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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Court Shorts Cases Heard on

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 5

Two first offenders were each fined 2/6, in default one hour's imprisonment, for drunkenness. James Joseph Cooley, who pleaded…

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Cobar Police Court (Before Mr. C. C. Pickup, P.m.). Stealing Charge

Western Age · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 2

John Henry Taylor was charged with staling three paris of pillow slips, the property of Florence E. Condon, valued at £2/6/6. Defendant pleaded not…

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Warden's Court Mining Suspensions

Western Age · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 2

Mr. R. E. Gardiner, on behalf of the C.S.A. Mines Ltd., made application for suspension of labor conditions on the mine for six months. There…

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Foul Murder Professor Lessing's Fate Prague

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 1

Professor Lessing, a prominent opponent of Nazis power and rule, was foully murdered by a party to-day, supposed to be acting under Max Ecker…

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Murder Charge Doctor's Opinion Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 2

When charged at the Central Court to-day with the murder of Arthur Elliott in a house at Surry Hills on Saturday night, Rose…

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Case of Stealing a Big Haul Bail Refused Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 1

Frederick Taylor, aged 34 years, a carpenter, and Frederick Thompson, aged 26 years, a plumber, were charged at the Central Police Court…

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Public Interest In Court Case Court Overflows Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Claude William Wallage, aged 24 years, a mechanic, and Eric Newlyn, aged 26 years, a car driver…

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Murder Trail Leads Into North Punitive Expedition Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 1

A punitive expedition is expected to leave Darwin for Arnhein Land this month to arrest aborigines who…

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Charged with Murder

The Western Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 2

When charged at the Central Court to day with the murder of Arthur Elliott, in a house in Surry Hills on Saturday night, Rose McIntosh, 33, a…

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Smuggling Letters From Gaol

The Western Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

A former prisoner of Goulburn Goal was charged with attempting to smuggle letters out of goal, and sentenced to one months imprisonment…

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Jazz Musician Faces Stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

Said to be a jazz musician, Leonard Vivian Sharp (27), came before Mr. A. J. Bryant, J.P., in the Dubbo Police Court to-day, to face two…

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Court Brevities

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 4

The cases before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., in the Dubbo Court of Petty Sessions yesterday were mostly of a minor nature…

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Back to Gaol! Aimee B. Edols Registrar Doubts Her Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

The Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day refused to accept the explanation of Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols, as to what had become of. the £4000 borrowed…

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Dangerous Driving Motorist Fined £5 Police Watch Traffic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 4

As was intimated in "The Liberal" some time ago, the police are determined to see that the traffic regulations in Dubbo are observed…

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The Bondi Murder John Rowland's End Accused Men on Trial Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

Frederick William Wallace (24), mechanic, and Eric Newlyn (26), motor driver, were again at the Central Criminal Court to-day, on a charge of…

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Injunction to Restrain Rejected by the Full Court Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

The Full Court dismissed the application of Mr. T. P. Doyle, M.L.C., for an injunction to restrain the Government from proceeding with the…

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Police and Political Control

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) has given notice in the Legislative Assembly of a bill to remove the police administration from…

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Jumped Off Bridge Shoplifter before the Court Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

When the name of Susan Davis (65), domestic duties, charged with shoplifting, was called at the Central Court to-day, the Police Inspector said it was…

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Three Resign From Council Following Court Case Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

Three members of the Eastwood Council, the Mayor (Ald. Small) and Alds. Dole and Ball, tendered their…

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Sentenced to Death Cessnock Murder

Western Age · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 3

Eric Leslie Jones, 29, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday of last week of the murder of his wife, Rita Jones, at Cessnock…

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