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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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Road Fatality Sequel Young Unlicensed Driver Fined for Negligence in Car Magistrate Refers to Corrugated Surface

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 5

The death of 11-years-old William Baker, of Tooraweenah, who succumbed to injuries suffered in a car crash on the Coonamble road, between Dubbo and Gilgandra, had a sequel in the Dubbo police court yesterday…

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Spinsters Out Hotel Licensees High Court Verdict Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 1

By a majority of two to one, the High Court to-day decided that a single woman was not entitled under the New South Wales Liquor…

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WONGARBOM C.W.A. MEETING Successful Effort For Police Ball Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Wongarbon C.W.A. was held last Wednesday in the school room. Those present were Mesdames P. Butterworth, R…

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Withheld Taxation Returns Cost 14 MEN £130 in Fines Four Levies of £10 in One Case——Magistrate Says Missing Offenders are Discourteous

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 5

Failure to furnish income tax returns cost 14 Dubbo and district residents a total of £130 in fines, and £17/2/-in costs and expenses, in the Dubbo police court yesterday…

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Man Made Habit Of £25 Theft Weekly Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Reginald William Perry (27) pleaded guilty to a charge alleging the theft of £200…

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Prominent Police Visit to Dubbo on Tour

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 4

Two prominent personalities or the police force of New South Wales Superintendent W. Toole find. Inspector Pickering—paid a brief visit to…

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"I Was Stabbed With A Knife" Declared Walter Watton in Evidence at Police Court George Wilhelm Enders Committed to Trial on Malicious Wounding Charge

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 5

At the conclusion of lengthy evidence at the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, Georg Wilhelm Enders was committed to stand his trial at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions on 18th November, on a charge that on 9th…

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Police Have a Way with Them Successful Preliminaries To Ball This Month

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 4

Preliminary efforts slated by the police of Dublin and district us a prelude to the police ball, acr winning; considerable support. Indeed,…

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Eumungerie Police Ball Dance Function Yields Good Profit War Fund Activities

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1940 · page 2

A dance in aid of the Dubbo police ball was held in the local hall on Wednesday night. The function was a financial and, social success, visitors…

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Police Court Monday’s Cases

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 1

The following cases were dealt with in the Coonabarabran Police Court on Monday morning, Messrs. McIntyre and McNaboe, J'sP.,…

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Assault Case at Mullaley Mail Contractor Involved Both Parties Fined

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 2

In the Gunnedah Police Court, last week, before Mr. S A. Thornton, P.M., Allan Carr, mail contractor, of Coonabarabran, charged Hunter Hagon with assault. Hagon also charged Carr with…

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Assault Case at Mullaley Mail Contractor Involved Both Parties Fined

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 4

In the Gunnedah Police Court last week, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Allan Carr, mail contractor, of Coonabarabran, charged Hunter Hagon with assault. Hagon also charged Carr with…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 12

Only one case was decided in the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday (before Mr. C. Pickup. P.M.), but several…

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Fire at Church Vandalism, Say Police Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 1

Police are now convinced that a fire which partly destroyed the Edgecliffe Congregational Church last night was an act of vandalism…

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Visiting Officers Orchestra to Play at the Police Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 6

The celebrated Police; Orchestra will visit Dubbo to play at the Police Ball on Monday night. It is typical or the men who comprise the orchestra that they should have waived their rights to certain benefits and comforts in an effort to aid the funds. Above are the men whose music delights dancers. Constable Falkenmire alone is not among those photographed. The musicians are: (2) Constable A. Wilson; (3) Constable M. Rinald; (4)…

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Mass Murder on High Seas Appalling Sea Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 September 1940 · page 1

A big death roll has been reported as the result of an attack by a Nazi submarine on a British ship carrying…

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Swore at Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 6

Charged before Mr. W. A. Hides, C.M., at Dubbo police court this morning, with using indecent language in Brisbane Street yesterday, Jack Gaynor…

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Danger on Road Magistrate's Description Of Motor Truck

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 5

Constable A. B. Vale, of the traffic squad, told Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., at the Dubbo police court yesterday how he had intercepted Stanley…

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Police Ball Marked Success Royal Theatre Crowded for Patriotic Function

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 2

The Dubbo police ball, held in the Royal Theatre last night, was an outstanding success, attracting one of the biggest crowds known at a local function this season. As a result of the efforts of the Dubbo Police,…

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Magistrate Describes Car Driver As "Another Roadhog" Told Constable Was on Wrong Side to Avoid Thick Dust—£10 Fine Imposed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 4

"Another roadhog" was how Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, described a defendant who was found guilty of driving negligently on the Peak Hill road on August 24…

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