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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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Must Pay or Go to Gaol Woman Bettor Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 1

At the Glebe Court to-day, Patricia Crawford (23), domestic duties, was fined £10 or 20 days imprisonment, for having used premises in Talford Street…

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Stealing Charge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

Oscar Smith was, at the Mudgee Police Court, charged with having stolen, at Kaludabah, 2331b. of wool, the property of James Loneragan…

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Police Examinations

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 7

On Tuesday last, Inspector J. Nicholls supervised an examination for advancement in rank, of Sergt. Taylor. Gilgandra; Serpt. Baxter, Narromine:…

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Local & General Baradine Court House

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 3

For the past three months Baradine Progress Association has been in communication with the Minister for Justice, urging the…

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Fire at School Police Suspect Boys Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 1

A deliberate attempt was made, last night, to set fire to the Leichhardt Technical School. When the firemen arrived, a bonfire was burning…

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Tailor Guilty Of Public Mischief False Story to Police Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-dny, Norman Benson pleaded guilty to a public mischief charge. He was alleged to have made false statements to the…

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Latest Telegrams Inter-state News Sentenced to Death. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Thomas Dixon Gibson, 19, was found guilty at the Maitland Circuit Court of having murdered Cyril Clive Maher, night officer at…

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Public Mischief Gaol For Tailor Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 1

[?]man Benson (20), a tailor, [?] sentenced to six months' im[?]ment at the Quarter Sessions, [?]y, on a charge of causing a…

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No Identification of N.Z. Murder Victim Police Baffled Dismembered Body Found in Suitcase Under Picton Wharf Christchurch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

An inquest was opened concerning the headless and legless body of a man found in a suitcase under the wharf at…

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Japanese Charged With Using Gas Shantung Front Held by Chinese Geneva

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

A charge that the Japanese several times used gas on the Shantung front, in a desperate effort to overcome the…

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Butchers in Court Dogs at Slaughter Yards Relatives Blamed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 3

Before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., in the Dubbo police Court yesterday, Claude Hawke was charged with failing to prevent dogs having…

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Mother And Baby Both Shot Through The Head Is It Murder? Funeral Stopped Bodies Found in Burnt Hut Narrandera

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

A post-mortem examination of the bodies of Mrs. Jane Gash (31) and her two-years-old son, whose charred remains were found in the…

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Wellington Police Court Monday's List

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 6

The following cases were dealt with at the Wellington Police Court on Monday last, before Magistrate Pickup:…

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Alleged Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 6

In the Dubbo Police Court to-day, before Mr. E. J. Etherton, J.P., David Beck (22) was charged with having at Curban, on or about May 10, stolen…

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Alleged Assault

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 7

The police proceeded against Charles Heritage on two counts of alleged assault—J. H. Atkins and H. S. Gregg. Defendant was represented…

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Police Theory in Narrandera Case Murder and Suicide Narrandera

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

Detectives investigating the death of Mrs. Jane Maria Gash (31) and her son Stanley (2) are now inclined to the theory that the mother…

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Police Court Monthly Sitting Three Local Milkmen Fined

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 7

Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., who has been tin the sick list of recent weeks, was unable to visit Gilgandra on Tuesday for…

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Inhuman Crime Police Search for Culprit Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

The man who outraged a three-years-old girl at Leichhardt yesterday afternoon, is still at large, although an intensive search proceeded throughout…

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Serious Menace Of Straying Stock Timbrebongie Shire To Take Action Police Co-operation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 5

[?] is a serious danger to [?] on public roads by straying [?] and it is Council's bounden [?] to take action to minimise it,"…

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Caught Red Handed Early Morning Vigil by Police Rewarded. Cyanide and ’Possum Baits in Possession

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 12

The drastic penalties provided for using cyanide for unlawful purposes, the destruction of protected ’possums, at Nandi, were imposed…

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