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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Police Warning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

Street accidents in towns like Dubbo are more frequent in winter than in summer, due probably to the earlier darkness, and Superintendent…

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Boy on Trial for Murder Auckland (N.z.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 1

Thirteen-year-old Noel Ingram Brooks was yesterday committed for trial on charges of murdering his mother. Ethelwyn Florence…

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Catholic Tennis Court Official Opening

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

Under ideal weather conditions, the official opening of the Catholic Tennis Club took place last Sunday at the…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 4

The usual monthly Court was held, in the Court House, Bourke, on Wednesday morning last, before Mr. J. H. Brooke, Police…

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Chdldren's Court Cases

The Western Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 6

A recent instruction issued by the Minister, for Justice, prohibits the publication of any reference to cases appearing before the…

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Dubbo Court Two Boys Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

Two youths aged 17 and 16 years were before Wellington Court this week in connection with charges concerning stolen cars and breaking and entering…

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Shearers' Strike Court to Hear Claim

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

The latest development in the Shearers' dispute is the announcement of the date for hearing of the ease by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court…

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Prisoners Escape from Bathurst Gaol

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 6

Two prisoners were among a party taken out for wonk in the piggery and dairy outside the walls made a daring escape from…

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Offensive Behaviour LAC Before Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 1

At Dubbo Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. T. Brooke, P.M., Stewart Alexander Mehan (38). LAC at No. 6 Stores Depot. was charged with…

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Mt. Martha Murder. Youth Charged. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1

At midnight last night. Kevin Albert Joiner (17) was charged with the murder of Thomas Chas. Clark, at Mount Martha. on April…

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Chamber of Commerce Police Station Repairs

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 2

A meeting of the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce was held last Thursday at the Mechanics’ Institute Present, were: Messrs. G. McNaboe,…

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Police & Firemen's Ball

The Western Herald · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 6

The Police & Firemen's Ball, the big event of the season, will be held in the Wonderland Theatre on Thursday, June 28th. Although…

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Heavy Assault On Bougainville

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.—The present assault on Bougainville is the heaviest both from air and on land since the Australians have taken over their…

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Murder Charge. Boy Not Guilty Auckland, N.Z.

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 1

A verdict of not guilty was returned at the trial at Wellington yesterday of Noel Ingram Brooks, 13, on a charge…

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Purchase of Property Court Rules Out Deposit of Bonds

The Western Herald · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 3

The Full Court of the High Court of Australia, sitting in Sydney, decided, without dissent, that the Federal Treasurer was not…

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Police Court Street Betting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 11

At the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, before the P.M. (Mr. G. W. Brown) Collin Cashel was charged…

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Receives Nine Months' Gaol

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 1

Leslie Albont Williams, alias Riddle (34), appeared before Judge Shortland at the Bathurst Quarer Sessions, charged with…

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Local Land Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 3

A sitting of the Coonabarabran Local Land Court is listed for May, 16th, at 2 p.m., at the Court House…

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Small Debts Court Claim for Wages. Verdict for Defendant

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 10

At the Small Debts, Court, hold before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., the case in which a man named Cleary sued L…

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Alleged Assault Charge Outcome of Street Brawl Narromine Resident Before Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 1

In the Narromine police court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Brooke, P.M., John Kenneth Wallace, on bail, appeared to answer a charge of having caused actual bodily harm on Frederick William Bergman, at Narromine March 15…

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