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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Bungendore Murder Victim Placed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

Murder will out! In November the remains of a man were found at Bungendore Investigations showed that he had been shot…

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Was It Suicide? Police at Work Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

The police have gained further clues of the last days of Sidney J. Morrison, the alleged victim of tho Bungendore tragedy…

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Wellington Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

There were quite a number of cases death with at the Police Court during the holidays, and a number of the more, serious cases were…

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The Railway and Police

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

The Railway staff, though not so busy as in other days, gave the same efficient and helpful service to the public whether the movements were below…

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Alleged Theft of Cheque Form Accused Fined

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Messrs. E. Townsend and D. A. McLean, J's.P., presided at the Gilgandra Police Court on 29th. December, when M'chael Bourke, 43,…

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Another Remand In Murder Case. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Another remand was granted to-day in the case in which James White, aged 28 years, a showman, is charged with murdering Frederick Roberts in…

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High Jinks Police Call a Halt Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

The police raided a house at Paddington this morning, and took three girls to the police station. The raid followed reports that the…

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In the Nude Girls Entertain Men. Police Raid. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Members of the police force raided a house at Paddington early this morning, and took three girls to the police station…

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Alarming Find Live Shell in Theatre Police Mystified. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Police are mystified at the discovery of a live shell in a Sydney theatre, following upon the finding of a live aerial bomb last…

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Indian Crisis Wholesale Arrests Police Fire on Crowd Calcutta

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

Strong farces of police rounded up Congressmen, raided the headquarters at Bomboy, and arrested over 100 members of Congress, including…

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Police Have No Power Posters on Telegraph Poles Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

When the cases in which three men were charged by the police with affixing election posters to telegraph poles were mentioned in the North Sydney…

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Wellington Police Court. (Before Mr. J. B. Scobic, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

David J. Cowan, for using insulting language was fined 20/- or two days. J. Rose, for drunkenness and offensive behaviour, was fined £1 or two…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

The Warden, Mr. J. B. Scobie, dealt with a number of cases on Friday last. Sarah Jane Rich's application to occupy a residential area was…

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MURDER Hindoo Brutally Killed Man Arrested

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Rham Chund (50), a Hindoo, was brutally murdered at his hut at North Lismore yesterday. Another Indian has been arrested and charged with…

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Dole Not Shown Court Records of Pensions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

In the C.P.S. returns for the year just closed there is no doles record; that is kept by the police. Other payments show: Family endowment, 159;…

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Forgot Where He Left His Bike and Reported Its Loss to the Police

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

When a man rides a bicycle from his home to a place of business in another part of the town, docs his business, then walks perspiringly home and…

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Burglary on Sunday Only Money Taken

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. aud Mrs. Johnson, of Carrington Avenue, locked up their home and went into the country to spend an hour or two. When…

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Murder of Youth Prosecutor Demands Full Toll Honolulu

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

The prosecutor, it is stilted, will ask for the hanging of Mrs. Fortescue, Lieutenant Massie two naval enlisted men, for the murder of a youth…

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Foul Murder Porter Shot by Brutal Bandit Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

Cecil Baker (19), of Bankstown, was shot dead last night by a desperate Landit. Two men approached the porter at…

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Indian Crisis Wholesale Arrests Police Fire on Crowd

Western Age · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

Strung forces of police rounded up Congressmen. raided the headquarters at Bombay, and arrested over 100 members of Congress, including…

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