Wheat Statistics Wanted By Police
Wheat statistics are being gathered by the police, and farmers who have not already done so are asked to furnish the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
399 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 20
"Over an Old Sore" Two Men Charged With Offensive Behaviour
Pleading guilty to charges of offensive behaviour, Tyson Ryan and John Spittles were each fined £2, with 8/- costs, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Badly Wounded in Serious Condition in Hospital Gilgandra Trapper Arrested and Charged
Suffering with severe wounds in the ghost, apparently caused by a butcher's knife, Walter Walton (48) is lying in a serious condition in the Gilgandra District Hospital. One wound is said to have penetrated a lung…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court Railway Hotel License Transferred
At the Gilgaindra Licensing Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. G. Cooks[?]n, S.M., the rights and privileges of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Dies After Battering Younger Sister Not Expected to Live Mother, Also Wounded, Hold by Police Sydney
A shocking tragedy was discovered in Dunmore Street, Croydon Park, early this morning, when William Valentine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warren Hotel Theft No Evidence Against Man, Says Judge One Accused Missing
Arthur Waller Taylor (21) and Cecil James Chant (19) were charged in the Dubbo Quarter Sessions yesterday with having broken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Court Fines for Minor Breaches
Mr. R. G. Cookson. P.M., adjudicated in the Industrial Court at Dubbo yesterday. Leslie H. Spedding was fined £1…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft Of Petrol
On Monday night or Tuesday morning, thieves entered the petrol depot of Mr. E. Townsond and got away with petrol to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Charged Stabbing Affray Near Biddon
On Wednesday of last week a man named Walter Wotton (forty-eight) was admitted to the Gilgandra Hospital, by Dr. Alexander, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court
In the Coonabarabran Small Debts Court yesterday the Coonabarabran Shire Council proceeded against Said Mahomed for overdue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local & General Baradine Licensing Court
In the Baradine Licensing Court on Tuesday, the license of “Tat-: tersall’s” Hotel was transferred from A. M. McDonald to Howard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Witness with the A.I.F. Court Claim Stood Over
Robert Griffiths and Eliza Smith, of Narromine, executor and executrix in the estate of the late Jeremiah W. Smith, proceeded in the Dubbo District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal Court
The four appeals against the valuer's assessments of land in Bourke Municipality were heard before the Police Magistrate, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft From Shop Youth on Three Charges
As a result of their inquiries into the loss of £9/15/- from Mr. W. T. Hogan's cash register at Newtown on July 2, Det.-Constable J. A. Burke and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News in Brief Youth in Court
A youth about 16 years old appeared at the Dubbo Children's Court yesterday on charges of being a neglected child, and of having goods in his W. A. Hicks. C.M., who heard the ease, remanded defendant until Monday, July 22…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Theory Not Hit-run Victim Creek in Pool of Blood
Victor Moulos, 39, of Monty, who died in the Manly Hospital on Saturday, was murdered, police believe, and was not the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Their Luck Was Out Asked Police for a Lift
Following a robbery at Dubbo recently, police gained certain information which led them to search for two young Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blows Exchanged When Theft Discovered Two Men Fined for Stealing Oats
When a farmer found two men stealing oats from his grai[?]shed, he pretested, and blows were exchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Youths Gaoled For Theft Cash Register Removed Companion Gave Him Money, Says One Six Months' Sentence For Robbery at Store
Sentence of six months' hard labor was imposed on William Thomas Munday (18) and Roy Vincent Yates (21) in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday afternoon, as a sequel to the theft of £9 15 from a cash register…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Youths "Hitch-hike" Their Way To Lock-up Hailed Police Car By Mistake—And Got Ride
Two youths "hitch-hiked" their way to the Dubbo lock-up on Thursday night, but when they decided to test the generosity of passing motorists they did not know what was in store for them…
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