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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Mendooran Case Important Court Ruling

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 10

Mr. Cookson, P.M., has given another important ruling in the Dubbo Police Court. This also has to do with military…

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Conscripted Aliens Appear Before Dubbo Court

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 3

Enemy aliens who have registered their peacetime places of abode, and consequently are called up for service with…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 1

A man was arrested and charged with indecent assault of Ronald Pickford, aged 8, Who was reported missing on Tuesday and located…

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Court House Repairs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 4

Dubbo court house is receiving attention from the repair and maintenance staff and all exterior woodwork is being painted…

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Murder of Man of 69 Followed by Arrest Sydney, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 1

Police today arrested a man and charged him with the murder of Duncan McPhce (69), who died in hospital from wounds in the abdomen and…

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Supreme Court Sitting Might Last Three Days

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 4

The Supreme Court sittings will open at Dubbo on Tuesday and night last, three days, but there will be no criminal cases for hearing…

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Elevated for Job New Police Chief Picked for Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 2

Inspector first-class Wright Sherringham, No. 1 Police Division, Sydney, has been promoted to the rank if superintendent and transferred to…

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Six Burglary Charges Against Soldier

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 1

Six charges, concerning alleged breaking, entering and stealing, were preferred against Norman Sweeney, a soldier, when he appeared before…

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Murder and Suicide

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 3

A verdict that Cpl. William Percs (41), R.A.A.F., bad murdered-Llllian Alice Dickie ([?]) and then committed mitted suicide, was returned by…

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Kitchen Front Don't "Murder" Vitamins

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 11

Are you a "murderer?" Do you cook green vegetables for the family every day? Do you include in the family…

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Gaol Term Continues Till Escort Arrives New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1

Federal Judge Mandelbaum has consented to a reduction of the five years' sentence imposed on John' Woolcott Forbes to the time already…

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Mendooran Case Important Court Ruling

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 2

Mr. Cookson, P.M., has given another important ruling in the Dubbo Police Court. This also has to do with military matters,…

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Rough On Husbands Divorce Court Provisions Successful Petitioner Loses Anyhow

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 4

Justice Bonney, in the Sydney Divorce Court last, week, said it was one of the most unfortunate and unavoidable thing in our laws of…

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Husband Denies Cruel To Wile: Ureas Court To Order Her Return

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 6

Seeking an order for restitution of conjugal rights against his wife Myra Morris (33), formerly McQuillen, John Joseph Morris (36), railway fireman, told Mr. Justice Edwards, at the Dubbo Supreme Court this week, that his wife's allegations…

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Bourke Police Court. Before Mr. A. G. HARDWICK, P.M.

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 4

The usual monthly Court was held on Tuesday evening last before the Police Magistrate. The license of the Central…

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Son Born Them Woman on Murder Count Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

Mrs. Kathleen Elizabeth Lenchan (37) was charged today with the murder of her husband Thomas Lenchan at their home at Garvae…

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Swift Police Action Averts Tragedy Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

Prompt action by a policeman averted a probable tragedy at Brookvale this morning when a man, armed with an axe, rushed a group…

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Rebuke For Ward By Court Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

The President, Judge Dwyer, in the State Arbitration Court today, rebuked the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward) for certain statements…

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No Power Given Police to Crush War Immorality Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

The New South Wales Police Department claims that nothing has been done about its application to both the Commonwealth and State…

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Stealing Charge Local Man Fined

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 2

Alfred Everson (25) pleaded guilty at the Gilgandra police Court on Friday to a charge that on 2nd May, at…

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