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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Police and U.N.R.R.A. Officers Murdered In Bavaria FRANKEURT

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

Two police officials and an U.N.R.R.A. officer were killed yesterday during a foreigners check up in Pasing, Bavaria. Another police official was severely…

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ALlEGED Theft of £19 at Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

A man reported to the Narromine Police early Sunday morning that a wallet containing £19 in notes had been stolen during the previous…

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Laver's Case Verdict of Guilty. McDERMOTT Sentenced to Death for Murder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

FOUND guilty of the murder of the missing Grehfell storekeeper, William Henry Layers, in the Supreme Court at…

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McDERMOTT Found Guilty on Grenfel Murder Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

For the murder of the missing Grenfell storekeeper, William Henry Lavers, Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38) was at Bathurst…

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Murder Charge Four Boys Found Guilty. ADELAIDE

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

Guilty, but with a recommendation to mercy, was the finding of the jury of the Criminal Court last night in a case in which four boys,' aged…

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Police Arrest Youth on Serious Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

Detectives have arrested a 17-year-old Narromine youth and charged him with a serious offence against his 12-year-old…

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Former War Prisoners Police in Belgian Riots Brussels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

Although one demonstrator was reported to have been killed in yesterday's riot, a Ministry of the Interior spokesman said there were no deaths. Earlier reports said an undertermined number were killed and…

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Remodelling of Police Station and New Quarters for Lock-up Keeper

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 4

The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce has received a communication from the Minister for Justice, through…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 8

Before Mr. G. C. Hook, Police Magistrate, the usual monthly Court was held at the local Police Court on Wednesday morning last…

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Assault and Robbery. Man Charged. SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 1

Clad only in his pyjama coat, Constable K. J. Petith arrested a man in Surry Hills last night…

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Governor and Police Chiefs Sentenced to Death WARSAW

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

The peoples court sentenced to death, Ludwig Fischer, former governor of Warsaw, who was alleged to be responsible for the death of more than, one…

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Preferred Gaol Penalty To Marital Unhappiness

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

A man told Judge Shortland at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions to-day that he had contracted a bigamous marriage fully knowing the consequences, rather than face continuation of his married life with his legal wife…

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Police Commissioner Injured by Woman Singapore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

Indian runner estate workers used, packets of pepper and cans of boiling water in a-fierce five minute struggle with the police, near Sanger, Patani,…

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Jury Disagrees on Wheat-stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

At the Dubbo Quarter Sessions yesterday before his Honour, Judge Shortland, Harry Jermyn of Cobar, was remanded on £20 bail on a charge of stealing 131 bags of wheat, the property of the Commonwealth of…

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Preferred Gaol Penalty to Martial Unhappiness

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 12

A man told Judge Shortland at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions this week that he had contracted a bigamous marriage fully knowing the consequences, rather than face continuation of his married life with his legal wife…

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Speedy Arrest Follows Theft of Wireless Set

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Wellington police demonstrated their efficiency on Tuesday when they arrested a man for stealing a wireless, valued…

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Bushranger's Brother Gets Two-Years Gaol Sentence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

Roy Governor, brother of the one time notorious Jimmy Governor, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday by Judge Shortland, at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions, for having been found on a…

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Police Asked to Check ‘Squatting’

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 9

Those tired people who sometimes “squat” on the clock tower memorial in Coonabarabran’s main street,…

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No Appeal Yet in Lavers' Murder Case SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

Convicted at Bathurst last Wednesday for the murder of William Henry Lavers, Frederick Lincoln McDermott has not yet lodged an appeal. He still…

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French Traitor Sentenced to Death Paris, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

The court of Versailles has sentenced to death Fernand De Brinon, former Vichy Ambassador, for collaboration with the enemy…

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