I.R.A. MENACE Police Guard Judges London
Following Scotland Yard's receipt of information of possible I.R.A. action, extraordinary precautions have been taken at the law courts…
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Courts & crime, 1940
399 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 20
Narromine Council Action Against Reckless Motorists Police Will Co-operate with Council
A complaint that the same person recently twice violated the traffic regulations by driving furiously through the main streets, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensee Fined For Allowing Man In Hotel After Hours Police Charges Denied
"I have not the slightest doubt about the case. I convict the defendant, and fine him £5, with 12/-costs," said Mr. J. B. Seobie, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Sent for Trial Theft Charges Gulargambone Man's Loss in Sydney
Frederick Ernest Arthur Dorman, 31, wharf laborer, was at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Thursday committed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hospital To Be Charged For Excess Water Used Allowance Exceeded 6,607,000 Gallons Used at Institution in 303 DAYS
Dubbo District Hospital having used more than the amount of water the Municipal Council agreed to supply free, it is to receive an account for £9 for excess water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ill-Treating Dog Grazier Charged Offence Proved But Case Dismissed
Patrick Colreavy was the defendant in two charges at the Wellington Police Conrt on Thursday last that he did fail to exercise a dog reasonably, and that he did illtreat the same dog…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twelve Charged Circulation of Counterfeit £5 Bank Notes
The sequel to the circulation of counterfeit £5 Commonwealth Bank notes in the metropolitan area on Saturday, when it was alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mudgee Robbery Gaol for Man Arrested at Dubbo
Nine months' hard labor was the sentence imposed by Judge Shortland in the Mudgee Quarter Sessions on Tuesday on Jack McGregor, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Thief Who Is Stealing Our Land
DURING his recent trip abroad, Mr. G. Wilson, M.L.A., lost no opportunity of studying the suit conservation methods practised in the various countries that he visited. One of the few Parliamentarians who realist the grave menace of erosion Mr. Wilson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blamed Drink Man Before Court on Alleged Stealing Charges "What I Did Is Really a Blank to Me"
"I am very sorry for what has happened. The last six weeks everything seems like a dream to me. I have been drinking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fair Rents Court Few Applications
The State Ministers were surprised at only little more than 100 applications for the fixing of rents had been made to the Fair Rents Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Sentenced To Three Years I.R.A. Activities Trained in Use of Explosives London
When Brendan Deham, a 16-year-old Dublin lad, was charged at the Liverpool Court with being in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drug Addicts Youths Sent to Gaol Sydney, Friday night
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Peter Plavin (19) and his brother, Edward (18) were sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for breaking into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unlawful Assault Dispute About a Truck
"Once property has passed from one person to another he has not the slightest right to Interfere with that property. He has the right…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eumungerie Residents At Fair Rents Court
Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., presided at the first sitting of the Fair Rents Court held at Dubbo for some time, yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russians Unable To Break The Mannerhim Line Unprecedented Assault Machine Guns Ensure That Soviet Divisions Do Not Retreat Plane Reinforcements Reported London
Against the Russian guns, merging into one long roar and rendering individual explosions inaudible, with flashes encrimsoning the sky for miles and with aeroplanes crashing bombs behind the Finnish front…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Action by Police Against Aliens Who Had Not Registered Sydney
It was stated to-day by a leading police official that all aliens who had failed to register, and those who had changed their address…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dispute Over Dog Leads To Court Case Detention Charge Against Local Man Fails Conflicting Evidence As to Ownership
Considerable interest centred in the case heard at the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in which William McKay Johnson proceeded against Samuel Copelin, alleging the detention of a black and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Will Abide by Court's Decision Request From Coonabarbran P.P. Board Turned Down Reduction in Size of Ramp Sought
The Rabbit Inspector (Mr. Antaw) represented the Coonabarabran P.P. Board, in a deputation to the Gilgandra Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court
Before local Justices on Monday morning last two young men, Michael Flann and Eric Boyd were charged with being suspected…
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