Police to the Rescue
In apparent resentment of the visit of a waterworks officer to instal a meter at his house, a resident of Dubbo is said to have ordered him off and…
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Courts & crime, 1926
421 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 22
Police Court. ASSAULT—VAGRANCY—STEALING
Before the P.M., Mr. J. B. Scob[?]e, yesterday morning Thomas Shepherd was charged with assaulting Ernest Moore on January 26th. Defendant…
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Mr. McCrae-Wood supposed the man referred to in the lost issue of the "Dispatch" as having had the police brought to enforce the installation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankruptcy Court
Before the [?] in Bankruptcy Mr. [?] the [?] learning of creditors in the [?] of Robert Wier Butter, of Trangie took place on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Friday, February 5, 1926. (Before Mr. Scoble, P.m.) Motor Accident
George N. Wheeler appeared, on remand, charged with furiously driving a motor car and causing grievious bodily harm to two young men, named…
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Referring to "Dispatch" paragraphs concerning trouble which took place between an officer of the council and Mr. D. McCrac Wood, the Mayor states that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lyons v. Smiths Weekly MR. McGUINN Holds Court at Mendooran
On the 4th February, at Pinedale, Mendoorau, Mr. Denis McGuinn, [?] licitor, [?] as a Commissioner under the order of the Supreme Court to…
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Before the Licencing Bench last week, J. C. Hadson was granted a hawker's license, and Alan Sutton was granted a stage carriage license…
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The following cases were dealt with at the police court on Friday, before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M.;- FRAUDULENT CONVERSION OF…
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At the Police Court last week, before Mr. [?] P.M., two men named Melville and Blathford were called upon to answer a charge ofr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cobar Gaol Telephone
In response to representations by Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., regarding the necessity of installing the telephone at the gaol quarters at Cobar, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl in Boy's Clothes Youth and Maid Before the Court. Trangie Its Its Sensation
The natural appetite of the people for sensation was whetted when word went around that the arrest of a girl wearing male attire had been made at…
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W. Gilchrist, liconsco of the Wongarbon Hotel was yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., prosecuted by the police for failing to keep his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault Case
Alan Austin was charged With unlawfully a[?]saulting Gertrude May Austin. The prosecutrix, in the box, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Saturday, February 20, 1926. (Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.m.) Stealing a Wallet
Mrs. Brooks, when doing some business at the Dubbo Post Office on Friday, left a wallet containing £2 on the counter, but when she went to leave…
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A young man recently came to Dubbo. He was the son of a squatter, who came to have a look round the district. He hired motor cars and did other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Committed for Murder. Sydney
The City Coroner yesterday committed for trial Martin Knopp, formerly cook on the steamer Ashridge, on a charge of murdering Waiter. Richards,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Girl-Boy Case. Accuseds Before the Court. Both Acquitted
A very large amount of interest centred around the hearing of a charge of being without visible means of support and being rogues and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wellington Police Court
There was a light list listed ir Tuesday's court, Messrs. A. M. Dun and H. Lord being on the Bench Thos. Wilson was charged who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court News
At the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Loftus, I. P. Jams Thomas Laure Redden was fined £2, or seven days, for having behaved in an…
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