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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Old Man Charged with Attempted Murder Tasmanian Case Hobart

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 1

Hugh Henry Wilson (62) has been committed fur trial on a charge of lairing attempted lo murder Charles Grace…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Western Herald · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 2

The first ease was one in which Albert George James Edwards, was charged with alleged stealing a colt near Trangie in October last, the…

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Trangie Police Court. Blind Pensioner Robbed

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 8

On Saturday, 16th inst., Herbert Roy Sherrit was charged with having two one-pound notes in his possession reasonably supposed to have…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

The Western Herald · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 2

William Sinclair Campbell, aged 75 years, was .charged with alleged indecent assault. Accused was defended by Mr I. W. Armstrong and pleaded…

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Death of Air Pilot Mrs. Miller and Captain Lancaster in Gaol Miami, Florida

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 1

The aviatrix, Mrs. Keith Miller, and Captain Lancaster, arc being held in the county gaol for investigation, following the shooting of Haden Clark,…

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Refused State's Application to High Court Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 1

The High Court, by five votes to to one, Justice Evatt dissenting, re fused leave to the State to appeal to the Privy Council,…

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Communists Cause Trouble Police Charge Mob in New York New York

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 1

Disorders broke out this afternoon at a demonstration for unemployment relief at the City Hall, when a group of several hundred Communists broke…

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New Police Officer Arrives Inspector Armstrong No Stranger to West Vivid Memories of Cobar's Glory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 4

Arrived in Dubbo on Wednesday afternoon, First-Claw Sergeant Armstrong, Acting Inspector, who yesterday assumed duties…

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Moxley Captured at Last Arrested Near Manly Police Effect Capture After Thrilling Chase Alleged Murderer Rode Bicycle Over Harbour Bridge Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 1

After having evaded capture for over a week, William Cyril Moxley, alleged to have been concerned in the murder of Frank…

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Bankstown Murder Accused Remanded Bail Not Asked for

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 1

The arrest of Moxley, the man wanted for the double murder at Bankstown, reported in Thursday's "Liberal," was effected quickly…

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Three Years' Hard Bank Clerks Sent to Gaol Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 1

At the General Sessions to-day, Frank Howard Watkin (52) and Michael Allan (30), both bank clerks, who pleaded guilty to having stolen £2770 from the…

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Wellington Police Court Charge of Stealing

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 5

At the Police Court on Friday morning last, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. T. Adams, a stranger to the town, named Henry…

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Warden's Court (Before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 5

The application of Percy Robert King for the cancellation of a number of authorities to enter was adjourned, and the applications by…

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Police at Matches Must Pay If Off Duty

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 1

President J. F. Sweeney, himself a capable and popular police officer, smiled broadly when Treasurer J. Healy brought the police into a…

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Brutal Murder of Unemployed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 3

Michael Desmond, 55, unemployed, was brutally murdered at an unemployment camp about 100 yards from sutherland railway station last night…

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Man Detained for Murder Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 3

Glen Innes police last night detained a man who was questioned regarding the murder of Albert Victor Chaffey, who was shot in the back of the…

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New Police Officer Arrives Inspector Armstrong No Stranger to West Vivid Memories of Cobar's Glory

Western Age · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 1

Arrived in Dubbo on Wednesday afternoon, First-Clase Sergeant Armstrong, Acting Inspector, who yesterday assumed duties…

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Stuart Town Police Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 4

At the police court on 19th April, before Mr. Adams, P.M., Michael O'Neal and Thomas McCarthy were charged with mining on Crown lands…

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Little Hope Bellevue Hill Assault. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 1

There is little hope held out by the doctors for the recovery of Mrs. Saywell, tone of the victims of the bloodthirsty assault on Mr. and Mrs…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 4

Application by William Richard Goninan for authority to enter portion 287, parish Ironbarks, county Wellington, was granted for 12…

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