Police Issue Warning To All Dubbo Cyclists
Dubbo police yesterday issued a Warning that a careful watch is now being kept for cyclists who persist in riding bicycles on the footpaths, and…
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Courts & crime, 1944
408 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 19 of 21
Three Western People For Trial in Sydney Cobar Murder and Wellington Poison Cases
When the supreme court opens in sydney next week Walter Eric Graham (161/2) will stand his trial on a charge of having murdered Shadie Tooma…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Court Rebuke for Senator Who Sent Telegram
SYDNEY, FRIDAY.- Delivering judgment in the High Court today in a case in which Henry Edward Watson of East Kew (Victoria)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narromine Police Force Strength
The following letter, which is self[?]natory, has been received Mr. C. G. Robertson, MLA, from Mr. C. Evatt, who states that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Charged With Breaking and Entering Following £25 Robbery at Butcher's Shop
Following the breaking and entering of Mr. H. Ottley's Macquarie street butchery shop yesterday afternoon, £25 in notes and silver was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →US. Paratroops Hanged In New Guinea: Murder Of Brisbane Woman
BRISBANE, Tuesday.-An American paratrooper, Avatino Fernandez, was hanged at Oro Bay, New Guinea, on November 20. He was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Came Too Soon Said Man on Premises
"I would have had a drink, but you came too soon," said William Pearce to Sgt. S. Hinde when he was found on the premises of the Pastoral Hotel in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slapping of Small Boy Brings Three to Court
The alleged slapping of an 11-year-old schoolboy, brought the boy, his father, and the woman who was alleged to have done the slapping before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poison in Sandwiches Alleged Woman and Man Charged
Evidence that a fox terrier had died after eating sandwiches intended for its mastter's lunch was given in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Guilty of Murder Sent to Gaol For Life
At the Sydney Criminal Court on Thursday, Walter Eric Graham (16), was sentenced by Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers to life imprisonment for the murder of Shadie Tooma Malouf (30), at Bulla Station, near Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stuart Town Police Court Man Fined £20 Betting Case
Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., at the Court, of Petty Sessions held at Stuart Town on Tuesday last a young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Raid Alleged S.P. Betting
Some excitement was caused in Nanama Crescent on Saturday afternoon last, when a squad of local police raided a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaking, Entering, Stealing Case in Children's Court
A youth who was charged last week in the Dubbo police court with breaking, entering and stealing £25, was recharged in the Children's Court at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magistrate Promises Higher Penalties in Future If Rabbits Not Destroyed
"Penalities I have imposed today are regarded by me as being very light and I want the landholders to take note of this fact as in future they will be increased to a great extent", said Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM, at the Dubbo poice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Crowded Interest In Alleged Assault Case One of Four Persons Discharged Before Adjournment
Considerable local interest was displayed in a case of alleged assault which was heard in the Wellington Court on Tuesday last before the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. W. Brown. A crowded court attended the hearing throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged at Gunnedah
At the Gunnedah Police Court last week William Thomas Chatfield (23) and Cornelius Alfred Chatfield (20), on remand, were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Husband Fined Alleged Assault Domestic Unhappiness
At the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last Leonard Wanless proceeded against his wife for alleged assault. There…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dubbo Detective Witness In Moree Murder Trial
Det.-Sgt. J. A. Burke will leave Dubbo for Moree at the week-end. He will be a witness in the Moree murder trial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gundagai Residents Feared Earthquake Thousands of Tons of [?] Roll on Court House
There was a sensation in Gundagai on Sunday when a portion of the huge stone gaol wall which runs along the rear of the Court House…
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Before local Justices on Monday last, Lionel William Robot was to three months imprisonment for stealing £10, the…
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