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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Cyclists Beware Police on Warpath

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

Repeated warnings having proved fruitless, the police intend to take drastic action to enforce cyclists to adhere to the traffic…

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Police Appeals Jurisdiction Questioned Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

When the appeals of Const. Chuck and Const. Bailey, against their dismissal from the police force as a result of the Starting Price Commission's…

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Police Appeals Validity of Dismissals Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 1

The Police Appeals Board to-day reserved its decision on the appeals of Sergt. Chuck and Const. E. Bailey against their dismissal from the police…

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"BIMBY" [?] Gaol Sensation [?]

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon William [?] "Bimoy" Gordon, who is on re [?] mand in the Dubbo gaol awai [?] ting trial at the Supreme [?]…

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Police Appeals Why the Commissioner Acted Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 1

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lynch, told the Police Appeals Board to-day that he had acted under instructions from the…

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DISMISSED Alleged Assault Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

No evidence was offered in the case in which Roy Charles Welsh was charged with an alleged assault on Ernest Hedley Stapleford,…

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Violent Man Causes Police Trouble

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

It took two police officers to handcuff Eric Verney, put him on a lorry, then take him to the police station, according to the story told…

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Lost Her Case Octogenarian in Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

Mrs. Margaret Bradley, an 83-years-old woman, residing at West Dubbo, unsuccessfully proceeded against Percy George Clanfield in…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 2

The examination of Alf Mostyn was continued before Mr. C. E. Pickup on Monday last, Mr. B. Kelly (W. P. Kelly and Son)…

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Police Praised By Crown Prosecutor Attacks Deplored

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 1

Stating that there was a tendency to undermine the confidence of the public in the police force, the Crown Prosecutor at…

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Police Appeals Legal Point Will be Tested Can Board Give Verdict?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 1

The Police Appeals Board has agreed to suspend its decision on the question of its jurisdiction to hear the appeals of police…

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Writs by Dismissed Police. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

The appeal to the Government to accept service of police writs, claiming £130,000 damages for alleged wrongful dismissal has been…

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Three Years' Gaol Sydney Solicitor Sentenced Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

Alexander Stanley Gourlay (48), solicitor, who pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to 24 charges, involving misappropriation of £2800…

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Trangie Trouble at Party Police Court Sequel Urban Committee

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

At the usual monthly meeting of the Trangie Urban Committee, it was decided that the committee would meet the Shire Council at Narromine to…

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Judge-counsel Join Issue in Court Tempers Frayed Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

Following a verbal clash between Judge Sheridan and Mr. G. M. Stafford, solicitor, in the Quarter Sessions, to-day, his Honor called upon officials…

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The Kakariki-caradale Collision Marine Court Inquiry White Blamed Action for Damages Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

The Marine Court, of Inquiry, which investigated the collision between the Kakariki and the Caradale, in Hobson's Bay, a fortnight ago, found…

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Turning Back the Pages of the Past Dubbo in 1895 "Gipsy" Jones Recalled a Court Scene

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 6

In the record of Dubbo, a growing city in a young country, 50 years is a long span, and there are few living to-day who can tell of…

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[?]TOCK Several Persons Charged At Coonabarabran Police Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 1

Seven persons were charged at the Coonabarabran Police Court before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., on Tuesday afternoon with being the…

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Police Court COONABARABRAN

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 9

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., on Tuesday afternoon, H. C. Arnott, dentist, was charged with…

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Morgan Sentenced For Dubbo Lapse Soldier Gone Wrong

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 6

Lloyd John Morgan, who pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the premises of the Western Stores & Edgleys Ltd. at Dubbo in…

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