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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Alleged Brutal Murder In Tin Hut Near Race Course 92-Year-Old Invalid Attacked In His Bunk Sensational Sunday Morning Happening In Gilgandra Local Resident Charged with Murder Remand Granted Until Coroner's Inquest on January 30

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 4

Not since July 13, 1900, the occasion of the massacre of the women folk of the Mawbey family in what is known as "The Breelong Blacks Tragedy", has the town of Gilgandra been thrown into such a state of apprehension as on Sunday morning last, when news spread like wild fire that Jack Hewett, aged 92,…

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Nyngan Tragedy Alleged Murder and Suicide Giris' Throat Cut With Razor

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Tuesday night a shocking tragedy occurred at Nyngan, when it is alleged that Nancy Day (about…

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Court of Petty Sessions Annual Returns for 1935 Some Interesting Figures

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

The following returns for the year ending 31st December 1935, have been supplied to us by the Clerk of Petty…

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Police Valedictory

The Western Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 3

The sorrow at the departure of Inspector and Mrs. Ryan, form Inverell, on transfer to Bourke, was expressed on Wednesday night in…

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Gilgandra Murder. Old Man Arrested

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 4

At the Gilgandra Police Court at 11.30 on Tuesday, James Earsman (67) was charged with the murder of John Hewitt (94), at…

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Doctor Fined £50 at Paddington Court

Western Age · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 1

At the Paddington Court Dr. Clifford Gearin, of Darling Point, was fined £50 for having failed to keep a proper register of narcotic drugs…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M.)

Western Age · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Monday last, the publican's license of the Meadows Hotel, Wilcannia Road. Cobar, was transferred from Mr…

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Negro Sentenced In Sensational Case New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 1

The jury at Decatur (Alabama) to-day found Haywood Patterson, a negro, guilty of criminal assault on two white women and condemned him to 75 years…

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CONSPIRACY Ex-Detective Charged Strong Evidence Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

When the case in which John Ellis Findlay, formerly a detective, was charged, with having, with others, conspired to pervert the…

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One Man Appeal Supreme Court Judge May Act Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

It was reported that at a meeting of the Loan Council at Canberra next Monday an appellate tribunal to cover the State and Federal Tax Appeals…

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Daring Burglary £300 Worth of Tobacco Stolen

Western Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Three men broke into Victoria Markets West Melbourne on Monday and trussed up two nightwatchmen ransacked the premises and got…

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Magistrate on Road Deaths "Wicked, Ruthless Slaughter,"

Western Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

"Wicked slaughter on the roads" was a phrase used by Mr. Dummett, the Bow Street, London, magistrate, when remanding in custody for a week…

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Cobar Police Court (Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.m.). Grazier Fined

Western Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Ethel S. Simpson, of Cobar, was proceeded against by the police on two charges under the Pastures Protection Act, one for having in her possession…

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Police the Country Protect Its Products Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 1

The Council of the Graziers' Association to-day resolved to protest most emphatically to the Government against the reduction of police stations…

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Wellington Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 3

At the Police Cout this morning, before Mr. J. J. Fernon, Chamber Magistrate, Clara Daley, an old offender, was fined £1 for offensive…

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Gruesome Find Baby's Arm on Beach Police Puzzled

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

A puzzling mystery, recalling the shark arm case, one of the most baffling cases in the criminal history of New South…

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New System Change in Gaol Control Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Reorganisation of the system of control of New South Wales prisons will probably follow an investigation which has been ordered by the Departmeat…

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Suspects Arrested Police Hot on Trail London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

The Paris police have detained Chas. Lacroix and Mrs. Naylor, a Frenchwoman, whose real name is believed to Be Suzanne Bertron, who is detained…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 9

At the Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., the police proceeded against William Higgins for failing to keep to the…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 10

Mr. C. Pickup, the Warden, presided at the Warden's Court on Tuesday last, when a number of applications for authority to enter…

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