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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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Trangie Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 7

On Saturday morning Messrs. V. E. Frawley and J. Manning, J's.P., occupied the bench at the Trangie Police Court, and dealt with the following…

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Known at Eumungerie Murder Charge Sequel

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 1

Mr. Acting-Justice Maxwell, in Public Chambers, granted bail in £300 to John Mathew William Gordon Mackenzie, a shearer, who stands…

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Wellington Police Court. (Before Mr. Adams, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

J. J. Collison was proceeded against for giving a receipt liable to duty without the same being duly stamped. He pleaded guilty, and…

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Serious Charge Against Chinese and White Men Heard In Children's Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

The sequel to the recent arrest of five Chinese and two young white Men in connections with serious charges against a white…

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Backyard Burglars Assault Young Man Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 1

Stanley Clareton (20), of Campsie, was set upon by a stranger in his backyard lust night and knocked unconscious by a vicious blow upon the head with…

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Assault Case Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 8

The case in which Mrs. M[?] Gladys Manning sued Miss He[?] Belle for assault was concluded [?] the District Court to-day when [?]…

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Political Murder Cold-Blooded Brutality Chinese Gunmen at Work Shanghai

Western Age · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The police to-day were confronted with a solution of the most cold-blooded political assassination' for many years…

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Bonny Babies Stork a Constant Visitor to Cobar Last Year Interesting Court Statistics

Western Age · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 2

The Stork worked overtime in Cobar during 1929, for no less the 59 babies come to gladden their parents' hearts. This is…

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Communist Speaker Charged with Vagrancy Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

The police have arrested Edward Paton, a prominent Communist speaker, on the coalfields, and charged him with, vagrancy…

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Gaol Birds Go Back to Roost Moss Vale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

Two, men, Joseph. Campbell and Henry Sullivan, who were oech sentenced to nine months' hard labor at Moss Vale Police Court, for…

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Colliers Troubles Before the Court. Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

The charges of unlawfully assembling brought against 23 men in connection with the incites at Eastfield colliery, were resumed at the Wallsend Police…

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Wellington Police Court. (Before Mr. Adams, P.M.) Stealing a Bottle of Squash

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 5

AT the Police Court on Friday last a man named Percival Jones, a stranger to the town, was charged with stealing a bottle of lemon…

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Unlawful Assault

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 5

This was a case in which Thomas Hogan sued Jack Blackall for unlawful assault. Mr Kelly appeared for Hogan…

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Another Chinese in Police Court Selling Liquor Without License

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 4

Chinese have figured prominently in Dubbo Court cases lately. To-day another celestial, Yum Sing, was charged with having sold two…

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Clean-Up! by Dubbo Police Associates of Criminals Sent to Gaol Effect of Consorting Act

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 1

Another clean-up of some of Dubbo's shady characters, was made by the police during the week-end, Herbert Owers, George…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 5

The application of Thomas John Lee for authority to enter to search for mineral water near Baltimore, was permitted to be withdrawn…

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District News Topics of Trangie Who Fired the Shot? in the Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 6

On a recent Sunday morning a party of motorists, consisting of Messrs. H. Arnold, J. Williams, A. and B. Lees, were proceeding along the…

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No Bill in Chinese Assault Case Sequel to Serious Charge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 1

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill in connection with the charges against five Chinese and two young white men for…

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Police Reconsturct Accident Narromine, Later

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 1

The police re-constructed the accident at Narromine to-day, when the drivers of the ears placed and drove their vehicles as they were before and…

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