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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 5

The festive season in Dubbo proved to be one of the quietest in the records of the police. There were very few cases of…

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Police Court Indecent Exposure Charge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

Appearing in the Wellington Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. K. McGinty, J.P., George Denis Hedgecock,…

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Sub-machine Guns Issued to Military Police MANILA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

Ten thousand sub-machine guns have been issued to 10,000 Filipino Army Military Police, for operations against "lawless elements", particularly in…

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New Police Magistrate

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. T. H. Brooke, who has been police magistrate in the Dubbo district for abort it months, has received notice of his transfer to…

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Nazis Sentenced to Death BUDAPEST

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

The People's Court has sentenced to death, as war criminals, three of Hungary's most prominent Nazi supporters…

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Police Resignations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Dissatisfaction with rates of pay, and the introduction of a system basing promotion on seniority alone, are among the reasons for the resignations…

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Wife of "Lord Haw-Haw" in Holloway Gaol LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Mrs. William Joyce, who is at present imprisoned in the Holloway Gaol, will remain in England, said the "Evening News."…

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Wheat Missing Police Investigating Webb's Siding 240 Bags Short

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Police are enquiring into the departure of 240 bags of wheat from a stack at Webb's Siding. On Friday morning, it was noticed…

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Police Court Two Men on Wheat Theft Charge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

At the Wellington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. McGinty, C.V.S., John William Morgan (33), of Narromine,…

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High Treason Baillie-Stewart Charged LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Norman Baillie-Stewart, former officer of the British Army, was charged at the Old Bailey on two…

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Wheat Stealing Men Charged at Wellington and Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

At Wellington on Wednesday John William Morgan 33, motor driver of Merliba-street Narromine, and Harry Jermye, 34 carrier of Cobar, were…

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Peak Hill Police Court Supplying Liquor to Aborigine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

Several cases were heard at the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. f. H. Brooke, Pil, on Tuesday. One man pleaded guilty to…

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Dissatisfaction in Police Force

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

Dissatisfied with rates of pay and introduction of system of basing promotion on seniority alone are among the reason for the…

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Latest Telegrams Man Arrested in Connection with Murder of Mrs. Jean Wicks in City Kiosk. Sydney, Wednesday the Kiosk Murder

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

Douglas Ronald Morris, a 26-year old newspaper reporter, of Towns Read, Rose Bay, was charged last night with the murder of…

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Chicago Murder Suspects Released CHIGAGO

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

Two Belgian janitors, Hector Verburgh (65) and Desere Smet (35), and Verburgh's wife, all of wliom were arrested earlier this week as suspects in…

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Police Resignations Conditions Unsatisfactory SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

Apart from the cost of living increase, there had been no improvement in the pay of policemen since 1927, the Secretary of the Police Association, Mr…

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Alleged Assault

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 7

A man appeared in the Wellington Police Court this morning, on the charge of alleged assault against Mr. Patrick Ryan,…

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Three Months' Gaol Post Office Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2

Joseph Henry Cummings (64)) appeared before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.L, at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday charged with wilfully retaining a…

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Further Developments in Missing Wheat Case Thefts From Paddocks Suggested Police Continue Investigations Throughout West

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

With four arrests already made and additional ones, considered probable, Dubbo detectives and Narromine police continue to unearth new evidence in the enquiry into wheat missing from the Narromine district…

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Wheat Stealing Big Racket Alleged. Four Men Arrested

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

Four men have been arrested by the Western Police Radio Patrol, conducting investigations in what is alleged to be an extensive…

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