Four and Two Years Respectively McKAY and Talbot Sentenced Auckland (N.z.)
Gordon Robert McKay and James Arthur Talbot were to-day sentenced on charges of interfering with a body and arson. McKay received four…
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Courts & crime, 1939
646 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 19 of 33
On Two Charges of Murder Western Mysteries Pensioner's Sensational Story
The Dubbo Police Court was crowded yesterday when Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61 years, a labourer, was…
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As a sequel to the recent burglary and robberies in Bourke early last week, the police arrested a young man named Edwin Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robinson Murder Charge - - - Moss Committed For Trial Had Properly Alleged To Be Pensioner's Murder Charge With No Body. "Olsen Will Make the Baker's Dozen."
Even the formality of legal procedure has not taken away the interest of the story which thirty-two witnesses have been unfolding at the Dubbo Police Court. Mr. R. G. Cookson, Police Magistrate, and a crowded court have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the Impressing the Police
A woman driving her car in Paris went past a traffic stop and was duly pulled up by the man on point duty, who remarked, "Did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cursed Judge Man Sentenced To Three Years' Imprisonment Sydney, Friday night
When sentenced at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, to three years' imprisonment for assault, Frederick Joseph Gorman (26) cursed Judge Markell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I Killed Him All Right" Alleged Confession By Moss To Detective Committed for Trial Magistrate Tells Of Murder Charges Without a Body Accused Man Acted Insanely Witnesses Tell of Alleged Threats
"I don't know what happened, but I killed him all right, but I can't say what I did with him. There wasn't enough wood to burn him. I must have put him in the river. I can't say what part of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accused Acquitted Alleged Murder At Pirates Cave Cabaret Sydney, Friday night
A man was entitled to repel force by force, and the question it had to decide was whether the measure of force used by accused was necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Postal Official Charged Theft of £400 BRISBANE
A postal official was arrested at Maryborough and charged with the theft of £400 in notes, which were in a registered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Cheeky Theft Manager Assaulted SYDNEY
Shortly before opening time this morning, James Buckley, manager of Lakin's grocery store at Waverley,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Impudent Theft Garage Manager on False Trail SYDNEY
Frank Geach, manager of Raglan's Drive Yourself and Motor School, Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest, was this…
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At the city court to-day the case in which Derwent Evans Arkinstall, aged 18 years, an electrician's apprentice, who was charged with having…
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At Brisbane yesterday, Derwent Evans Arkinstall (18), electrician's apprentice, was further remanded, until June 13 on a charge of having…
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On the direction or Judge Owen, a jury at the Central Criminal Court yesterday acquitted Timothy Ryan (44), labourer, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Shots Fired at Pawnbroker Attempt To Murder Charge Is Sequel Crown Case Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Eric Kelly (26), laborer, and Robert Sydney Jones (3.4), motor mechanic, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search Continued Police Still Investigating Mystery of Lidcombe Man's Disappearance Bartley, Plaiter of Leather Goods, Was in Dubbo—Pation is Alive
While still checking up on the movements of the missing drover, Timothy O'Shea, detectives now are concentrating mainly on the search for William Bartley, who is believed to have met with foul play in the…
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At the Coonabarabran police court, on Monday, before Mr. N. Hammond, J.P., a colored cove, Amos Foster, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →McKAY and Talbot Sentenced
Gordon Robert McKay, 43, formerly of Coonabarabran, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and James Arthur Talbot to two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gilgandra's New Police Constable
Says the Mudgee "Mail": The news of Constable Dickson's transfer to Gilgandra was received with deep regret by the people of Wollar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Protection Gilgandra Station Understaffed Many Petty Thieving Cases
It will come as a surprise to the general public to know that for the past two months we have only had two policemen in charge of the Gilgandra Police District, which is half the usual strength…
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