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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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No Supreme Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 6

As neither criminal nor civil cases have been listed, there will be no sitting of the Supreme Court at Dubbo next Tuesday. Jurymen should note…

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Ten Years' Gaol Aborigine Who Killed Wife and Lover Darwin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

me trial of a young aborigine, Victor, in connection with the killing of his native wife and her 19-years-old lover, was concluded, when he was…

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Committed for Trial On Charge of Attempted Murder SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 3

Antonio Pattie was committed for trial at the Balranald Police Court on a charge of shooting with intent to murder Valentino Auditino…

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Dubbo Mystery Police Searching For Missing Men SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

A message from Dubbo states that the police and civilians are still engaged in an extensive search for the…

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On Licensed Premises Three Men Before Court More Serious Charges Withdrawn

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

Taking into consideration that the three young men were first offenders, the police, at the Giigandra Police Court on Tues…

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Loitering on Stock Routes Matter Discussed by Coonamble P.P. BOARD Breaches Reported By Inspector And Police Officer Prosecutions to Be Launched

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

The practice of drovers loitering travelling sheep on stock routes within the control of Coonamble Pastures…

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Two Missing Men Believed To Have Been Murdered in Narromine District Police And Civilians Search For The Bodies River Will Be Dragged Investigations at Brummagem Creek and the Timbrebongie Reserve Mystery Surrounding Sulky and Three Horses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

If the theory of the police is correct, two men have been done to death in the Narromine district, probably some time in January. The police believe that as a result of an intensive search started…

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Police Fear Murder In Search For Missing Men Pensioner And Young Man Disappear River Dragged For Bodies Nearly Forty Police Aided by Public in Search. Vital Clues Point To Murder

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

Between thirty and forty police, aided by civilians, are searching in two different places for traces of two men who have been missing for some weeks. One is as old age pensioner named Thomas Robinson…

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Three Years' Hard Labor For Sara Women Also Sentenced Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

Three years' hard labor was today imposed upon Aubrey Sara, at the Sydney Quarter Sessions for conspiring to commit an illegal…

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Was Missing Pensioner Murdered For His Money ? Had Roll Od Notes Police Endeavouring to Trace an Axe Police Have Robinson's Dog Search For Bodies Continued

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

Was Thomas Robinson, 68-years-old Narromine resident, for whose body a large force of police and civilians has been searching for two days, murdered for his money? It is believed…

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Duties Of The Auxiliary Police 11,000 Men Will Be Available In Emergency Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan) to-day described as absurd a report that the N.S.W. police were to be sent to Darwin, and their…

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Maryvale Case Again Adjourned Alleged Stealing Young Man Before Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 5

The case in which a young man named Norman Samuel Bowles, formerly storeman in charge of the stores at the Maryvale depot of the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow railway construction works, was Charged with alleged…

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Wellington Police Court Thursday, April 13 Cases Dealt With

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 6

There was a lengthy list of cases before Police Magistrate R. Donaldson at the local police court on Thursday last, several of which,…

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Dumosa Murder The Missing Cyclist MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 2

Defectives who are investigating the Dumosa dam murder mystery are certain that the victim, whose body was found in…

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Speciat Police for Emergency State Will Compile List For Work

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gollan) has arranged with the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) to begin immediately the preparation of a list…

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Man Remanded. Four Charges Of Stealing. Detective in Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

A man named Andrew Albert Moss appeared before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, on four…

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Piha Bones Mystery McKAY and Talbot Before the Court Magistrate Refuses To Exclude Press Early Evidence Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

The Police Court to-day was crowded when Gordon Robert McKay (43) and James Arthur Talbot (38) appeared on…

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Cyclists Fined Had No Lights Nothing More Dangerous, Says Magistrate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 8

"There is nothing more dangerous in the street than a bicycle without a light," said Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police…

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Assassination of British Consul Six Men Sentenced —Boys Escape Death Baghdad

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

Sentences varying from eight to 15 years were imposed on six men at a court martial as the result of the assassination of the British Consul, Mr…

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Victory for Bridges Supreme Court Ruling Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

The Supreme Court has ruled in the famous Strecker case, which is expected to set a precedent, for the Australian, Harry Bridges, that former…

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