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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Alleged Fraud Accused Before the Court Sydney

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

At the Central Police Court to-day, Albert Thomas Lord (47), who stated that he was senior clerk in the State Hospital at Lidcombe, was charged with…

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Police and Bandits Clash in India Two Constables Killed Calcutta

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

Two constables were killed and a villager seriously wounded in a clash between the police and armed bandits near Shaker, in the Ferozepur district…

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Cobar Police Court

Western Age · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

At the Cobar Police Court on Monday last, G. V. Padula, licenses of the Empire Hotel, was fined £, and 8/- costs, for having served drinks after…

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Narromine Police Court (Before Mr. Oram, P.M.)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

At the Narromine Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Oram, P.M., J. A. Styman, baker of Narromine, was charged that he did…

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Police Grievances

The Western Herald · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

At the Police Conference to-day, W. P. C. Newland, Woollongong, said the police had been a servite body long enough. He added that a grave…

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Police Conference Opened by Premier

Western Age · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 3

The annual conference of the New South Wales Police Association was opened by the Premier (Mr. Stevens), who forecasted the…

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Presentation to Police Chief Superintendent Lillie Entertained Superintendent Brydon Welcomed

Western Age · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

The Dubbo Police Court Chamber was on fete last night, the occasion being a send-off and presentation to Superintendent Lillie., who, after administering the affairs of the Western Police, with headquarters at Dubbo, for over four years, was the following day…

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Was It Murder ? Strange Rumors About Train Fatality Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 1

A startling theory has developed, out of the inquiries into the death of John Hargreaves (23), store manager, of St. Kilda, whose body was found in a…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, May 5, 1933 (Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M.) Jones' Troubles Three Months for Vagrancy

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 4

Harold Jones, for whom Mr. F. Davidson (of Messrs Quirk and Davidson) appeared, pleaded not guilty to a charge of vagrancy. He…

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Left Rich Legacy Accepted Pension Aged Woman Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

Although she had been left a rich legacy of over £10,000, a Dubbo woman continued to draw her oldage pension, a fact which led to her…

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Police Keep Peace Diggers Indignant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 3

An ugly incident went within an ace of disturbing Mr. Wilson's meeting on Saturday night, just after it commenced…

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Wages Increased by Arbitration Court Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

A sensation was caused in the Full Arbitration Court to-day, when Chief Judge Dethridge announced that, as a result of a…

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Alleged Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

John William Carson (28) and Thomas Pollock (26) appeared before Mr. A. J. Bryant, J.P., in the Police Court to-day, and were charged with stealing a…

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Pleads Guilty Local Hospital False Pretences Returned Soldiers Before Court

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 5

In pleading guilty to having falsely received food relief orders, John Roberts, aged 45, an incapacitated returned soldier,…

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Looking Backward Some Old Reminiscences Wellington Court and Coui't Houses

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 7

PASSING Wellington Court House the other day my attention was drawn to a number of people waiting there, and I was told a district…

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Murder and Suicide At Parramatta Deaths at Garden Gate Parramatta, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1933 · page 1

A man named Stanley Jex (27), an assistant cook, shot a girl dead last night, then turned the revolver, a 45 cal., on himself, and inflicted an awful…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, May 12, 1933 (Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 4

Frederick Lee, who had several previous convictions against him for indulging too freely, was fined £2 or 4 days…

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Secret Meeting Raided by Police Organisers Caught Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 1

During a secretly organised race meeting at Luddenham, twelve miles from Penrith, yesterday, detectives swooped down upon a crowd of about…

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KILL 50 PEOPLE Drugs Stolen. Police Search Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 1

A keen search is being made in and around Sydney for drugs stolen from a chemist's shop at Cremorne. The police are not so anxious to punish the…

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Boys Arrested Robberies May be Solved Police Pleased Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 1

As a result of the arrest of five boys in the Sydney suburbs yesterday, the police hope to clear up a series of robberies involving about…

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