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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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The Police Band

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 6

The members of the Metropolitan Police Band have made many friends in Wellington during their stay, and each individual member is perfectly…

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Court of Injustice

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 5

The Court of Injustice, which is in the White Way, has dealt with a large number of "law-breakers." each night. Many prominent…

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Police Court. Monday, September 22nd. DRUNKENNESS

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 5

Thomas Angus, John Crooks, Richard Plunkett, Horace Eastman and Charles Kelly, ali[?]s Frazer, were charged with having been found drunk in public…

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Stealing Odds and Ends

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 5

William Steele was charged with stealing a temahawk, a wrist strap, and an emery sharpening stone from Alfred Clande Hurst…

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Death in Dubbo Gaol. Brewarrina Man Hangs Himself

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 6

Lancelot Sanderson, under sentence from the Brewarrina Police Court to serve one month's hard labor in Dubbo Gaol on a charge of insufficient means…

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Police Stop Football Match

Western Age · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 1

There was a peculiar episode at Gundagai, when Cootamundra visited there to play for the Farrar Cup, but Gundagai objected to Cootamundra playing…

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Suicide in Gaol. Another Dubbo Sensation. Victim of D.t's

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 6

Lancelot Sanderson (40) who had been sentenced at Brewarrina, on Monday to a month's imprisonment for…

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Murder Charge. William Mason Committed. Inquest on Death of Randolph Cashen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 8

The inquest concerning the death of Randolph E. Cashon was resumed on Tuesday afternoon, when the following additional evidence was taken:…

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Impudent Theft

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 2

The week's celebration in Wellington was not allowed to pass after all without some of the undesirables getting away with some personal…

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Police Band

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 5

Though we have heard the Metropolitan Police Band on many occasions during their stay in Wellington it is doubtful if anything was…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, September 30, 1924. Local and General Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 2

In the Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Mr. G. Meeson, L.M., David J. Cox was granted a booth license for the Dubbo trots on Thursday…

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Tragedy in Dubbo Gaol

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 3

Lancelot Sanderson, aged 42, who had been sentenced at Brewarrina on September 22nd to a month's imprisonment for vagrancy, and was…

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Impudent Theft. Howland's Garage Broken Into

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 7

"If a thing, is worth doing, it's worth doing well." is an old adage that was probably the maxim of an extra cheeky individual who broke…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 6

At the Mining Warden's Court on Tuesday last R. E. Archibald was granted 12 months' extension in connection with his coal and shale…

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Dubbo Gaol! Will it be Removed ? Comptroller of Prisons in Dubbo An Important Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 8

Something definite will, no doubt, be done shortly in connection with the Dubbo townspeople's request to the Minister fo Justice, that the Dubbo Gaol should be transferred to a 'more suitable position. But what that will…

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Bourke District Court. Thursday, October 9. Before His Honor Judge Armstrong

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 2

Garnet Sidney Martin v. George Brown, claim for £79 wages. Mr. T. S. Crawford (instructed by Mr. O.D. Hughes, Nyngan) appeared for…

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New Police Buildings for Yeoval

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. H. V. Thorby, M.L.A., and Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., have been advised by the Uuder-Secretary for Public Works that the Minister has…

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Indecent Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

Charles Joseph Hurst was charged with indecent assault at Gilgandra on a child under the age of three years. Accused pleaded guilty, and after…

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Police Court. Monday, October 13th. (Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

William Mitchell pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in a public place. He was fined 10s or 7 days imprisonment…

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"Annoyed Passengers" Game of Cards on River Bank. Peculiar Case at Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

A peculiar case was presented before Mr. George Meeson, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, when…

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