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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Licensing Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

Booth licenses were granted to F. W. Priddis for the Diggers’ race meeting end M. E. Lincoln for the Baradine races and sports, to be…

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Gilgandra Fires Ewers Again Before Court Charged with Malicious. Ly Burning Chelmsford Hall Remanded to 26th JANUARY

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 5

Following further investigations by the police, Albert Edward Ewers (20), who on Thursday last was remanded…

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Sabotage England Alarmed Police on Guard London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

Further attempts at sabotage throughout Great Britain are expected by the Homo Office, which believes that the outrages already…

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Spend Your Holiday at Manly Splendid Service At Wellington Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 10

Manly is an extremely popular holiday retort for Wellington people, and this year there has been a tremendous influx of…

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Seven Men Arrested in Connection with London Bomb Outrages At Bow Street Court Serous Charges Levelled Remanded for One Week London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

Police activity, following the bomb outrages, resulted in seven men appearing before the Bow Street Court to-day. The charges related to the possession of firearms and…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, Police Magistrate, on Tuesday last, the usual monthly Court was held. Francis Charles Roach, aged 22,…

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Bomb Outrages Police on Guard London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 1

Hundreds of detectives throughout London are seeking the hiding place where quantities of explosives may still be stored, allegedly by Irish terrorists…

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Police Court. Charges Dismissed. Assault And Language Alleged

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

Charges that Bernard John Pringle, of Narromine, had assaulted a lad named Charles Adolphus Jackson, at the Narromine Baths, and had used…

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Dubbo Police Court Drunkenness Charges

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

Walter Edward Taylor pleaded guilty in the Dubbo Police Court, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., and was fined 5/-, in default three hours'…

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Park Incident Sequel in Police Court Conflicting Evidence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

Cross-summonses arising out of an affair in Victoria Park on the night of January 8, 1939, came before Mr. R. G. Cokkson, P.M., in…

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To-day's Police Court. (Before Mr. R. Cookson, P.M.)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5

A local hotel licensee pleaded guilty to a charge of selling adulterated brandy, and was fined £l with costs, including witnesses…

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Alleged Arson Woman Charged Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

Detectives were informed yesterday that a woman had visited Walter Beveridge's weatherboard cottage near Roseville bridge and told a man named…

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Bathurst Gaol May Close For Criminals Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

It, is reported that Bathurst Gaol, in which several prisoners recently attacked warders, may he closed as a gaol for criminal offenders and be…

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Coats Off In Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5

Rising temperatures made the Police Court uncomfortably warm to-day. The Police Magistrate, Mr. R. G. Cookson, invited those…

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Pearls in Fire Police Statement Nurse's Mistake Auckland (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

A probationary nurse, aged 19, whose name was suppressed, was committed for trial yesterday for having allegedly stolen…

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"Houdini" Clever Canine Police Cannot Hold Him

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 8

Houdini, handcuff king, had nothing on a stray lawn greyhound which the Eastleigh (Hants.) police have tried in vain…

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Pensioned Off a Fit Man Rigours of Police Life Did Not Harm Him

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

At 50 years of age he was presumed to be beyond the arduous demands of police duties. But was he? Rend what he says now—five years after he was…

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Deficit of £750,000 Increase In Rail Fares? Evidence at Court

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 1

A deficit of over £750,000 in stend of a surplus of £30,000 may be experienced on the railways for the current financial…

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A Reasonable Doubt Charges of Assault and Language Dismissed. Case At Narromine Police Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 7

Declaring that the evidence had created a doubt in his mind as to whether the language complained of was used, and who actually used it…

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Claiming Possession. Landlord's Position Shown. Case at Narromine Police Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

Unless a lease of the property is held by the tenant, a landlord may claim possession at any time without offering any…

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