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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Cobar Police Court (Before Mr. C. C. Pickup, P.m.). Many Licensing Offences

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

Florence Ellen Condon, licensee of the Great Western Hotel, Cobar, was charged with having served liquor after hours on Saturday, 16th…

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Man Charged with Arson Fire Fed with Inflamnable Liquid

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

A fire was discovered on Friday in the small workshop of the "Southern Cross Press." Military Road, Cremorne. Fortunately the flames were…

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Alleged Assault Dubbo Resident Arrested Wellington, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

As the result of an alleged assault here to-night, a Dubbo resident was arrested. Subsequently he was charged with unlawful assault and…

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Local Jottings Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

At the police court this morning before Mr. J. J. Fernon, Chamber Magistrate, Leslie Norman Lynch was charged with assault on B…

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CHARGE of MURDER Brother against Brother Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

William James Vinecombe, 57, of Woomelang, was arrested for the alleged shooting of his brother, Councillor Henry George Vinecombe,…

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Rates Charged to Aldermen and Wives

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

Ald. J. T. Francis presented a tall order at Tuesday night's Council meeting. He asked the Mayor if the Town Clerk I would prepare for the next meeting,…

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Two Years' Gaol For Taking Employer's Money Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Francis Michael Toohey (39) was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for the theft of £2928 from his employers,…

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Fifteen Natives On Charge of Murder Port Moresby

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

Patrol officer Hides has arrived at Port Moresby, with 15 natives accused of murder, whom he brought overland from a valley 250 miles away…

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West Dubbo Case Early Court Skirmishes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

Judging by the preliminary skirmishes in court yesterday, the cases Marie Theresa McNall v. Martha Jackson, for assault, and…

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Red Hot Language West Dubbo War Amusing Court Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

When Marie Theresa McNall candidly told Mr. G. F. C. Griffin yesterday that she came to court only because it gave her a chance of…

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Trangie Assault Gaol for Griffiths

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 2

Charged with having maliciously wounded his wife, Thomas Martin Griffiths, central figure in the recent sensational stabbing art ray at…

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Cobbora Case Alleged Assault on Constable Three Months Imprisonment

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 8

Public galleries were crowded at the Mudgee Quarter Sessions on Wednesday of last week. when Thomas Lockwood Martin, of…

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Film Scene Taken in Court

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 6

Considerable excitement was caused at the Darlinghurst, Sydney, Criminal Courts the other clay when, during the hearing of a case in which Dr. Everard,…

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Paris Riots Battle with Police—Wild Scenes Political Crisis Reaches Climax

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 1

WITH the Chamber of Deputies surrounded by police and mounted guards, with thousands of troops hidden at strategic points in the…

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Pensioner Charged with Murder

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

William Warren, a crippled pensioner, was charged at Broken Hill with the murder of George Datson, by administering strychine…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

Before Mr. C. Pickup, Police Magistrate, at the Bourke Police Court on on Tuesday night last, six offenders Were charged with being on licensed…

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Sheep Stealing

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

At Orange, displaying almost unparrallelled effrontery, two young men stole 250 sheep from a paddock at Canowindra and succeeded in selling…

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Griffiths Sentenced. Stabbing Case Sequel. Charge of Attempted Murder Dropped

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 8

Thomas Martin Griffiths stood in the dock at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last, before Judge Barton, on the charge of maliciously…

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Narromine Police Court Crowded Court House. Lengthy List of Cases

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

The Narromine Police Court was well attended by curious ones on Tuesday last, a lengthy list of cases giving interesting entertainment to…

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Charge of Conspiracy Narromine Residents in Police Court. Frederick Hodges and Kenneth Ford Committed For Trial

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 4

Three wen-known residents of Narromise appeared in the local Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. F. Danton, P.M., on a charge of conspiring to defrand the Rural Industries Board of certain sums of money. The accused men were:—…

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