Electrical Engineer's Report Alleged Assault on Council Employee Matter to be Further Investigated
At the Council meeting on Thursday night last, the electrical engineer's report contained a complaint that one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1944
408 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 21
Dubbo Cottage Rental Increased by Court
Sitting in fair rents court jurisdiction at the Dubbo court house yesterday Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM, increased the rental of a cottage at 22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pretence, Theft Charge Remand with £100 Bail
Two charges of false pretences and one of stealing were preferred against Norman James Bryson (32), engineer, when he appeared at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Litigation Over Post Adjourned by Court Sydney
Judge O'Mara, in the Federal "Arbitration Court today, adjourned until Tuesday next hearing of an application by William Hay former secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing Man In Court Sydney
Richard Peter Cruise pleaded not guilty at a special Federal court today to two charges of having illegally transported racehorses to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened Clash of Shearing Gangs Averted by Police
Fearing a disturbance between rival shearing gangs the Coonamble police force was trebled last weekend, but the expected trouble did not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Assault on Rabaul. Sydney
The air assault on Rabaul was continued. We destroyed 15 Jap. planes on the ground and eight in the air. Nineteen others were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aircraft Worker Fined £10 for Petrol Theft Sydney
Carl Augustus Cimmins (34), aircraft supervisor, pleaded guilty at Redfern court today to a charge of having in his possession one gallon of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bigger Court Likely
A number or matters are listed for the Dubbo police court sitting in Monday. It will be the first full day sitting of the court for some time, as not only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault Matter Referred to Council Solicitor
At a meeting of the Municipal Council, held on Thursday night last, after hearing a report by Mr. Herring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death U.S. SERVICEMAN Brisbane
Charged with attempting a serious offence against a six year old girl, "Henry Benjamin Newton, aged 31 years, an American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roundabout of Robbery Ends in Court After Man Steals from Thief
Stolen portions of a bicycle had an involved sequel at the Dubbo police court yesterday when one man was charged with having goods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Investigating
An attempt to derail a train was made at Dubbo last week. A sleeper was place across the Molong line at East Dubbo, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Suspected: Woman's Body Found In Centennial Park Sydney
The body of a woman, so far unidentified, was found today beside a pond in Centennial Park. The possibility of murder is being investigated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Grand Central Murder'
Murder, beautiful girls and comedy all are featured in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Grand Central Murder." The murder is the pivot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of 500 Watches Wharf Laborer Charged Sydney
William Norman Bennett (40) wharflaborer, was remanded at the Central police court today on £1000 ball on a charge of having stolen 500…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Park Murder: Body Identified Sydney
The body of the woman who was murdered in Centennial Park yesterday has been identified as Joyce Patterson, of Darlinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Fined For Assault On Drover in Main Street
At the Dubbo police court yesterday morning Robert Glen Harris (21), soldier, was fined £10, and ordered to pay 10/6 costs, in default 22 days gaol, when convicted by Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM, on a charge of assaulting Albert John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Lying with Head on Railway Line Charged with Wandering at Large
Alleged to have been seen by a railway worker lying at the side of the western line, near Eulomogo, with his head across the rail waiting for a train, a 39-years-old man was taken into custody by Dubbo police for his own protection…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beer Carton Theft Count Remand Granted
Charged with trespassing on railway property and with stealing a carton of beer valued at 26/-, the property of the Railway…
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