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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Appeal Court

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 4

The Municipal Appeal Court will be held in the Court House, Bourke on Tuesday the 22nd June, commencing at 5.15 p.m…

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£55 Theft Allegation Against Soldier

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

Arrested at Dubbo and charged with breaking and entering a dwelling at Wamberad in December, 1942 and stealing a pusheart, lines and blankets…

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Police Still Seek Attacker of Women Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 1

Parkes police are continuing investigations into cases of a girl and a woman attacked at night recently by an unknown man…

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Theft of Tyres Care Needed

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. warns motorists against adopting a complacent view of their ability to replace, their present tyre…

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Hidden Pair Murder Bulgarian Police Head London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 1

According to Berlin radio, a man and woman concealed behind a staircase shot and killed the former Bulgarian, police president Panteff when…

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Council's Valuations Not Court Standard

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 1

"You cannot, take notice of the council valuations; there is sometimes an enormous discrepancy. After all, council rates only on the…

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Stolen Car Recovered by Police at Beni

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 1

A car owned by Raymond ladder, of Leadville, was stolen from Dunedoo on Saturday night and recovered by Dubbo police yesterday afternoon. It…

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Exemption From Army Renewed by Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 1

An application by Arthur Ashley Douglas, a bookmaker and taximan, for an exemption from military services on the grounds of hardship was…

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Many-Named Tutor, Gaoled for Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 5

A man who admitted to many aliases, and is a tutor by occupation, was sentenced to six months gaol at the Dubbo police court on Monday when convicted on a charge of stealing by Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM…

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Police Chief's Service Ends in Retirement

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

Following 18 months' service at Dublin, Superintendent W. J. Small, of the Dubbo police district, entered upon retirement on Tuesday…

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Court Decorum Women in Slacks

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 2

Referring to his ordering of a woman in slacks, who attended a Sydney court, to go away and dress properly, the magistrate…

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Siege State In Sofia Police Hunt Istanbul

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

Something serious is happening in Sofia, which is scaled off from the outside world. All external communications were broken last night,…

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Gaol Vegetable Crops Big Aid to Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 4

Vegetable being grown at the Dubbo gaol and in the court house grounds are being supplied to the Dubbo, District Hospital and other…

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Defaulting Solicitor Sent to Gaol Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 1

A sentence of three years' imprisonment was imposed on William Clarke Dickie (41), solicitor, who was convicted fit the Darlinghurst Sessions…

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Murder, Suicide Verdict Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 1

A verdict that Col. William Perce (41). RAAF. had murdered Lillian Alice Dickie (26) and then committed suicide, was returned by the…

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Aliens to Be Called Up High Court Decision

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

Authority to call up aliens working in protected industries for services with the C.C.C. is held by the A.W.C…

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Taking of Depositions Resumes at Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 4

The practice of taking depositions in the notice court was resumed at Dubbo yesterday after a lapse of 12 months. During this period no…

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Employer Before Court Victimisation Alleges Raaf Man Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 1

Victimisation by his employers when they learned that he was enlisting was alleged by Keith Gordon O'Hara, a member of the RAAF,…

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Plants From Park Woman Charged with Theft

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

[?]lleged to have stolen number of plants from the Gilgandra Park, a woman was fined £1 and ordered to…

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A Young Soldier Charged with Stealing Clock Was 16 at Time of Enlistment

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 3

In evidence at the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, when a soldier was charged with stealing a mantel clock…

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