Police Arrest Man for Alleged Bigamy
Following investigation by Det. 3gt. J, A. Burke and Dot. Const. A. B. Vale, of the Dubbo Police, a man was charged at the Dubbo police Station, yeaterday…
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Courts & crime, 1947
440 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 22
Stealing Must Stop, Says Magistrate
"This sort of thing has to be stopped," warned Mr. G, C. Hook, P.M., on Saturday, at the Dubbo Police Court, when he sentenced Jack Garrett (26), seaman, of Sydney, to one month's hard labour for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Spies Sentenced to Death Belgrade
A sentence of eight years imprisonment has been imposed on the Premier of the Emigre Yugoslav Government in London (M. Trifunovich) by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Refuses Solicitor's Application To Exclude Press
An application by a solicitor in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, to hear a case behind closed doors, and to exclu[?] members of the P[?] public was refused by Mr. G. C. Hook, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Sergeant Only "Bit Of a Rat" Says Defendant
'Twas midnight, December 31, and as the chimes of the Post Office clock boomed out their final message for 1946, Sgt. Honeysett. of the Dubbo police, was engaged in conversation with a party of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roy Governor Charged with Intent to Steal
Roy Governor, a member of the Governor family, two brothers of which paid the supreme penalty in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Warning to Cyclists
Police have issued a warning to cyclists that riding bicycles on the footpaths is an offence, and action will be taken if any cyclist is caught so…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Polish Police Unearth Political Plot WARSAW, Thursday
Polish security police claim to have unearthed a copy of a letter from the Polish underground movement to the leader of the Peasant Party…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Arrest Two Dubbo Men On False Pretences Charge
TWO DUBBO MEN WERE ARRESTED AT THE DUBBO RAILWAY STATION LAST NIGHT, AS THEY PREPARED TO LEAVE FOR SYDNEY. THEY WERE IN POSSESSION OF RAILWAY TICKETS, AND WERE WASTING FOR THE SYDNEY BOUND TRAIN TO ARRIVE, WHEN POLICE SWOOPED ON THEM…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Man Arrested for Alleged Theft
Following intensive police, investigation a Dubbo man. was arrested last night and charged with stealing a number of tools. Investigations were carried out by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Office Wrecked Wages Lost In City Burglary SYDNEY, Friday
Thieves who blow open a safe in Harbor Street. city, early today, wrecked the office with the force of the explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former NSW Cabinet Minister On Murder Charge
Thomas John Ley, 66, company director, former Minister for Justice in a NSW Government, and a member of Federal Parliament,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notes From The Court Remand
Two Dubbo men, William Thomas Munday (24) and Arthur Ernest Piper (21) were remanded. to appear at the Dubbo Police Court on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Husband Bound Over Alleged Assault Case
At the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr G. C. Hook, P.M., Dianna Elizabeth Ruth Ryan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unregistered Dogs Owner Prefers Gaol to Fine
The mother of a large family told the magistrate (Mr. Blackmore) in the Junee Police Court that she would go to gaol rather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Business Manager Committed on Murder Charge PERTH
At the close of an inquest yesterday into the death or Stella Ivy Farnworth (43), whose body, to which a concrete slab was attached, was found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Court List Next Week
The visiting Magistrate, on his two-monthly visit to Coonabarabran, will again be faced with a big list of cases to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smart Police Work Smash Melbourne Gang MELBOURNE
The last member of a safe-breaking gang. which was smashed by the police at Balwyn Theatre on Monday night, was rounded up after shots were fired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Committed for Trial Murder Charge Against Kalgoorie Business Man. PERTH
At a close inquest yesterday into the death of Stella Ivy Farnworth (43), whose body, to which a concrete slab was…
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Before the local Court on Tuesday morning last Walter Bloomfield (an aboriginal) was charged with assaulting Violet Bridges and was…
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