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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Police Raid S.P. Betting Young Man Fined £20

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

The sequel to two simultaneous raids carried out by the [?]Saturday, afternoon was the [?] of several men in the Police Court…

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Lithgow Beer Seized by Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 3

Acting on the instructions of a Customs officer, the Dubbo police yesterday seized a lorry, and 160 bottles of Lithgow beer, on which,…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. V. H. Wells, on Tuesday night a number of breaches of the motor traffic act were dealt with, and…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Western Herald · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

Before Mr. V. H. Wells, Police Magistrate, the Municipal Appeal Court was held on Tuesday night last…

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Late King Albert Sensational Statement Colonel's Allegations of Murder

Western Age · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 1

Colonel Graham Hutchison, in an address to the Nottingham Writers' Club, declared that King Albert of Belgium did not meet his death in an…

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Beautiful Woman Sentenced to Death BERLIN

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 1

Baroness Vouberg, one of the most beautiful society women, has been sentenced to death, for espionage…

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Wagga Sensation At Murder Trial Crown Witness Shot Wagga, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 1

The trial of Edward Henry Morey for the murder of Percy Edward Smith was continued. Mrs. Susan H. Pearce re-told her story of Morey coming to…

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Wellington Police Court Friday, May 11. 1934. (Before Mr. F. C. Denton, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 4

W. J: Spratt and Felix A. Pedron were each fined 2/- and 8/- costs, for failing to return drivers' licenses. On Aborigines' Reserve…

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Police Raid Prohibited Game. 1 6 Men Caught. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 1

Police last night raided a club in Park Street, Sydney, where, it is alleged, foreigners were playing "mosh", a…

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Wool Stealing. William Newman Convicted

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 1

In an address to the Bench, Sergeant Baxter, during the hearing of this case, pointed out that wool stealing in the West. In…

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Plot to Murder Dollfuss Immense Bomb Discovered

Western Age · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 3

Police watchfulness foiled a determined plot to murder the Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Dolfuss, just before whose arrival a bomb was found…

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Railway Pay Dockets Goulburn Men in Court £12,243 MENTIONED

Western Age · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2

At the Goulburn Police Court, three man, William Henry Lamb (35), railway institute attendant; Frank Augustus Twyford (34), a…

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Balwyn Murder Takes Sensational Turn Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 1

Police investigations into the Balwyn murder took a sensational turn this afternoon, when detectives ascertained that the night before the man's body…

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Cool Customers In and Out of Gaol at Will Perth, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 1

When three men, who are serving sentences in Fremantle gaol, appeared before the local court on a charge of stealing to-day, an amazing story was…

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MR. C.F. DENTON Police Magistrate Farewelled

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 3

PRIOR to the commencement of the usual court work on Friday morning last, an opportunity was taken to say farewell to Mr. C. F. Denton,…

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TREASURE-TROVE Young Men Charged

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 5

IN regard to the finding of stolen tobacco and two ten-gallon casks of beer in the tunnel of the well near the Macquarie River on Friday last…

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Bad Character Gaol Escapee's Record Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Jack Smith, or Louis Hart (40), labourer, was remanded on two charges of stealing and one of having escaped from…

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A Defrauder Gets His Desserts 18 Months' Gaol

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 6

SOME little time back a man was travelling throughout the western towns, and at each one he managed to pass a few valueless cheques, but…

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New Court House For Gulargambone

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 3

It was a surprise when it became known that tenders had been received for the erection of a new Court House and residence for the…

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Reserved Judgment. Important Decision In District Court Case

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 6

AT the Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. J. J. Fernon lead the judgment of His Honor Judge Barton in the case of Western Store…

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