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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Court Brevities

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 6

A fair list of minor, cases was dealt with by Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday. Conditionally on his leaving the town…

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Police Raid Has Second Court Sequel Record Attendance Hears Evidence Alleged S.P, Betting in Local Billiards Saloon Case Adjouined Until

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 4

It is a long timo since the Dubbo Police Court has been so tightly packed with interested spectators as it was yesterday, when the much discussed alleged S.P. betting case came before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., for decision. Evidence was of an interesting and, at times…

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Stealing at Balladoran

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 4

At the Coonamble Police Court this week William Cragg was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Charles Johnst[?]one at…

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Police Raid Sequel

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 7

As the result of a point raised by Mr. G. F. C. Griffin, the 45 men who were charged at Dubbo last week with having been in an alleged…

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Death Sentence In Murder Charge Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 1

Percy Claude Airs was convicted at the Toowoomba Circuit Court of the wilful murder of Percival Corn[?] Reed, and was sentenced to [?]…

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DISAPPEARANCE Mystery Surrounds It. Police Inquiry Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 1

Police are endeavouring to clear up the mystery which surrounds the disappearance of Guyton Butler, a passenger by the liner Nieu…

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Police Raid Sequel Meades' Case ALLEGED S.P. BETTING

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 6

The case in which Robert Ernost Meades is charged with conducting an alleged gaining house, for the purpose of betting with persons…

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Solicitor Sentenced

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 2

Yesterday, in Brisbane, a former solicitor in Rabaul was convicted of having stolen £800 of trust money and sentenced to four years hard…

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Cessnock Murder Charge. Eric Jones Remanded

Western Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court Eric Leslie Jones, 29, unemployed, was remanded on a charge of having murdered Rita Jones, 25, and with having…

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Hard Court Contests Annual Championships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1933 · page 5

The committee of management of Dubbo District Tennis Association held its initial meeting on Thursday-evening, at the office of the P.P. Boards…

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Work for Dole Non-Recipients' Rights Police Instructions

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 July 1933 · page 6

WE have received the following letter dealing with the above matter from Mr. W. Smith, Bodangora:— "I wish to ask the officer-in-charge…

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Fraud. Conspirators in Court Company Control. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 July 1933 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day James Patrick Bolger, grazier, Joseph Patrick McNamara, solicitor, and Henry Delatene Keown…

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Three Months' Gaol For Dubbo Criminal P.M's. Scathing Comment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 2

"I have no doubt that he was consorting with reputed criminals. He is the type of man Dubbo doesn't want, and if I can be the…

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Bunglegumbie Farmer in Bankruptcy Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 6

Bad seasons, the drop in prices and the temporary ousting of the horse by the tractor were the reasons advanced for his financial…

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Wool Stealing Six Months Gaol "Ten Years of Life Given to Crime"

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 5

Pleading guilty to a charge of having a[?] Curbon, on or about having at Curban, on or about 300 lbs. of wool in one wool…

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Charge of Stealing Horses Taken And Trained Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Walker Rogers, aged 25 years, a labourer, was remanded on a charge of haying stolen, at Manly…

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Horse Thefts Suspect Charged in Sydney Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 1

At the Control Police Court 'to-day, Walter Rogers (25), laborer, was remanded on a charge of having stolen, at Manly, four horses, valued at £35…

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Mystery Death Police Investigating Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 1

The police are investigating the mysterious death of Roy Jameson, of Leichhardt. It appears that just before retiring…

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STRYCHNINE Police Investigation Of Sudden Death Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 July 1933 · page 1

Police are continuing to investigate the mysterious death of Roy Jamieson, of Leichhardt. Up to yesterday little had been ascertained, but…

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Suspect in Sight For the Dorman Murder Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 1

A man for whom the police have been seeking, following the murder of Miss Kathleen Dorman, nl Windsor, was seen in a Melbourne street on…

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