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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Alleged Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 4

John Scott pleaded not guilty when charged with having stolen £1/13/ from John Lester on June 27th at the Dubbo railway station…

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Assault Charge Adjourned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 4

Alfred Thomas proceeded against George Long[?]hardi on a charge of assault. Defendant asked for a remand for…

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Gaol and a Hiding for Man Who Robbed Friend. Old Offender in Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

Behind the appearance of John Scott in the Dubbo Police Court on Monday, on a charge of having stolen money from a man who had befriended him,…

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Police Court. Monday, July 4th, 1927. (Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.m.) Travelling Without a Ticket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 4

A. Fros[?]rick pleaded guilty when charged with having travelled from Narromine to Dubbo on the railway without having first obtained a ticket…

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Theft at Mrs. Morelli's

Western Age · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

During the week thieves entered the premises of Mrs. Morelli, Marshall-street, Cobar, and store a sum of money amounting to £37. Everything else in…

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Daring Daylight Theft. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 6

A man broke the window of an ford-street jewellery establishment in broad daylight and snatched diamond rings valued at about £90. After a…

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Gaol for Lion Tamer. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 6

At Rome a sentence of six months' imprisonment was passed on a lion tamer named Schneider, who caused the sensational incident which occurred…

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Bourke Police Court. Before Mr E.J. Daley, P.M.

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 2

John Flynn was committed for trial on charges of assaulting and beating Francis Frederick Tidmarsh and Emily Tidmarsh. The victims of the assault…

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Wellington Police Court. (Friday, July 8th, 1927, before Mr. Bromhead, P.M.) Wives and Hot Pies Lead to Trouble. an Unfilmed Drama at the Pictures

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 3

Hot pies and wives at the Monarch Pictures on Saturday night, 2nd July, led to court work. The scene was not included in the film…

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Indian on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

An Indian hawker named Herman Singh has been committed for trial, charged with having murdered Charlotte Haley, aged 60. The medical…

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Police Court. Monday, July 11, 1927. (Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.m.) Drunkenness

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

Stanley Carroll failed to appear when called to answer a charge of drunkenness, and his bail of 10/ was estrcated…

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Both Fined One for Assault. the Other for Language

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 3

Resentment against the conduct of a man in his billiard room in the Empire Hall, Macquarie- street, led George Longobardi to adopt measures that…

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Dubbo Police Court Monday, July 11, 1927. (Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M.). Motor Offences

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 3

Hector Jaboor, found by Sergeant Sheridan riding a motor cycle which was minus a number plate and silencer was fined £5 with 8- costs, or two…

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Nymagee Police Station Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

The Tender Board of the Public Works Department opened the following tender yesterday:—Nymagee Police Station, supply and erection of new…

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Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Extrordinary Murder and Perjury Story

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

After serving the first year of [?] life sentence imposed upon him for the "morder" of a sixteen-year-old girl, a Kentucky taxi-driver has been released…

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The Tamworth Murder. Thompson Committed For Trial. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Frederick William Thorley, at Tamworth, has concluded and the Coroner committed Matthew Thompson for trial…

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The Sugar Workers' Award. Court Refuses To Cancel. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

The Queensland Arbitration Court declined to cancel the Sugar Workers' award as it was unfair, the court said, to penalise, those men who were working…

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Latest Cables. Murder of Minister for Justice. Of Irish Free State. Geneva Conference Condolences. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

A Genova message states that the Empire delegates to the American Naval Disarmament Conference, telegraphed their condolences to President…

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Bourke Police Court. Pound Charges

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 2

A very interesting case was heard before tee P.M. on Wednesday last in connection with pound charges, when J. W. Davidson proceeded against the…

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