Tennis Court Available for Night Play W. Stevenson's Enterprise
The enterprise of Mr. W. Stevenson of Macquarie Street has provided Dubbo tennis players with a much-needed facility—a court for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
399 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 20
Stolen Diamonds Gaol for Mine Manager Sad End to London Leave
"It was a mistake that I did not go with him to Sierra Leone," declared a 22-year-old English woman recently in her home at Hallington, Middlesex…
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The woman charged in the Dublin parachute case is Mrs. Iseutt Gonne Stuart, of Laragh Castle, Wicklow, wife of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sentenced to Death. Sydney
The July at the Central Criminal Court found Robert Edward Hepburn, 42, guilty of the murder of Arthur Charles Lampshire in March…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Months' Gaol for German Jew Sydney, Friday night
Pleading guilty at the Parramatta Court to-day to having travelled without permission outside the police district in which he was registered,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Months' Gaol Had Information Of Value To Enemy Perth, Friday night
Information of a valuable nature to enemy agents was found in a small black book in the possession of William Dean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops Fight Grimly to Reach Dunkirk Million Germans In Big Assault Rearguard In Danger London
Through an ever-narrowing corridor north-west from Lille to Dunkirk, the rearguard of the British Expeditionary Force and French forces is still fighting grimly to reach and join the troops already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Acquitted Of Murder Charge
Esau Henry Curran was yesterday acquitted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering Michael James O'Shea, a member of the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Court
A special sitting of the Supreme Court has been ordered for Dubbo by his Honor, Mr. Justice Boyce, Chief Judge in Divorce. One case is listed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outburst in Court “May God Strike You Dead.”
When Judge Marke[?] upheld a submission by counsel for the defence (Mr. B. McFarlane) that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Outburst in Court “May God Strike You Dead.”
When Judge Markeh upheld a submission by counsel for the defence (Mr. B. McFarlane) that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Sentenced Under Security Regulations Two Others Remanded Perth, Friday night
Allegations that Communist Party members had been circularised to join the air raids precaution organisations in towns where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Cases Old Offenders Convicted for Drunkenness
Nearly 100 previous convictions have been recorded against Percy Cullen (34) for various offences, mainly drunkenness, and he pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Monthly Sitting
Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., presided at the monthly sitting of the Gilgiandra Police Court on Tuesday, when the following cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Stealing
In the Coonabarabran police court on Monday morning Lawrence James Milligan was charged with stealing goods from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News in Brief Divorce Court
A special fitting of the Supreme Court will be held at Dubbo on Monday, June 24, to hear a divorce case, which is expected to last several days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Guns Seized by Police Alien Round-up Shotguns Confiscated In the Irrigation Area Sydney
It was stated to-day that many guns have already been seized by the police and military intelligence officers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Cars in Palestine
An unusual departure for the Near East is the establishment of a police car repair shop at Haifa, in Palestine. This has just celebrated its first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentence Inadequate Full Court Decision Human Fiend's Term Doubled Sydney, Friday night
The Full Court to-day increased the sentence of 2½ years' gaol imposed on a father for criminal assault on his daughter, aged 12,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unlimited Penalty Provided for Breaches of the National Security Regulations Aliens Must Surrender Firearms To Police Canberra, Friday night
Under the National Security Regulations which came into force to-day, all aliens must hand in at the nearest police station immediately all firearms, ammunition and explosive substances in their possession…
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