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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

Bert Edward Smith, Colin Thomas Taylor, George Edward Daley, and Herbert Henry Smith, each appearing before Mr. G. C. Hook, P.M., at the…

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Stealing Charge Withdrawn

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

When the name of Brian Hodges was called at the Coonabarabran Police Court on Tuesday, Sergeant Auld informed the Magistrate that…

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More Sittings of Police Court Needed

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

Stressed in the “Watchman” on various occasions, that the time elapsing between sittings of the -Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions was tantamount to inflicting an injustice on persons when the court was established to hand out justice,…

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Tenancy Case. Magistrate's Decision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 13

In the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. W. K. Earle, Mrs. H…

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Mudgee Police Indignant

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 9

The Mudgee poice are very indignant at the suggestion made by an alderman at the last Meeting of the Mudgee council that an…

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Took Liquor Into Mechanics’ Institute Aged Man Charged

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

Pleading that his client, Joseph Rawlinson, was a victim of circumstances when. he was found by the police in the…

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Kidnapping and Murder "Truth-Drug" CHICAGO

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

The truth-drug, Sodium Pentothal, which was allegedly used on a University student (Heirens) who is held in connection with the Degnan…

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Murder Charge After Twenty-five Years HEREFORD (Germany)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 6

Twenty-fivo years after the murder of the former German Finance Minister, Matthias Erzberger, Captain Heinrich Tillessen was charged with, the…

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Did Dubbo “d” do his dough Coona. Men Charged With Street Betting

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

Alleging in the Coonabarabran Police Court on Tuesday that he had made a five shilling bet, with F. D. Harper, in John Street, Coonabarabran, on June 8, on Silent, Constable Green, Dubbo, did not tell the Magistrate whether the bet was for…

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German Rioters Police Quell Outbreak HAMBURG

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

Three hundred German workers assigned to prepare homes for the families of the stall of the British Military Government, rioted…

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Coroner's Verdict On Death Of Primmer Air Force Ambulance Driver Charged with Feloniously Slaying Additional Charge of Negligent Driving

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

At the conclusion of a full-day Inquiry at the Dubbo Court-House on Tuesday, the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. G. J. Christie), found that Arthur John Primmer (42), sawyer, of 210 Fitzroy Street, died as a result of injuries received when…

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Annual Police and Prisons Ball An Outstanding Success Official Opening by Mr. C. G. ROBERTSON, M.L.A.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

Held in the Royal Theatre last night, the 1946 Police and Prisons Ball, culmination of several weeks' work by a number of town and district organisations and many individuals, was a outstanding social and financial success…

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Local and General Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 4

The quarter Licensing Court for the Bourke Licensing District will be held at the Court House, Bourke, on Wednesday, 24th July, at…

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Police and Prisons Juvenile Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 1

Final effort by the Police and Prisons'. Departments to assist the Dubbo Base Hospital and Dubbo Ambulance was the Juvenile Ball…

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Greek Police Driven Out Athens

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 4

Thirty armed men captured a gendermerie post in Thormopylae Pass. They killed a civilian and drovo three police occupants of the post…

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Assault and Robbery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

Charged with assault and robbery, Bert Edward Smith, Colin Thomas Taylor. George Edward Daley, and Herbert Henry Smith, are appearing…

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Russian Spy Ring Canadian Charged OTTAWA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

Henry Harris, a Toronto optometrist, appeared in a magistrate's court, charged under the Official Secrets Act, with conspiring with members of the…

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Passing Valueless Cheque Six Months Gaol For Old Offender

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

William John Hastings (61), laborer, who was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor last week when he pleaded guilty to three charges of false pretences, was sentenced to a further six months' imprisonment on a similar charge before…

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Solicitor and Clerk Go to Gaol Thefts of Clients' Money LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

"You have been found guilty, on overwhelming evidence, of a whole series of thefts of clients' money," said Mr. Justice Hallett to solicitor Gerald Francis Rutledge. To Rutledge's managing clerk, Ernest Silverman he…

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Charged with Murder. Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

Early this morning, Edward George Carr (36), of Fernleigh Street, Chilwell, and Horatio Raymond Morris (31), of Orr…

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