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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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A Cool Theft. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 8

A man walked into the railway booking office at the Devonshire end of the central railway station last night, and calmly signing a receipt…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Tomingley Farmers Charged

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 6

At the Parkes Quarter Sessions recently, before Judge Thomson, L[?] Stewart and William George Sellar were charged with that, on March 25,…

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"Unfair!" Police and the Dole Preference to Storekeeper

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 8

The general public may not be aware that at the Dubbo Police Station, the police issue the dole to the unemployed, who are given…

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Dunedoo Bicycles Earn Month's Gaol

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 7

Two young men appeared before Mr. Alams, P.M., in the Police Court yesterday morning, charged with stealing a couple of bicycles from Dunedoo. The…

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Bombs in India Thrown at Police Calcutta

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

While the police were dispersing a banned meeting near the Madras High Court, yesterday, six bombs were flung at them from the crowd. One…

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Local Police Court Big List For

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 5

A busy time is in store for Police Magistrate H. L. Adams, of Dubbo, at the Gilgandra Court of Petty Sessions monthly sittings next…

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Alleged Assault on Girl

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 7

A powerful-built man, Cecil Clarence Wright, 33, was before Judge Thompson at the Orange Sessions this week, charged that he did, in…

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Ex-constable Convicted On Charge of Theft Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment But Receives Benefit of First Offenders' Act

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 6

Charged with having stolen a bank-book from Annie Larkins, a prisoner who he was taking to Bathurst Gail, Horace McMahon,…

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Charged with Conspiracy Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 8

At the Sydney Sessions to-day John Degnan, a labourer, George Walter Hatch, clerk, Charles McDermott, motor driver, and Sadie…

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The Show Police Opinion Freedom From Crime and Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 8

Interviewed by a "Dispatch" representative to-day, inspector Christian said that as far as the police were concerned, the 1930…

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"Bad Old Days" Bandit's Cold-Blooded Murder of Castlereagh Pioneer Expiate Crime on Gallows

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 6

The first white child born on the Castlereagh was the late Mr.Samuel Meers. Soon after his birth blacks from all part flocked to see the little…

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Police Transfers

The Western Herald · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 2

Constable G.R. Taylor, for three years stationed at Trangie, has been transferred to Fords Bridge, and expects to take up duties to-day…

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Contempt of Court Newspaper Proprietors Fined Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 1

Before the Full Court to-day, the Associated Newspapers Ltd., proprietors of the "Daily Guardian," were fined £200 and costs for contempt of…

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On Murder Charge. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 2

Leslie Whittaker, aged 27 years, was remanded at the Central Police Court this morning on a charge of having feloniously slain James Albert…

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Industrial Court Back Money to be Paid

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 4

AT the Industrial Court on Friday, before Mr. Adams, P.M., a young man named Harold Yoond proceeded against H. N. Grace and I. W…

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The Third Degree Police Sergeant Charged Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

An inquiry was opened at Canberra to-day by Sir John Quick concerning police actions in the case of a lad named Gilford, who was arrested and…

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Fifteen Months' Hard Gunn and Howden Sentenced Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday sentences of 15 mouths' imprisonment were passed on John Gunn (solicitor) and Allen Fraser Howden…

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McGinty libel Case Before Full Court Rights Motion Dismissed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

In the Full Court, yesterday, the motion, J. J. McGinty v. Central Western Publishers Ltd., was called. The question was one involving the…

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Dirty Linen Not Washed in Court Persuasive Magistrate

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 4

The role of peacemaker was assumed by Police Magistrate H. L. Adams at the Gilgandra police court on Tuesday in a case in…

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Stopping Theft

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 2

On cars fitted with coil ignition, a simple method of preventing theft is to fit a two-way switch in the lead between the ignition switch and…

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