Police Examinations
Eight police officers are sitting for examinations for promotion at Dubbo today. The examination range is from constables first-class to sergeants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1944
408 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 21
Forged Petrol Licence Gets Man Year's Gaol Sydney
Philip Herbert James Campbell (34), laborer, of Matravile, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment in a special Federal court today for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wanderer Still Unfit To Appear at Court
Still in an unfit state to have his case dealt with, a 39-years-old man who last track with his head across a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Aliens to Report to Police Stations
Under National Security (Aliens Control) regulations, issued recently, all aliens residing within the Commonwealth have to report to their nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Army Poised for Final Assault on Narva Force New Trap Created for Nazis in Sc N Relief Attempt London
The right wing of General Govorov's armies, which occupies the entire east bank of the Narra River, apparently is delaying its assault on Narva itself while fresh supplies and reinforcement are being brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£190 Theft Charge Against Youth 19
A youth who stood in the dock at the Dubbo police court yesterday morning was charged with the theft of £190 in bank notes. Police information alleged that the theft occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menaces Alleged Chance Meeting Has Court Sequel
A chance meeting in a Dubbo street led a young soldier to the camp of a drover, in company with a man and woman. There he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Murder Follows Two-up Game, Charged Men in Court Sydney
At Central police court today John Joseph O'Conner (33) and Charles Russell Kelly (32), wharf laborers, were remanded without bail until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assaulted by Soldier Woman Tells Police
Alleged to have assaulted a woman resulting in her admission to hospital, Kenneth Mae Stearnes (20), soldier, was remanded on £30 bail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black Market Liquor[?] Four Men Before Court Sydney
Pleas of not guilty were entered by Richard Herbert kempley (52), accountant. David Blank (24), hotelkeeper. Gordon Casey (24),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wellington Police Court Defendant Bound Over
At the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last before Mr. G. W. Brown. P.M., C. H. Cameron was charged with driving a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German Behind-lines Moves for Third Assault London
Considerable movement has been observed in the rear of the German lines on the Anzio beachhead in [?], sates Reuter's correspondent in Algiers. Free mab[?] of the German divisions which have not yet been engaged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court House Grounds Improvements Begun
Permanent improvements to the Dubbo Court House grounds have) been commenced under the supersion of the officer in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke Police Court. Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M.
The usual monthly Court was held in the Court House, Bourke, on Monday evening last. Angus McLeod was fined £3 or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft at Geurie £190 Involved
In the Dubbo police court, before Mr. R. G. Cookson,. P.M., William John Briggs (19), farm labourer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Sent to Gaol For "Lust and Liquor"
"This is just another case of lust and liquor," declared Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM, at the Dubbo police court yesterday when he sentenced Kenneth Mac Stearnes (20), AIF soldier, to three months gaol with hard labor after he had convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blood Trail Leads Police To Coonamble Arrest
A man who was surprised in a newsagency at Coonamble on Friday evening was arrested subsequently after police followed a trail of blood for some distance to his home. They then went to a local surgery and found the man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fined, Freed, Drunk, and Back in Court
Joseph Henry Cummings (66), laborer, appeared before the Dubbo police court this morning for the second time in a week, charged with drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquor at Dances a Serious Offence Local Police Active
It is an offence against the law for persons to take alcoholic drink to a licensed hall, or to consume liquor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sen[?]tor Charges: Secret Formula Theft Through [?] Canberra
In the Senate today Senator Leckie (UAP, Victoria) alleged that a secret formula had been obtained by Government departments through a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →