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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Three Sentenced Bowling Club Robbery 18 Months for Collitts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 2

For breaking and entering the Dubbo Bowling Club pavilion on January 18 last, and stealing to-bacco, cigarettes and snooker balls,…

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District Court Minor Cases Dealt with

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 3

Several minor cases were dealt with by Mr. Justice Barton in the Dubbo District Court yesterday. On behalf of the Western Stores and…

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District Court Case Big Sum Claimed From Road Contractor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 7

A case of interest to Dubbo residents was commenced in the District Court, before Mr. Justice Barton, yesterday, when John G. Miller,…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 2

THE Police Magistrate, Mr. C. F. Denton, had a busy time last week, when he presided at the Court on both Thursday and Friday last. A…

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Driver Charged With Manslaughter. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 1

At the Manly police court to-day William Andrew Grose, 34, carrier, was charged with alleged manslaughter of William Proudfoot, who died from…

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Old Offenders Again in Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 2

Year after year one sees the old familiar laces in the dock at the Dubbo Police Court. Yesterday, four old offenders added to their lists…

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Raced From Hotel But Caught by the Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 8

Because two men, who raced from, the Royal Hotel, on the night of January 27 last, were caught by the police, Max Finn, the licensee…

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Dubbo Bread War Another Court Case Unusual Allegations Denied

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 1

An echo of the recent bread war in Dubbo was heard in the Police Court yesterday, when Max Thompson was proceeded against by the…

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Mendooran Police Court Alleged Unlawful Assault

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 8

At the Mendooran Police Court, before Mr. W. Luckie, Charles Stevens, of Boyben, sleeper cutter, for whom Mr. O. G. Murphy, of…

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17 Years' Old Girl Charged with Attempted Poisoning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

A charge of having attempted to Poison her employer's daughter, Esmay Lorna Fitzmaurice (17) was remanded at the Melbourne Court…

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DRUGGED Woman Robbed Police Informed Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

A young woman informed the police early this morning that, after visiting a hotel at Darlington to collect some money she had left there,…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Well-known Residents Charged Committed for Trial

Western Age · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

Ethel Susannah Simpson, Arthur Simpson, and John Simpson, of "Fairview" Cobar, were charged with that they did on or about the 10th…

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Masseur Fined Magistrate's Strong Comment Lithgow

Western Age · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

A medical masseur, George Thomas Eaton, was fined £5 at Lithgow Police Court for furnishing false information to the Registrar of Births. It appears…

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Cobar Police Court (Before Mr. C. C Pickup, P.m.). Alleged Detention of Property

Western Age · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

Ethel S. Simpson, of "Fairview," Cobar, sought to recover from Mont. Harris, of Cobar, certain property, Mr. S. Herford, of Messrs. Dawson and…

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Licensing Court Quarterly Report

Western Age · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

The report of the Licensing Inspector, Sergeant R. Russell, was dealt wit by the magistrate (Mr. C. C. Pickup). Mrs. F. E. Condon was granted three…

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Warden's Court (Before the Mining Warden, Mr. C. C. Pickup, P.M.)

Western Age · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

Eric A. Campbell sought suspension of labor conditions on mineral lenses 3888 and 3872. No objections were lodged, and suspension was…

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Drunks and Vagrants Penalised at Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 1

Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, C.M., and Mr. F. Meehan, J.P., at the Court of Petty Sessions this morning, a number of defendants were charged with…

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Girl Stabbed Attempted Murder Charge

The Wellington Times · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 1

Stabbed above the heart with a butcher's knife, Lola Hansch (17), of Battery Point, Hobart, is now in hospital, in a critical condition…

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Nott Murder Suggestion by Crown Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 1

At Narrabri to-day the Crown prosecutor mentioned the case in which Henry Earl Richards, who is charged with being an accessory…

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Thieves at Court House Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 1

During the Easter vacation the strong room of the Court House at Bunbury was opened and a sum of money, believed to be about £500…

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