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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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Mining Warden's Court (Before the Warden, Mr. Adums)

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 6

Herbert Park, for whom Mr. W. P. Kelly appeared, applied for a dredging lease on the Macquarie River, near Wellington…

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Sampson Bros., Parkes Float Faulty Paper The Pair Sent to Gaol

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 5

Two young men, Samuel William Sampson and Cecil Alexander Sampson (brothers), were charged in Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before…

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Surry Hills Sensation Young Man's Fate Woman Charged With Murder SDYNEY, Thursday Afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

John William Prendergast (23), was found in a laneway at the rear of a shop conducted by Mrs. Kathleen Barry, also known as…

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District Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 11

THE District Court was held at the Wellington Court House on Tuesday morning last, before His Honor, Judge A. Thompson. The list was…

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Was He All There? Queer Case For Dubbo Police Man Whose, Name 'Might Be Anything and Who Might Be Going Anywhere"

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 2

Dubbo police had a queer bird to deal with recently -- a man who told them that his "name might be anything" and he "might be…

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Was it Murder? Woman Arrested Another Underworld Tragedy Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 1

Kate Leigh, a woman well-known in Sydney's underworld, is under arrest for the murder of a young man named John William Prendergast…

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Charge of Murder Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 2

At the Newcastle Police [?] Ronald Henry Edwin Channon [?] mechanic, was remanded on a [?] of having murdered Alfred W[?]…

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High Court Chief Justice Sir Adrian Knox Resigns Sir Isaac Isaacs to Succeed Canberra

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir Adrian Knox, to-day tendered his resignation to the Government, and it was accepted…

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Police Sergeant Sued £75 and Costs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 8

At Canberra last week, a returned soldier named Victor Samuels, of Westlake, claimed £400 damages from James Shepherd, police sergeant, for alleged…

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Before the Court Accused Remanded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

In the Central Court this morning Harold Henry Beckman (33), agent, and Daniel John Davies (44), engineer, were charged with having conspired…

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In the Police Court Charge of Assault

Western Age · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 2

On Tuesday of last week, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, P.M., at the local Court House, the following court cases were heard:—…

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RE-TRIAL In Murder Case Crown Witnesses Fail Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 8

The re-trial of William Ralph, charged with the murder of Arthur Adolph Lange at a residential in Riley-street, Surry Hills, was…

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Narromine Police Court Saturday's Sitting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 3

Mr. Adams, P.M., visited Narromine last Saturday, and held a brief sitting of the Court. Mr. G. F. C. Griffin, solicitor of Dubbo, was also present…

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Assault by a Chinese Girl Rescued Accused Arrested & Charged Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 1

A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a Chinese while near her home at Marrickville last night. Her assailant threw her to the…

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Suspects Arrested Assault and Conspiracy Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 1

Detectives last night arrested a young man in a farmhouse, near Waterfall, and charged him with assaulting Virgilio Caee, and with conspiring, with…

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Tottenham Police Court

The Western Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

Last week Alexander Harold Gibson 35, appeared on two charges of false pretences. He was convicted and fined £10 with £14/11/7 expenses in default…

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Thugs at Work Brutal Assault and Robbery Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 1

Not satisfied with punching him senseless, two thugs, who brutally attacked Silvertee Sullivan (42), in Boomerang Street, City, early this…

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Shrives Sentenced Total of Seven Years

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions at Coonamble on Tuesday before his Honor (Judge Thomson),. Edgar Ralph Shrives pleaded guilty to the…

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"SCARFACE" Life in Gaol Opinion of Women

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 2

"Scarface" Al Capone, Chicago's most picturesque gunman, who is serving a year's sentence in Philadelphia Penitentiary for illegally…

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The City of Terror Reign of Assasins In Chicago Unbridled Murder in the Streets

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 7

For the average Britisher suspicious of the stories that are told of Chicago's reign of terror -- its illicit drink traffic, the wholesale…

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