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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Youth of 18 Remanded on Theft Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

Charged with stealing a £1 bank note Murgha Edward Stewart (18) appeared before Mr. W. A. Hicks, CM., at the Dubbo police court today…

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Gaol Terms For Breach Of Blackout Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

The minister for Home Security (Mr. Lazzarini) stated today that full consideration would be given to reports on last right's Commonwealth…

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Congratulations From Police Chief

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

The Gilgandra police are in receipt of the following letter from the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay. "Congratulations to the…

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'Scorched Earth' Nothing Would Be Left on Coast Organising Police Officer Visits Gilgandra

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

Steps are being taken to ensure that if the Japs, do happen to set foot on the shores of Australia the scorch…

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Fair Rents Court Case From Tooraweenah Weekly Rent Reduced To 17/6 From £2/5/0

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 2

In the Fair Rents Court at Gilgandra on Tuesday, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Kenneth William Hodge,…

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Murder Alleged Two Men Before Court Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

Bernard McDade (21), laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with the murder if William Malcolm…

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Murder Charge

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

The Police this morning charged Bernard McDade, 21, with the murder of William Malcolm McLean, 31, also known as William Jackson,…

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Soldier Discharged Before Court This Morning

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

In the Dubbo Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. A. Hicks, Ray Vincent Yates (22), a soldier, who was. previously a resident…

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Young Man Remanded For Harbor Murder Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 1

Bernard McDade (21), laborer, who appeased at the Central police court today charged with the murder of William Malcolm McLean, whose body…

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Released by Court For Battle Station

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 4

Roy Vincent Yates (22), who this week was arrested at Dubbo and charged with vagrancy, was discharged at the Dubbo police court by Mr. W. A…

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An Intriguing Tale of "Exclusive" Murder Published by Special Arrangement—Copyright the County Club Chapter VII—Continued "You Again!"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 4

They found Fernandez alone in his office. A frown crossed his face as they entered, but a moment later he was greeting them with a smile…

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Wanted To See Circus Young Man Before Court

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

Murgha Edward Stewart (18), a labourer, who had been, remanded, appeared before the Dubbo Police Court, this morning, before…

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Remand Gaol Period Served as Penalty

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

Merger Edward Stewart (18), a half-caste who was described as a married man residing at Wellington, was sentenced to the rising of…

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£100 Fine, Gaol Threat for Kate Leigh Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 1

Widely publicised recently, she having offered the Government an interest-free loan of £1000 for the duration of the war. Mrs. Kate Leigh (52), who…

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Demands Pearl Harbor Court Martial Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 1

Asserting that it was time the Americans got tough, Representative Young, in the House of Representatives today, demanded that General Short…

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Stealing Charge At Local Garage Youth Bound Over

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 9

Cecil Norman Chatfield, 18, on [?] was bound over by Mr. Pickup, P.M., on Tuesday, to be of good behaviour for twelve months. Chatfield was charged on four…

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Police Investigate Agency Robbery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

Dubbo police are investigating the breaking and entering of the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. branch office in Talbragar Street at the…

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Police District Raises £3103 in Beaufort Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

The Dublin police district raised £3103/5/10 in the rece[?] Beaufort Bomber Fund appeal, and of this amount the Dubbo sub-district was…

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Chamber of Commerce Seats For Court House Grounds Footpath Swamps

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night it was decided to ask the Urban Committee to take the water from the Police Station under the footpath instead of over it…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 5

The usual monthly court commenced in the Court House, Bourke on Wednesday afternoon, after the arrival of the motor train,…

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