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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Wellington Divorce Court. Monday, April 10, 1933

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 3

[?] following is the evidence taken in [?] divorce cases which were heard. [?]re His Honor Judge Barton, at [?]local Divorce Court last Monday…

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District Court. Monday, 10th APRIL. (Before His Honor, Judge Barton)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 4

The following cases were listed at the District Court, Wellington, on Monday last:— Examinations of…

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Cablegrams Britishers Sentenced Soviet Case Concludes Moscow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 1

Of the six Britishers charged with sabotages and espionage, Gregory was to-day acquitted, and the other five men convicted. Thorton was sentenced to…

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Horse Stealing. Case at Coonamble. Horses Sold At Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 3

Before Messrs. E. J. Smith and N. D. McArthur, Js.p., at the Coonamble Police court last week, Thomas Boxall, alias Stanley Brown, was…

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Edgecliffe Fatality Man Charged With Feloniously Slaying Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 1

Walking into the Darlinghurst Police Station early this morning, a man is alleged to have remarked to the officer-in-charge, that he was wanted in…

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Awful Tragedy Young Life Lost The Father Stands Charged Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court to-day Stanley Edward Leslie Fennell (25) was charged with having, at River-stone yesterday, feloniously slain his…

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Wellington Police Court. Alleged Perjury Friday, 21st April, before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M.

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 3

[?] B. Blanchard was charged [?]runkenness, and using profane [?]ge. Mr. F. Davidson (Quark [?]avidson) appeared for the…

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"Peeping Tom" Willing Court Exchanges Lawyer's Remarks Resented

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

Willing exchanges between Mr. G. F. G. Griffin and Sergt. Payne were features of a case in the Police Court yesterday, when John…

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False Prospectus Solicitor and Chemist Charged Sydney

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

At the Central Police Court to-day Edward Beeby (41), solicitor, and Edwin John Drake (34), chemist, were charged with having issued a false…

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Police Pay Increase Sought. Bcause of "Arduous" Duties. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 1

The agenda paper for the annual conference of the' Police Association contains a number of motions demanding an increase in the police pay…

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State Marketing Boards Important High Court Ruling

Western Age · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 2

The High Court, in dismissing the appeal of the Queensland Peanut Board, practically decided that boards set up by States for the marketing…

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Kindness, Courtesy and Consideration Recognised by Dubbo Police Farewell Function to Superintendent Lillie Sincerity of Parting Encomiums

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1933 · page 5

Underlying the many expressions of goodwill voiced at the gathering of members of the police force of the Dubbo District, and Court staff…

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VANDALISM At Baths Area. Police Asked to Take Action

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1933 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Wellington Council, the Clerk drew attention to the fact that, how the winter is coming on…

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Suspected Murder

The Western Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 2

The decomposed remains of Percival Read, a wheat farmer, who had been missing since March 29, were discovered in a disused well near Dalby,…

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Police Item

The Western Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 2

Sergt. W. O. Hargraves, of Bourke, has received official notice of his promotion from 3rd class to 2nd class Sergeant. The Sergeant will reach…

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Only a Boy Yet Charged As a Vagrant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 1

Only 18 years old, Llewellyn Davies Scott, a fresh-faced youth, stood in the dock at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday to answer a…

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Police Want 1 a Day

The Western Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 2

Conference adopted a resolution advocating a minimum payment of £1 a day for members of Police forces…

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Unusual Court Case Digger's Loss of Memory

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 6

That war injuries had been responsible for periodic lapses of memory, during which he remembered absolutely nothing, was the…

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Presentation to Police Chief Superintendent Lillie Entertained

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 3

The Dubbo Police Court Chamber was en [?] on Thursday night last, the occasion being a send-off and presentation to…

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Appeal by Police For Full Civil Rights Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 1

At the Police Conference, sitting in Sydney, to-day, W. F. C. Newland, of Wollongong, said the police had been a servile body long enough. He added…

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