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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Sent to Gaol Gilgandra Youth

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 2

"If you had been In the Army and done your job I might have considered granting you a bond, but 1 don't…

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Police Commission Police Association's Action Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 1

The secretary of the Police Association, Mr. C. J. Cosgrbve, has forwarded a letter to the Premier…

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20 Years’ Gaol Escapade of Young American

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 3

Three months of freedom as a deserter from his unit, and his conduct daring those three months, has cost an Allied…

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High Police Cost Principle Upset by Judge at Appeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 5

"These men did nothing that the local police could not do," said Judge Shortland in the Dubbo Quarter Sessions Appeal Court on Tuesday night. "It is a very wrong principle to expect expenses because…

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Motive of Vengeance Alleged in Murder Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 4

Charged was murder, Norman Morsis Searle (25), of Burnley a fitter and turner has been committed for trial…

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Case Against Licensee Withdrawn by Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

When a case of allowing persons on permises after hours against Walter Terner Mellugh, who until yesterday was licensee of Tattersall's…

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Police Representative Leaves Inquiry Sydney, Tuesday. I

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

The secretary to the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrave) walked cut of the police departmental in quiry concerning two constables,…

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Police Control Bread Hungry Sydney Crowds Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

Police were summoned today to control bread-hungry crowds which beseized a few Sydney bakeries which operated this morning, when 90 per…

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Murder Charge Against Police Constable Soldier Killed Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Michael Flynn, aged 29 years, police constable, was yesterday charged at the Chinchilla Police Court with…

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Charged with Murder Intent Air Force Provost Wounded Reginald Arthur Beasley—A Gilgandra Native

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Acting Corporal Reginald Arthur Beasley, son of Mr A. Beasley, of Gilgandra, an Air Force Service policeman…

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Drug Addict's Frauds Earn Him Gaol Term Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Walter Harwin Coultas (31). motor driver, is a drug addict. He is alleged to have been imposing on public hospitals, both in the…

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Firemen Beat Outbreak At Tennis Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Although flames early yesterday evening had a firm grip of the Railway Tennis Club's building, they were quickly suppressed by…

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Landed The Angler Court Official’s Catch

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 3

When a Criminal Court official searched the “highways and byways” of Hobart for “good and lawful men” to complete a jury, he…

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Grown Here, Sold Here But Freight Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 4

Although a grower at Dubbo produces potatoes in, say, a garden half a mile from the post office and sells them within the same area, the freight payable if they were sent to Sydney must be deducted from the price he receives…

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Italian Sent to Gaol for Camp Killing Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 4

Pleading guilty in the Criminal Court to a charge of having unlawfully killed Francisco Fantin on November 16, Giovanni Bruno Casotti…

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Long Holiday Ended by Action of Police Man Claimed Killer "Wanted" by Army

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 4

Information that a man answering the description of the Killer of Alan Crutcher (11), at Granville, had been seen walking along the Narromine Road on Thursday afternoon resulted in the Dubbo police quickly organising a net which resulted…

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Soldier's Death Accidental, Say Police

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

Lieut. William. Leonard Knowles, a returned soldier, died at the Caulfield Military Hospital on Saturday from a…

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Three Years Gaol Term For Young Woman Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 1

"You knew the age of this girl. You were prepared to sell her body to anyone who would pay you a good price for it. I consider you a…

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Year's Gaol and £100 Fine For Petrol Fraud Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

In addition to being fined £100, John Piggott (41), car dealer has been sentenced to 12 months' gaol. Piggott was found guilty in the…

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Court Again Postpones Sentence on Forbes New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 1

The court has again postponed sentence on John Woolcott Forbes to next Monday at the request of the Assistant United States…

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