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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Police Court

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A sitting of the local Court took place on December 21. Horace William Buckley was charged with driving a car whilst…

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Scotland Yard Move In Albury Murder

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

INQUIRIES that are being made by Scotland Yard, it was learned, may have a vital bearing on the Albury "Pyjama Girl" murder…

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Wellington Police Court (Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

THE first sitting of the Police Court for the new year was a very light one, the P.M., Mr. Pickup, having all the business concluded within 20…

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Bigamy Charge Narromine Man Committed For Trial First Wife Questioned in Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Facing a charge of bigamy, Thomas Burns, of Narromine, pleaded not gulley, reserving his defence. It was alleged that he…

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Man Missing Is it a Case of Murder? Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 1

The Victorian police are still scouring the countryside in search of James Ross, 23 years, who mysteriously disappeared on Friday…

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Bigamy Charge. Narromine Man Committed for Trial. First Wife Questioned in Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 4

AT the Narromine Police Court last Wednesday before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., Thomas Burns, of Narromine, pleaded not guilty to a charge that…

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Wellington Police Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 10

At the Police Court on Tuesday last the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. Pickup, presided. A stranger named Arthur Leo Hayes was charged…

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Police Court Light List

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

Business at the usual monthly sitting of the Gilgandra Police Court on Monday last was quickly dispensed with, there being only at list…

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Wellington Small Debts Court. (Tuesday, January 15.) Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M. Claim for Wages

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 10

Frank Mooney, a State boy, aged 16 years (but he looked much younger), represented by Mr. L. O'Neal (Messrs W. P. Kelly and…

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Stavisky Case Echo Police Inspector Dismissed

Western Age · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Detective Inspector Bony, who last month lost a libel claim for £50,000 damages against the newspaper "Gringoire," which alleged he was an…

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Mr. Rufe Naylor Court Action Pending Canterbury Racecourse Incident

Western Age · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Mr Rufe Naylor, well-known on metropolitan racecourse, was escorted from the Canterbury racecourse on Saturday afternoon by members of…

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Eric Campbell's Terrier. Man Fined for Stealing. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

At the North Sydney Court to-day, Robert Bistenholz, 3d, labourer, was charged with having stolen an Irish terrier the property of Eric…

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Motor Cycle Thief Sentenced

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 10

The conviction at Dubbo last week of Spencer Robertson (26), for the theft of a motor cycle and side-car at Dubbo in 1932, was not only a…

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Desperate Girl Jumps Gaol Wall

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 6

An eleven-year-old girl who was on remand on a charge of vagrancy scaled the 20ft. wall of Dubbo gaol on Sunday. She was…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

Herbert Park, at the Warden's Court on Tuesday last, laid a complaint for the cancellation of an authority to enter against Dennis…

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Wellington Police Court. Tuesday, January 22, 1935. (Before Mr. C. Pickup, P.m.) Bound Over

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 9

The Police proceeded against Thomas John Johnson, a coloured man, on a charge of unlawfully assaulting Gladys Johnson. The…

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Licensing Court Several Applications

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

AT the Licensing Court on Tuesday last, before the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. C Pickup, the report [?] the Licensing Inspector, Sergeant…

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Three Months' Gaol. Young Man Convicted About to Rob a Shop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

That he had been seen pushing up the window of a shop in Gipps Street, was the allegation made against Albert Victor Jones (26)…

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Breaking From Dubbo Gaol a Remarkable Incident

Western Age · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

A 17-year-old girl, who had been arrested by the police and placed in the cells, was the central figure in an amazing attempt to break out of the…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Well-known Residents Committed for Trial

Western Age · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

At the Cobar Police Court on Monday last, before Mr. V. Wells, P.M., Arthur G., John I., and Francis Simpson were committed for trial for the…

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