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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

408 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 21

No Murder Trial Action Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 1

The Attorney-General will take no further action against Cecil Bobbs, who was committed for trial on a charge of having been an accessory…

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May Revise Beer Price Following Court Ruling Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 1

The Commonwealth prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) today emphasised that hotelkeepers will not be allowed to make additional profits by…

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Soldier Faces Charge of Murder of Wife Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 3

Jessie Waters (20), married, was fatally stabbed at Ipswich last night. It is alleged the woman was attacked by a soldier at an hotel where she…

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Police and Firemen's [?]ll Outstanding Success District Hospital Will Benefit by [?] Official Opening and President's [?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 1

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Theft of Garden Hose Warns Householders

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Police are investigating the theft of a rubber garden hose from a Bultje street residence, on Tuesday night. A warning was issued yesterday to…

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Ambulance Held Up with Case Aboard After Tyre Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 2

The thief who stole a spare wheel, new tyr and tuck from the District Ambulance car at Narromine could have been responsible for loss of life…

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£350 Fine, Gaol, Refund Of £381 for One Man Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 1

An Italian winegrower Vittorio de Bortoli, of Bilbul, via Yenda was sentenced to three months' gaol and fined £350 in the special Federal…

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High Court Reserves Judgment Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 1

The High Court of Australia today reserved judgment on the validity of the manpower regulation which purports to authorise direction of…

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Court House Grounds Debris Removed

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 6

During his recent visit to Wellington, the Attorney General {Captain C., E. Martin), made an inspection of…

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Ejectment Order Move Refused by Magistrate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 1

At the Dubbo court of petty sessions yesterday Jessie Isobel Celbran sought an ejectment order against Robert Patrick Brennan tenant of a property…

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Asked a Policeman Begged Sixpence, Got Gaol Term

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 1

An alien who was charged with begging alms was stated, at the Dubbo police court yesterday, to have intercepted Serjeant Gentle,…

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Airmen Interfered, Landed Others in Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

Interference by two airmen while two soldiers were talking to a girl known to one of them resulted in five men appearing before Mr. R. G…

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Election Rubbish Remains In Vicinity of Court House

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

If anyone did not know that Dubbo was concerned in the elections last Saturday he would find ample evidence of it in Brisbane Street, in front…

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Drink for Aborigine Police Declare Practice Too Prevalent in Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

When Ernest Smith (44) pleaded guilty at the Dubbo police court yesterday to a charge of having supplied liquor to an aborigine, the…

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Now Under Police Care Thieves' Second Attempt To Strip Ambulance Car

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

Another attempt to strip the District Ambulance car stationed at the Narromine branch was made on Saturday night, and as a result it has become necessary to house the unit at the Narromine police station…

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Actively as Bookmaker No Bar to Licence: Dubbo Court Decision

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 6

It was held by Mr. R. G. Cookson, at the Dubbo licensing court yesterday, that evidence that a licensee was a licensed bookmaker was…

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Hotels Must Provide Accommodation for Public Court Gets Undertakings Before Licences Renewed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 5

Problems facing hotel licensees in the Dubbo police district were emphasised at the Licensing Court yesterday when, before granting renewal of licences, Mr. R. G. Cookson, LM, secured certain undertakings from the applicants…

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Man Remanded On Bicycle Theft Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 6

At a special sitting of the Dubbo police court this morning William Francis McBeath (34), laborer, appeared before Mr. W. A. Hicks Cm,…

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Must Provide Meals Before Licences Renewed Magistrate Asks For Assurance From Hotel Licensees

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

Problems facing hotel licensees in the Dubbo police district were emphasised at the Dubbo Litering Court…

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Lack of Sympathy, Assistance in Transfer of Lighting Co. No Help From Govt. Charged by Mayor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. Serisier) on Tuesday night charged the State Government with both lack of assistance and sympathy to the Municipal Council in acquiring the Dubbo electricity and gas undertaking…

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