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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Court Action Over Length of Air Hose

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 1

At the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. C. Hook, P.M., Albert Edward Robinson, of Dubbo, was convicted of unlawful detection…

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R.s.l. President Gets Court Order for Home

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 6

At the Dubbo Court yesterday, before Mr. G. C. Hook, P.M., Sydney William Keeble, president, of the Dubbo Subbranch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A., was…

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Gaoled, Cashiered for Jewel Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 1

FRANKFURT (Germany) Thursday. A military court has sentenced Colonel J. W Durant to 15 years' hard labor, and dismissal from the army, for his…

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Young Man Commits Theft Whilst Drunk

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 20

For stealing a canvas bag containing trade tools and valued at £5 a young Wellington man was fined £2 in the…

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Lavers' Murder Appeal Dismissed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 1

The full court has dismissed an appeal by Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38) against his conviction and death sentence passed by…

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Kesselring's Defence at British Court Venice. Thursday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 1

General Kesselring had always fought a "clean and humane warfare" said his counsel Dr. Laternser, opening the defence before a British court…

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Charged with Stealing. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

Early to-day Detectives arrested a man in an hotel at Liverpool and charged him with breaking, entering and stealing goods valued…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

The usual monthly Court was held in the Court House, Bourke on Wednesday last before Mr. G. C. Hook…

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Latest Telegrams Federal Arbitration Court Intervenes in the Victorian Metal Trades Strike. Charge of Stealing Money. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

Melbourne. — Dennis Shine, 27, of Nyngan, N.S.W., appeared in the Quarter Sessions on Thursday charged with having stolen £1600…

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Press, Police and Public Present at Meeting to End Football Dispute

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

Following differences of opinion that threatened to undermine western football last year there were signs that similar trouble might occur again this season. A group meeting was called at Bourke and was later ruled out of order. A further meeting was then called for…

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Mr. Robertson, on His Achievements New Court House for Narromine Promised

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

Making his last visit to Narromine and Trangie before the elections. Mr C. G. Robertson, on Wednesday. announced that Narromine as to have…

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Cattle Stealing Case Adjourned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 6

At the Wellington Police Court on May 5 and 6, Arthur Harold Lawson appeared before Mr. Earle, P.M., to answer to three charges of…

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Wanted to Be Carried to Gaol Stranger Before Court on Three Charges

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 8

A defendant who was charged at the Coonabarabran police court on Tuesday with resisting arrest, told the presiding Magistrates that his reason for resisting was because if the Sergeant of police was smart enough to arrest him, he should…

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Secret "Bank" Disappeared Nyngan Man Charged

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 4

Years ago a Melbourne barman William Shine, started to save £10 and £5 notes and in an unused kitchen stove at his home in…

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Petty Sessions Cattle Stealing Case Adjourned Until July 1

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 8

LENGTHY evidence, sharp exchanges between defence and prosecution and numerous adjournments, marked the commencement of the cases in the Wellington Court on Monday and Tuesday, in which Arthur Harold Lawson, 57…

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Breaking, Entering and Stealing Charge Cecil Herbert Carr Committed for Trial to Gnnnedah Quarter Sessions

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 13

At the Coonabarabran Police Court on Friday morning, Cecil Herbert Carr, aged 25 years, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking, entering and stealing from the time of Charles Wallace Campbell, of “Hillview,” Ulamambri, on 8th February last, and…

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Land for New School Police Department Favour Handing Oyer 24 ACRES And Have Backing Of P. and C. Association

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

For some time endeavours have been made to secure portion of the police paddock for a new high school site in…

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Alleged Murderer of 19 Shot By French Police PARIS, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

Alleged to have murdered 19 people, a 22 years-old Jew, Stanislaus Wazelewski, was shot dead by gendarmes outside Toulouse last night…

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Court Briefs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

Florence Hampton (41), domestic, was fined £5 for illegally using a bicycle, the property of Betty Margaret Walkom, a telephonist, on or about…

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Assault on Chinese Market Gardener Brings £8 Fine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

Chinese as a rule are a most inoffensive people as Mr. G. C. Hook, P. M., aptly described them in the Dubbo Court yesterday, when he fined Thomas Carr £8 for unlawfully a[?]ulting Sam Lee, a market gardener on…

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