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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Dubbo Hotel Hours Police Take Action

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 9

In consequence of complaints having been made that the hotels were not open between 2 pm. and 5 pm., the Dubbo police took action…

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The North-western Watchman Murder & SUICIDE Coroner’s Verdict On Coonabarabran Tragedy

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

After hearing lengthy evidence into the tragic death of Thomas Knight and his wife, Eva Jane Knight, which occurred at their home at Racecourse Road, Coonabarabran, on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 2. the Baradine Coroner (Mr. H…

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Magistrate Farewelled

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Brooke, police magistrate for the Dubbo district, presided for the last time at the Peak Hill Court last week. Mr. Brooke…

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Group-Capt Caldwell Court-Martialled

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

Group-Captain Clive Robertson Caldwell to-day pleaded guilty to a charge of improperly selling whisky and gin at Morotal…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

Before Sir. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning, Samuel Jones was admonished and discharged on a count of…

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Wheat-Stealing Racket Four Arrests Made

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

Detective-Sergeant J. A. Bourke and Constable (First-Class) A. B. Vale are investigating a big wheat-stealing…

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Fair Rents Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., adjudicated in a case in which Robert Eric Gumbleton, lessee of a cottage in Mumford's Lane, applied for a determination of a…

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Police Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 9

At the Coonabarabran Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M. J. Milligan was charged with carrying intoxicating liquor…

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Police Court Council Prosecution

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 3

In the case of the Wellington Municipal Council versus Henry Noel Grace as the owner of alleged unclean milk bar premises…

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Wellington Man for Trial Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 7

In the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday morning, Edward Hinchcliffe, of Gisborne Street, was committed…

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Road Safety Police Campaign

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 6

Sydney motoring organisations express satisfaction at the police decision to resume their full road safety campaign, but appeal to the police chiefs…

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Police Force Claims of Ex-Servicemen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 4

The possibility of allowing ex-Servicemen to join the police force, even though they were over the prescribed age for enlistment,…

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Hotels Must Open Action By Dubbo Police

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

The following has been, clipped from the Dubbo "Dispatch": In consequence of complaints having been made that the hotels…

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Used Bad Language Several Men Before Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 6

At the Coonabarabran Police Court on Tuesday, several defendants appeared to face charges of using bad language…

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Court Case: Aftermath of Accident Binnaway Grazier Fined £2

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 5

At the Coonabarabran Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., Robert Brooks, of “Blantyre,” Binnaway, was charged with failing to stop after an accident and with driving on the wrong side. The first charge was dismissed and on…

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German War Criminals Cases Against Yon Papen and Hess Streicher Collapses in Court NUREMBERG

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

The Jewbaiter, Streicher, collapsed with a 15-minute attack, in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice yesterday, and was confined…

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Narromine Burglaries No New Developments Police Still Enquiring

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

Although police have conducted exhaustive enquiries into the buglaries that took place at Narromine early last Saturday morning…

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Sheep Stealing Defiance Of The Law West Wyalong

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Addressing a meeting of the Graziers' Association, Mr. A. L. McInnes, of Weethalie, claimed that sheep stealing in his district was an unbearable…

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More Police Wanted Business Men's Views

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Instead of a night watchman for Narromine, the police force should be Increased. In view of the recent burglary and wheat stealing which nave taken…

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Mr. T. H. Brooke Farewelled Function at Court House

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

On Friday evening, at the Court House, the Dubbo Police Magistrate, Mr. T. H. Brooke, was tendered a farewell by representatives of the legal…

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