel, was granted a booth license for the annual…

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Cobar Police Court. THURSDAY—Before the P.M. DAVIS V. REILLY

Western Age · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 2

This was a case in which Florence Mary Davis proceeded against Robb. B. Reilly, under the Landlords and Tenants' Act, and asked the Court…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 4

In consequence of to-day being a public holiday, the P.M. (Mr. W. F. Robertson) attended at Wellington yesterday. The only case on the police…

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 5

Before Mr. A. T. Cochrane, C.M.,on Wednesday, Geo. McCarty (43) was charged with riotous behavior on May 4. He plended not guilty…

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Outrage and Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 3

The body of a young woman was found lying on a scat in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, early on Tuesday morning. Beside her was a bottle…

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