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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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Begging Alms Man Withdraws Appeal Against Gaol Sentence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 2

Before Judge Barton in the Dubbo Quarter Sessions yesterday, Harold Charles Smith (22) appealed against a conviction and sentence…

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Man Not Guilty Of One Crime Charged with Another Alleged Robbery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

In the Quarter Sessions at Dubbo yesterday, before Judge Barton, Norman Charles Robinson was found not guilty on a charge…

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Police Court Monthly Sitting

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 6

Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., visited Gilgandra on Tuesday for the monthly court sitting. Several cases were listed…

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Wellington Police Court Monday's List Prohibition Order for 12 MONTHS

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 11

The following cases were dealt with before Police Magistrate Pick-up at the local Police Court on Monday last:—…

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Complaint to Civic Fathers Stealing at the Baths. Council Rejects Meters Again

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 5

A complaint that a watch had been stoke at the Bath, was dealt with by last week's meeting of the Municipal Council, Mayor smith instructing the Baths Manager to see that any the[?] be reported to the police immediately. "If we can't stop them. we might…

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In the Old Days Heavy Court Lists

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 9

Says a writer in the Mudgee "Mail": Over 60 years ago the first Circuit Court was held in Mudgee, and the presiding judge to open that…

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Trouble Over a Wireless Set District Court Case Claim Against Constable

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 6

A dispute over a wireless set was the basis of a case heard before Judge Barton in the District Court yesterday and to-day…

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Girl Gagged and Bound Herself Lied to Police Feared Consequences of Breaking Watch Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 1

Police inquiries regarding Phyllis Beitana, aged 12½, who was found bound and gagged in a gutter at Birkenhead,…

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Dubbo Council Wins Court Case Railway Commissioners To Pay £131 Damages Level Crossing Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 5

At the Dubbo District Court yesterday, before Judge Barton, Dubbo Municipal Council was awarded a verdict of…

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Alleged Assault Man Admitted to Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

Alleged to have been assaulted, Alexander Burns (40), was admitted to the Dubbo District Hospital last night…

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Murder Charge Taxi Driver Remanded Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Miles Henry McKeown (24), a taxi driver, was further remanded on a charge of having, at…

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Three Youths on Murder Charge Railway Station Tragedy Maitland, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

A remand until Thursday was granted when Thomas Dixon Gibson (18), laborer, William Robert Date (17), laborer, and Kemmel Joseph Coleman…

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Court Outburst Minister Calls Constable A Liar Warned by Judge Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

There was a scene in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day, when the Rev. Alfred Morris shouted angrily that a police…

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Charge of Murder Young Man on Trial Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 1

Ronald Stewart Young, aged 24 years, challenged 10 jurors at the Central Criminal Court where he was…

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Police Methods Criticised Treatment of Juvenile Offenders "Open to Grave Abuse," Says Magistrate System Defended by Superintendent Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

Declaring that the police method was open to grave abuse, Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the Paddington Police Court, criticised the action of the police in dealing with youthful offenders themselves, instead of taking them before the…

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Intent to Murder Charge Follows Shooting Lithgow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

A court was constituted at the Portland Hospital yesterday, at the bedside of Albert O'Neill (33), who was shot in the abdomen at his home near…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Shocking Death at Pagewood Young Seaman Held Bega

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

Eric Chatfield (20), able seaman, was charged early this morning with the murder of Jules Amour Maltby, at the latter's home at…

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Police Efficiency

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

The extraordinary efficiency of the N.S.W. police was evidenced recently when a man was taken to the Mudgee police station and…

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Share Hawking Two Men Charged Taree

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

Frederick George Hilston Thomson (53) and Herbert William Davies (28) were remanded at the Police Court yesterday on charges of having…

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Neighbours Quarrel Grievances Aired in Court Charges of Alleged Assault And Counter Charges Offences Proved, But Charges Dismissed

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 2

At the Gilgandra Police Court last week, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., three cases of alleged assault were listed…

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