Soldiers in Gaol
The statement was made this week that when soldiers were convicted by a civil court and sent to gaol the army department would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
399 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 20
Wardens Court Mining Applications Heard
Application for authority to enter certain properties for the purposes of prospecting for gold were made by Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collie Police Patriotic Effort Nett Result From Social £47
The grand social organised by Constable Wylie and held at Collie on Wednesday of last week was perhaps the best attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Juvenile 600 Children Attend Ball Judges Have Difficult Task
Fully 600 children attended the police juvenile ball in the Royal Theatre on Tuesday night. As on the previous night—the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Highlights of the A.B.C. Police Choir Performance To-night Week-end Feature Review National-3fc. 2Co. 2Nr. 2Cy State—2bl. 2Nc. 2Cr
Summa[?]red A.B.C. programmes for to-day, to-morrow and Monday are:— Saturday, september 28—National Music: Sydney Symphony Orchestra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enemy Alien's Lapse Earns Him Next Six Months in Gaol Failed to Notify New Address, and Had False Coins—-Magistrate Recommends Internment
For having failed to notify a change of address, Herman Wegner (41), an enemy alien, who appeared before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning, was sentenced to six months'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate Says Will Support Appeal for Remission of £20 FINE Bets at Dubbo Hotel Counsel Questions Order of Charges P.M. Stresses Act Anomaly
After convicting a man for betting in a passageway at the Pastoral Hotel on August 21, Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., intimated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doctor's Bag of Drugs Missing Lost or Stolen from Car—-Would Be Dangerous In Hands of Child, Say Police
Some time between Thursday night and Friday afternoon a bag containing surgical instruments and a quantity of drugs was lost or stolen from a local doctor's car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man Remanded As Sequel to Thefts at Dubbo Hotels Police Allege Stole Rings and Money—Other Charges Might be Laid, Magistrate Told
Police believe that the arrest of a young man yesterday will lead to the solution of a series of robberies in Dubbo. Thefts of money and jewellery were alleged by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murderer's Arrest And Newspaper Scoop Police Death Revives Passing of Supt. Roach and "The Star's" Achievement
The death in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon of Superintendent Roach recalls the arrest of Butler, the Blue Mountains murderer, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pupil-pilot's Death Was Accidental Narromine Fatality Air Trainee Struck by Motor Lorry Visibility Poor, Say Police
About 10 p.m. on September 21 Kenneth George Holder, a pupilpilot at the Narromine Flying School, in company with two other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frock From Victoria's Court at Ball Authors See Many Contrasts Humanity at Its Best—-new Style Slogan for War Marriages Feminist Tells of Hats. Coats and Pockets
One of the most glorious gowns ever seen was worn by a fair and lovely girl at the Authors' Ball. It was a court gown of the Victorian period, and had, in fact, been worn at Victoria's last Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Violent Murder Sydney Dealer Charged Sydney
At the North Sydney Police Court to-day, Harold Richards (47), a dealer, was charged with having feloniously murdered Nancy Patricia Richens at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stealing Charge Two Men Remanded
Alleged to have stolen about October 4 a number of articles of clothing from William H. Adams, of Dubbo, valued at £9/15/-, Thomas Hawkins (53) and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men Tracked to Bridge——charged with Dubbo Robbery Goods Missing From Second-hand Shop——Fall In Night Heard by Neighbor
Tracked by Alick Riley, attached to the Dubbo police force, two men found under a culvert on the Dubbo-Wellington road on Saturday were charged subsequently with a robbery at Dubbo earlier in the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Months' Gaol on Each of Six Counts, Man Will Serve Only Year Stole Money, Jewellery From Dubbo Hotels—Had Long List of Previous Convictions
On each of six charges, sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on Edwin Percival Davies (21) by Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in the Dubbo Police court yesterday. However, as only two of the sentences…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Murder in Next Room” a Thumbnail Short Story
It was late at night. A strange sound came from an adjoining room, as if there was trouble brewing. Voices could be heard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Bolt From the Blue" Was None Other Than Detective-sergeant Hand Fell Heavily on Man Who Cursed Women In Street-Gaol Term Follows
"Struth! A bolt from the blue! Where'd you come from?" But "the bolt" (in private life Detective-Sergeant G. E. Frankish, of Dubbo) kept his official lips sealed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dog Registration Level Is Still Low Compared with Previous Figures 200 Below Last Year Police Action Monday Final Warning to Owners
Dog owners of Dubbo—or at least some of them—apparently are not inordinately proud of their hounds. That is the only fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Choir
The Police Chair from Sydney showed to a fair audience in Bourke last night. During the evening an appeal was made for money for…
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