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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 6

At the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. [?] P.M., William Collier was charged with carrying liquor at Williamsdale on the 25th instant,…

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A Minister's Promise. Gaol Eyesors to Be Modified

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 3

In spite of the holiday a considerable and representative gathering of citizens assembled at the Town Hall on Monday at 11, a.m. as a deputation to…

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Police Powerless (Published By Arrangement)

Western Age · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 1
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

"Since the liquor traffic fell into the bands of powerful criminals protected by powerful lawyers and unlimited money it is impossible for the police…

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Warden's Court (Tuesday—Before the Warden, Colonel Chapman). Suspension Applications

Western Age · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 2

Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell and Co., Ltd., applied for suspension of labor conditions on G.L.'s. 227, 176, 755, P.L.L.'s. 134, 135, 136 and 137, parish of Cobar…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 2

At the police court this morning, before Mr. A. M. Dunn, J.P., George Richard Luke was fined £1, or fourteen days, for using insulting words…

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Monday's Police Court. Assault and Indecent Behaviour

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Herbert Owers was charged with having unlawfully assaulted a woman, Mary Peter, and farther with having behaved in an indecent manner in a…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 1

Mr. G. Meeson, P. M., presided at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Joseph Anthony Coffee was charged on…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

The sitting of the Municipal Appeal Court, Dubbo, was set down for yesterday, but as the council's solicitor was absent from Dubbo, Mr. J. Healy, town…

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Wellington Police Court Cases Dealt With

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 3

At the police court on Tuesday, Frederick Williams pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behavior at the Club House Hotel, Geurie…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 4

At the Mining Warden's Court on Tuesday, Hugh N. Kelly was granted authority to enter on ten acres of portion 82, parish Bodangora, to…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 6

Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court on Wednesday afternoon, Robert Wormall was charged with stealing at Dubbo on June 23. from…

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Cobar Police Court. (Tuesday, 24tb June, before Colonel Chapman, P.M.)

Western Age · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

James Burns was charged with using indecent language in Marshall Street, on 17th May last. The defendant, for whom Mr. Elwin appeared, pleaded…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 1

Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.M., on Monday, at the Dubbo Court House…

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Alleged Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 2

John H. Pither was charged with having on July 3rd stolen a wallet containing £6. Inspector Byrne asked for a remand…

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Charge of Theft

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 1

John Henry Potter was charged with the alleged theft on the 3rd July of a wallet containing £6, the property of William Watt…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. G. Macson, P.m.) Monday, July 7th. Offensive Behaviour

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 2

William A. Crowe and Nicholas Walter Maher pleaded guilty to charges of having behaved in an indecent manner at the Commercial Hotel on July 5th…

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A Novel Police Court[?]

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 1

A case of considerable into, and one that carried much commen[?] before the police magistrate [?] Inverell Police Court a few [?] ago,…

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Alleged Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 2

John Henry Pither was charged with, that he did on July 3rd at "Mount Erin," near Dubbo, steal one wallet, and a sum of money to the total value of…

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Stealing Charge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 2

John Henry Pither, on remand, was charged with stea[?] a wallet containing a [?]5 note and [?]1, the property of William Watt, of "Mount Erin."…

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