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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Police Court Ex-p.o.w. Convicted. Sequel to Traffic Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

Appearing before Police Magistrate Mr. W. K. Earls, in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, Dudley Joseph…

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Police Court Ex-p.o.w. Convicted. Sequel to Traffic Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 17

Appearing before Police Magistrate Mr. W. K. Earls, in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, Dudley Joseph…

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Kerbstone Parking Police Respect Council’s Views

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 5

Because Binnaway residents are not entirely satisfied with the newly instituted kerbside parking, Coonabarabran Shire Council wrote…

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Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 2

Bernard William Coleman Woods, labourer, appeared before Mr. C. G. Hook, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on two charges of…

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New Magistrate Appointed to Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning, members of the local legal fraternity and Police and Court House staffs extended a welcome to…

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Canadian Spy Trials Professor Charged MOSTREAL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

Dr. Raymond Boyer, Professor at McGill University, and an employee of the National Research Council, has been committed for trial on charges,…

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Murder Charge Aborigine an Trial

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice Owens at a sitting of the District Court in Dubbo to-day, Charlie Owens (21), an aboriginal…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 3

At the Dubbo Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, George Edmund Tatham, charged with indecent behaviour, failed to appear when called…

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Welcome to Police Magistrate

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

On the occasion of his first to Gilgandra, on Tuesday, Mr. G. C. Hook, who has been permanently appointed Police…

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Seven Years for Manslaughter Aboriginal Sentenced Condobolin Murder Charge Fails Chinaman Beaten to Death Question of Accused's Mental Stability

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 3

Although he admitted causing the death of Ah Gong, a Chinaman, at Condobolin on the night of November 28 last year, Charlie Owen, a quarter-caste aboriginal laborer, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he murdered the…

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Coroner's Court The Late W. E. Tink

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

At the Dubbo Coroner's Court this morning, (Mr. C. G. Hook, P.M., conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr…

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Sir William Webb for High Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 1

Sir William Webb, 59-years-old Chief Justice of Queensland, and…

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Another Judge for High Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

The Federal Government has decided to increase the High Court…

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Police Court Licensing Breaches

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 12

Appearing before Mr. W. K. Earls, in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday morning, 11 defendants enleared pleas of…

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Assault Case Adjourned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 5

Before Mr. C. G. Hook, P.M., at the Dubbo Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, Stanley Herbert Field proceeded against Frank Coghlan for unlawful…

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Airmen's Executioners Sentenced SHANGHAI

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

A Military Commission sentenced four Japanese officers to imprisonment with hard labour for the execution of three of Doolittle's airmen in 1942…

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Ejectment Case Magistrate Declines to Make Order

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

At the Dubbo Court of Potty Sessions, before Mr. C. G. Hook, P.M., on Monday, John Driscall, shop proprietor, of 32 Nancarrow Street, Dubbo…

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Airman Charged Insulting Language and Resisting Arrest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

Charged with resisting arrest, and using insulting language, in Talbragar Street, Dubbo, John Watson (20), airman, stationed at No 6 Stores Depot,…

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Council Servant Charged with Discourtesy 'Serious Breach of Faith' Protest From Progress Association

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 3

"When the contents of our letters to Council reach the servants of the Council I consider a serious breach of faith takes place when the contents are discussed with other servants before being considered by…

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Man Pinned Under Overturned Car Admitted To Hospital Seriously Injured Soldier Charged With Driving Under the Influence

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

A car driven by a young Coonabarabran soldier, Douglas James Cooper, turned over while turning into Edward Street,…

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