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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Shot Dead While Driving Phaeton Man Charged With Murder MELBOURNE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 1

While driving a phaeton with his wife and two children, along the Canterbury Road, at Vermont, Victoria, yesterday morning Frederick…

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

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 4

TWO strangers to the town, who had looked upon the wine while it was red, were fined 5/- or the rising, of the Court, in one case, and 5/-…

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Court Brevities

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 4

The Police Magistrate (Mr. H. T. Adams) had an easy morning at the Court of Petty Sessions to-day, there being only three cases to deal with…

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Charged with Forgery Prominent Man Implicated Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 1

Charles Roberts, manager of the Colon Peak Mining Company at Yerranderie, was arrested on Saturday and charged with having forged the…

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Mena Griffiths Murder No Compensation for McMahon

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 1

Robert James McMahon, who. had to submit to arrest for the alleged murder of Mena' Griffiths, in Melbourne, and who subsequently…

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Warden's Court (Before the War[?]en, Mr. Ada[?])

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 3

Application by George. Hayman, for authority to enter and search for gold on 20 acres of portion 3, parish of wauluman, county of bh[?]h…

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Shot Dead While Driving Phaeton Man Charged With Murder

Western Age · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 1

While driving [?]ton with his wife and two children along the Can[?] Victoria. on Sunday morning. Frederick [?]…

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Brutal Assault Two Men Sentenced to 15 Months' Gaol Another Gilgandra Crime

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

The story of a particularly brutal assault was told in the Quarter Sessions yesterday, when Tyson Ryan and…

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District Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

Owing to pressure on to-day's space, District Court Cases have been held over until next Issue…

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Gilgandra Youth Discharged At Dubbo Quarter Sessions On Alleged Assault Charge

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

Considerable interest was taken in the local case heard at Dubbo Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before His Honor…

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Coonamble Crime Coulston Faces Jury Pleads Guilty and Sentenced to 21 Months' Hard Labour

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

Henry Joseph Coulston, whose thrilling escape from the Coonamble lockup recently provided a sensation,…

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Assault and Robbery Charge Owens and Ryan Get 15 Months Delaney Re[?]eased

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

Three well-known local men, Tyson Ryan. Charles Owens and Norman Delaney, appeared at the Dubbo Quarter Session on…

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Upper House Abolition High Court's Decision In Few Days

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

Mr. E. J. Loxton, K.C., who appeared for the State Government in the appeal to the High Court against the judgment of the State Full Court…

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Broken Window Has Court Sequel Fiery Words in Talbragar Street

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

Because he was alleged to have thrown a piece of blue metal through a shop window in Talbragar-street, James…

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Dubbo Police Attacked by Narromine Newspaper Charges Refuted Other Side of S.P. Shop Raid at Trangie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 4

In the last issue of the "Narromine News," a slashing attack was made on the Dubbo police who raided an…

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Dubbo District Court Judge Thomson In Civil Jurisdiction

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

A sitting opened yesterday morning, when the following eases were heard:— WILKEN v. SUNDERLAND A. Wilken, storekeeper, of Macquario…

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Dubbo and District Quarter Sessions Before His Honor Judge Thomson Criminal Cases from Five Centres of District Court Continues till Midnight

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

The above Court opened on Tuesday, and the morning's proceedings were fully reported in "The Liberal" of that day…

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Bail Granted Attempted Murder Case. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, in chambers to-day, granted the application for bail made on behalf of William James Rixon, who was under…

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Men of Steel New Police Garb

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 3

Poland is equipping her police force in a manner resembling the stalwart men-at-arms of the city march of the Middle Ages…

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District Court Cases Dealt with

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

Cases dealt with in the District Court by Judge Thomson resulted as follows:--J. L. Astley and Co., motor garage…

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