Woman Who Used a Knuckleduster Gaol Term For Assault And Robbery Sydney
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day, Iris Eileen Mary Webber (34) ws sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment when charged with having assaulted…
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Courts & crime, 1941
397 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 20
Withdrawn Charges Two Assault Allegations
A charge of assault against Private Robert Crawford, of the A.I.P., was dismissed at the police court yesterday, when the complainant, a Greek…
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Robert Joseph McKenna, 20-years-old criminal who escaped from the Bathurst Gaol on Friday, was recaptured near Hill End…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Localise Brawl Leading To Death Of Dubbo Soldier
Police are proceeding in their investigations concerning the death of Sergeant Vermin Clarke (49), of the Dubbo A.I.F. camp. Clarke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man in Evidence for Two Hours at Murder Trial Story Of Association With Dead Woman
William David Hinton, 33-years-old laborer, who is alleged to have been shot in the shoulder at Bodangora on the night of March 16, stood for nearly two hours in the witness box at the Dubbo Supreme Court this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →45 Men Called Before Jury Sworn For Murder Trial Wellington Charge Man Pleads Not Guilty To Slaying Of Wife
A jury to try Harvey Oliver Potts (45), a Wellington shearing contractor, on a charge of murder, was empanelled with great difficulty at the Supreme Court, Dubbo, this morning. In all the accused…
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At the Valuation Court at Coonabarabran on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Pickup P.M., 12 appeals against valuations by the Coonabarabran…
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Mr. R. Donaldson presided at the Warden's Court on Tuesday last, when three applications from Mr. J. Dunne for authority to enter were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Sells Own Wool Interesting Local Dismissed By Magistrate
John Dicks was charged at the Court of Petty Sessions at Coonabarabran on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Pickup, P.M., with having sold wool without Ming the holder of a Wool Hide and Skin Dealers’ license…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance Carnival General Mix-up. Police Close Wheel Down
Owing to the non-arrival of a permit to run a chocolate wheel at the only Saturday street stall the Ambulance Carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Guilty of Murder, Man Breaks Down and Weeps Cleared On Each Of Two Charges Bail for Alleged Wounding
Found not guilty by a jury of 12 at the Dubbo Supreme Court yesterday morning, of having murdered his wife, Harvey Oliver Potts (45), Wellington shearing contractor, broke down in the hallway of the court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Potts Acquitted of Murder Charge Quick Decision by Jury Further Charge to Be Faced Keen Public Interest In Case
At the Supreme Court, held on Tuesday last and yesterday at Dubbo, Harvey Oliver Potts, aged 42 years, shearing contractor, stood his trial for the murder of his wife. After a brief retirement the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and Potts was acquitted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Summoned After Violent Council Clash Mayor Challenged by Alderman Heated Scene Leads To Adjournment Of Meeting
Probably the most turbulent scene ever known in the existing Dubbo Council Chambers was witnessed on Tuesday night at a special meeting of the aldermen, when, after a verbal clash between the Mayor (Ald. E. B…
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Police reinforcements are in Dubbo, and over the week-end there were actually 18 additional officers in the town…
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Before Mr. W. A. Hicks, C.M., at the Dubbo police court yesterday, Robert Christie (44), an unemployed man, was charged with stealing a quantity of…
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The committee working in the interest of Miss Jenn Perger, police candidate in the Ambulance building fund appeal competition, is making…
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Dubbo police last night issued a warning to local residents to see that their homes and premises are securely locked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police in Fast Car Chase After Young Joy Riders Scared By Sight Boys Could Not Stop
Two Dubbo High School boys who yesterday morning stole a car were so frightened when the police car drew up alongside of them that they were unable to stop, and had to receive directions from the officers of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shoplifter Fined Saturday Store Theft Face Powder and Envelopes
At Dubbo police court yesterday. William Francis McBeath (30) pleaded guilty to a charge of shoplifting at the Dubbo branch of G. J. Coles & Co. on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traffic Breaches Hearing at Wellington Police Court
Two charges of breaches of the traffic regulations were heard at the Wellington court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last…
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