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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

316 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 16

Narromine to Ask for Trangie [?] to Ease Police Duties

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 1

Contending that a great deal of time of the Narromine police officers is taken [?] in connection [?] other…

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12-Year-old Boy on Murder Charge Manchester

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 3

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with, the murder of Joseph Patrick Creamer, aged three years and 11 months, who, was found hanged in a disused…

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High Court Rules Out Bam Nationalisation Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

CONSIDERED to be the worst rebuff that the Labour Government has ever suffered, the Full High Court yesterday ruled invalid important sections of the Act to nationalise trading banks. The leader of the Opposition,…

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Lack of Motor Vehicle Hampers Trangie Police

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

The need for a motor vehicle for the Trangie police was once again demonstrated on Tuesday evening when Senior Constable J. Ryan had…

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Latest Telegrams Likelihood of Appeal Against High Court's Decision on the 1947 Bank Nationalisation Act. Discussion on Bank Nationalisation

The Western Herald · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

Sydney, Friday — The Chief Executive of two of Australia's biggest trading banks— Bank of N.S.W. and Commercial Banking…

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Court Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. R. A. Kersley, S.M., yesterday, cases listed for hearing included:…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 1

A charge against William Haining, 33, bricklayer, of stealing 150 ordinary house bricks and 50 brickettes, valued at £2/2/-, the property of William Thomas French, was dismissed at the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Court Shorts

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 5

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, Thomas Abel Ashby, 34, half-cast aborigine, was fined £2, in default four…

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Trees and Traffic Police Opposed To Tree Planting Dalgarno Street Strip

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 1

Following a report on the proposed garden strip in the centre of Dalgarno Street east, by the shire engineer Mr. W. Woods, the Coonabarabran Shire Council meeting held yesterday, adopted the engineer’s recommendations…

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Baradine News Postponement of Ejectment Order Case at Baradine Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 3

In the matter of an application by Mrs. Mary Devoy, of Baradine, for a postponement of an ejectment order taken out…

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Court Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 1

At the sitting of the Dubbo Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, charges listed for hearing before Mr. R. A. Kersley, S.M…

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Woman Committed on Murder Charge Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. Wright, at the Campsie Court today, committed for trial Mrs. Mabel Flora Rowe, 52, on a charge of murder. Mrs. Rowe was alleged to have stabbed to…

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Dubbo Businessman Killed in Car Accident Driver Charged With Alleged Manslaughter

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 1

A well-known Dubbo businessman was killed when a car in which he was travelling capsized about 61/2 miles from Dubbo on the Dubbo-Narromine Road on Thursday night…

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Two Men Charged with Stealing Jeep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 2

Appearing before Mr. A. J. Commerford, C. M. at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, two men were charged…

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Police View on Road Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 6

An appeal to reasonable road-users to co-operate with the police in obeying the safety laws is made, by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A.,…

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Car Thief Sentenced to 12 Months

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 1

With convictions on eight previous charges of illegally using motor vehicles and described by Police as a…

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[?] Tries Again Protest at shortage of Police Officers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

Replying to representations made by the Municipal Council to have the Narromine police force augmental, to its original size, the commissioner…

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Tools Theft Stops Building Construction Wagga

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 6

The Building Workers' Industrial Union last night declared black all work on A. O. Romano's luxury Commercial Hotel…

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Arrested for Stealing Shirt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 1

Appearing before Mr. A. J. Commerford, J.P., at the Dubbo Court House yesterday, Arthur Joseph Murray (46) labourer…

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Berlin Sector Police Engaged in Sensational Clash Berlin, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 1

Berlin's crisis took a new and sensational turn last night when Russian sector German police broke into a room in the City Hall and took out in chains and handcuffs, a number of Western Sector police who had entered the building in the morning, to protect councillors who…

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