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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Dubbo Police Court Monday, April 4. (Before Mr. W. G. Bromhead, P.M.) Intemperate Car Driver

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4

Frederick, William Lees, who pleaded guilty to driving a motor car in the street while under the influence of liquor, was fined £5, license to be…

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District Court Judgment Handover v. MAYNARD

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

At the Court House, Dubbo, this morning, the Registrar delivered the reserved decision of Judge Armstrong in the case Handover v. Maynard…

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America at Work Lesson to Australia. Evidence in Court

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

In the Arbitration Court at Melbourne, before Judge Beeby, evidence for the respondents in the plaint of the Amalgamated Engineering Union was…

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Trangie Police Court Friday, April 1, 1927. (Before Mr. W. M. Blackmore, P.m.) Theft of an Axe

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

A young man named R. J. H. Mac Namare was charged with having stolen an new the property of the Experia[?] Farm. Accused was converted and…

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Police and Sheep Thieves

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

Delegates to the Gra[?] Cond[?] at the Wool Exchange last week discussed the prevalence of sheep starting in the country Grazier e[?]…

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Checkers Court gets New Fordor

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

Checkers Court, Buckingham residence of English Prime Ministers during their tenure of office, has recently been supplied with a Fordor Sodan…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

A. Bourke v. A. Mostyn, wages due as chaffcutter's. cook, £3/2/6. Adjourned till May 3rd. C. Ryan and Hannah Ryan v. B…

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Wellington Police Court Tuesday, April 5th. (Before Mr. W. Bromhead, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

There was a light list before the court on Tuesday last, there being only three charge cases, in which summonses had not been served in…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

A single meeting of creditors and a public examination of bankrupt. Thomas Bird was held. The only creditor present was J…

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Mr. Frank Davidson Farewelled. Presentation at Court House

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 6

Mr. Frank Davidson, who for the past ten years had been connected with the Wellington C.P.S. office, and latterly assistant C.P.S.,…

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Work in Gaol What Prisoners Do and Earn

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 8

During the past twelve months goods to the value of £45,000 were manufactured in the Parramatta Gaol. The value of bread baked was £18,000,…

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(Published By Arrangement). Police Superintendent's Protest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 3

The Superintendent of Police Boston, Michael H. Crowley, thus gave his opinion to the New York "Herald-Tribune" on the seventh anniversary…

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Police Superintendent's Protest. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 6

The Superintendent of Police, Boston, Michael H. Crowley, thus gave his opinion to the New York "Herald Tribune" on the seventh…

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Dubbo Police Court Monday, April 11. (Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M.) Motor Cycle Breeches

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

For riding a motor cycle without having a sufficient silencer, Andrew V. Siemsen was fined £2 with 8- costs. Hector Baraket Jaboor was fined £1,…

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Polis Court. Monday, April 11th,1926. (Before Mr. W. B. Bromhead, P.m) Breaches of Teaffig Regulations. Making an Excessive Noise

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

Barnabas Adams failed to appear when called to answer a charge of having riddon a motor cycle which did not have an afficient silencer attached…

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Narromine Police Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 2

In the Narromine police court on Friday last phillip james [?] W. M. of the Motor…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. H.H. Farrington, P.M.)

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 2

On Wednesday, 6th April, the [?] behaving in an indecent manner, fined £2 or £7 days…

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Attempted Escape at Bathurst Gaol. a Sensational Story

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 7

One of the most daring, though unsuccessful attempts to escape from Bathurst Gaol, has just been disclosed (says the Bathurst…

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Preventing T[?]ght Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 8

in some [?] [?] [?] of taillight [?]bs is prevalent. As it is such a [?]pe matter to remove the [?] in [?] by the more…

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Dubbo Police Court Monday, April 11. (Before Mr. W. S. Drumhead, P.M.) Rabbit Prosecutions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 5

G. T. Burden pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to destroy rabbits on his property at Narromine, but stated he had men on doing the…

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