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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

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Police Court Cases Dealt With

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 July 1923 · page 4

The following cases were listed before Mr. Geo. Meeson, P.M. at the Police Court on Tuesday last. LARCENY AS A BAILEE…

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That Gaol Strike

Western Age · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The report on the recent investigations conducted by Mr. A. O. Edwards, S.M., into the strike of prisoners at the Bathurst Gaol, a short time…

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That Children's Court Appointment

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1
Also in Western Age

Mr. Ley, Minister for Justice, in replying to the charge of the Soldiers' League regarding the appointment of a non-soldier to the Children's Court,…

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Licensing Court. a Correction

Western Age · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 2

In our last issue we intimated that fear hotels within the Cobar Licensing District had closed by virtue of the determinations of the Licenses…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 July 1923 · page 2

At the Dubbo Police Court on Monday, bufore Mr. G. M[?]son, P.M., Paul Jones was charged with stealing goods from Ethel Spencley to the value of £3…

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Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 July 1923 · page 2

The quarterly Licensing Court sat on Monday at the Dubbo Court House. Messrs. G. Meeson, P. M. and K. N. Wilkins were on the Bench. The…

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Famous Extradition Cases Dramatic Stories From the Extradition Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 8

There stood in the dock at the Old Bailey, in London, one afternoon in the early, 'seventies an Italian named Rava Casana, charged on an…

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Police Court

Western Age · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 2

At the Cobar Police Court on Tuesday, before Colonel Chapman, Police Magistrate, Joseph Burgess plended guilty to two charges of using indecent…

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Police as Bootleggers (Published By Arrangement). Denounced by Magistrate

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 5
Also in Western Age

Testifying before Commissioner Hirshfield in the inquiry into alleged police bootlegging activities, reports police bootlegging activities, reports…

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Small Debts Court

Western Age · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 2

The administrator, Wrightville Municipal Council, obtained a verdict for the full amount of rates claimed, £18/3/11, and 8/ costs, against Mrs. Leonora…

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Police Court. Monday, July 30, 1923. (Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

Paul Jones was charged with stealing a number of articles from Ethel Spensley, at Dubbo, to the value of £3, between the 1st and 21st July…

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Police Court Cases Dealt With

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 7

The following cases were dealt with by Mr Geo. Meeson, P.M. at the police court on Tuesday. AFTER THREE YEARS…

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Small Debts Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 7

David Renshaw proceeded against the Cobbora Shire Council for balance of wages due and camping allowance, amounting to £11/11. Mr. Kelly…

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Police Force Debauched (Published By Arrangement). Magistrate on Prohibition. Corruption of Youth

Western Age · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Magistrate Joseph E. Corrigan, in an open letter to the newspapers definitely and emphatically sots out in concise form objections to the law for the…

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Police Court an Old Offender

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 2

There was very little for the P.M. to do at Tuesday's Court, and had it not been for Charles Green, familiarly known as "Tripey", there would 'have…

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District Court Registrar's Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 6

We draw our readers' attention to a sale by the Registrar of the District Court, at 11 a.m., on 11th instant, at the Court House, Dubbo, as advertised…

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