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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Murder Charge Captain Lancaster's Admissions

Western Age · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 3

Captain Lancaster, the wellknown airman, who has been charged will the murder of a fellow airman, Clarke, assertine his innocence to-day, said…

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Industrial Court. HAWKINS V. PERRY. Claim for £61/19/6

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 5

In the Industrial Court at Narromine on Tuesday morning, before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.M., Alfred Thomas Hawkins, late manager of…

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'The Cat's' Gun Cost Him £100 Allan Parker Sentenced Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 1

At the Burwood Court to-day, Allan Parker (31), a salesman, was committed for trial on a charge of carrying a revolver at night, with intent to commit…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 2

At the Yeoval Police Court on Friday afternoon last a man named Patrick Kelly was brought before the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. T…

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Wellington Police Court (Before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.M.) Case Dismissed

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 4

George Charles Crean was proceeded against for having three iron posts in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen…

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Stealing Charge (Before H. T. Adams, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 3

David Braine Armstrong Ross (30) and Walter James Ward (83), strangers to Dubbo, were charged with having, on May on May 5, stolen a quantity of…

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ABDUCTION Girl 14: Man 24. Caught by Police Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 1

Yesterday morning city police were informed that a girl aged 14 years and a man aged 24 years had eloped from a country town, where…

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Tram Strikers Case in Court Batons Exhibited. New Zealand

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 1

During the hearing of the charges against ten men engaged in the Christchurch Strain strikers' riot on Friday, an array of batons of various…

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Jock Garden Assaulted Men Before Court Alleged New Guardsmen. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day eight men, alleged to be members of the New Guard, were charged with having assaulted Alderman J. S. (Jock)…

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Stealing Vegetables

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 1

Times are hard and food is scarce in many homes, but it profits no man to replenish his larder by stealing vegetables from local gardens. David…

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Garden Assault Case Eight New Guaud Members Before the Court

The Western Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day eight men, alleged to members of the New Guard, were charged with having assaulted A d. J S. Garden and his…

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Dubbo Police Court Monday, May 9 (BEFORE H. T. Adams, P.m.) Wilful Trespassing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 3

Before Mr. H. X. Adams, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court on Monday young man named Sydney Robertson [?] pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Police Raid New Guard Officials Arrested Sensational Plot Alleged No Fascist Tactics Says Campbell SYDNEY, This Morning

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 1

Continuing their investigations into the operations or the New Guard the police to-day made two further sensational arrests shortly after lunch. A squad of detectives, headed by Detective Sergeants…

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Narromine Police Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

The following cases ware dealt with at the local Police Court on Thursday May 5, before Messrs B. J. Mooney and A. Garnsey, J's.P…

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Crown Witness Sentenced Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 1

There was an echo of the Canberra mail robbery at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when Percy Edward Jacobs (41), who was a Crown witness in that case…

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Royal Commissioner On the Garden Assault Sydney. Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 1

Mr. Lang has announced that the Government his appointed Chief Stipendiary Magistrate Laidlaw as Royal Commissioner to enquire into the…

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Police Pay Last Lot under Lang Sydney Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 1

The sum of £50,000, in cash, was withdrawn from the Treasury vaults to-day, to pay the N.S.W. police…

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

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 5

AT the Police Court on Friday morning, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. T. Adams, Daniel Riley, a young colored man, was…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 6

At the Warden's Court on Friday morning, before Mr. H. T. Adams, Warden, the application of James Fisher and Andrew Zell for…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 2

A SHIRE appeal court was held on Friday morning for the purpose of hearing appeals against assessments of the Macquarie Shire Council…

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