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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

322 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 16 of 17

Three Years Old Murder Charge ADELAIDE, Friday.—

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 1

Ernest Gustav Gone (48), Spring-smith, of Bowde, was arrested last night and charged with being an, accessory to the murder of Mrs. Lymeth…

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Strike Settlement Unlikely Before Week-End AC.T.U. Presents Terms to Chifley Ironworkers to Recognise Arbitration Court. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

THERE is little prospect of a settlement of the New South Wales strike before the end of this week. Late last night, the terms of settlement adopted by the A.C.T.U. were communicated to the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and then…

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Stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 3

Thomas Conqueror Carr. (half-caste) appeared before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of stealing £52 in…

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Stealing a Wallet

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 1

Appearing before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, Raymond Edward Watson Williams (20) labourer, was charged…

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Royal Navy Petty Officer Five Years' Gaol

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 1

Reginald Arthur Humphires, a schoolteacher in civilian life, anil taken prisoner while a Royal Navy Petty Officer, was sentenced to five years'…

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Mother and Son Sentenced for Aiding the Enemy London, Tuesday.—

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 1

Pleas of guilty were made when a mother and son were tried at the Old Bailey for aiding the enemy by…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 4

Before local Justices of the Peace on Tuesday last, Clifford Thomas Crampton, aged 22, was charged with having in his possession a…

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Charged with Murder. 19-year-old Girl. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 5

A 19-year-old girl was charged with murder last night after Francis Abel Herbert (53), postal linesman, was…

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Guilty of Murder. Three More Japs. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 5

Three more Japs, Lieuts. Yabe and Nomeura and Sgt. Vchine, have been found guilty of the murder of an unidentified RAAF…

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Police Court Drunkenness

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 3

Of ten names called at Dubbo Police Court yesterday to answer charges of drunkenness, eight defendants failed to answer. Their recognisances were…

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Child Murderer Sentenced to Death Hobart. Tuesday.—

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 1

Sentence of death for the murder of Evelyn Maughan, aged seven, of Hobart, was passed on Frederick Henry Thornton (32), wharf laborer,…

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Warden's Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 2

An application for suspension of the residence condition on registered tenement No. 6, Dubbo, for residence area, Lot 5, Section 12, Parish of…

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Committed for Trial on Charge of Stealing Money Guest at "Send-off" Accused by Hosts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 1

A send-off party at a camp on the river bank on the afternoon of November 12 led to the appearance of the "guest of honor" in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning, charged with stealing the sum of £52, the property of the two…

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Police Court Stealing Offences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 16

In the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday morning last, before Police Magistrate, Mr. W. K. Earls, two cases…

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Six Months' Gaol For Theft of Wallet

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 2

Before Mr. A. T. Brooke, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions, Dubbo, yesterday, Ernie Knight was charged…

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Police Court 44 Men Fined. Sequel to Two-up Raids

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 5

Sequel to the two-up raids made on a recent Sunday by the Wellington Police were 44 convictions in the Police Court,…

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French Police Chief Trial by Chinese Court SHANGHAI

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 1

Despite the French Consul-General's vigorous protests, Roland Sarley, former Director of the French Municipal…

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Sequel to Burning Down Chinaman's Store Two Accused Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment

The Western Herald · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 2

The two aboriginals, William Taylor and William Alexander Vincent, who were committed for trial on a charge of arson…

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Youth on Stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 1

During the past fortnight an unoccupied house of Mr. E. Leonard, at 88 Brisbane Street, was entered, and a quantity of goods, with suitcases,…

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Long Public Service Magistrate Farewelled SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 1

After 49 years in the Public Service, 20 of which he served as a magistrate, Mr. Duncan Parker, S.M., was farewelled at the Central Court to-day…

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