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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

316 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 14 of 16

Workers' Compensation Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 8

A sitting of the Workers' Compensation Court set down for Tuesday next, has been cancelled, said Mr. D. W. Murphy, Clerk of…

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Police for S.p. Raids But Not for Ordinary Duties

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

While there are sufficient police to unable two and three officers from Dubbo to come to Narromine for the day, merely to catch starting…

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Court Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 3

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

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Golf Presentations Court [?] To Ex[?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

Despite warm weather the golfing season at Narromine is to be extended month or six weeks during which the course will be mown…

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Assault Case ” Withdrawn

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

A case in which Annie May Delves was to have proceeded against Harold Edwin Atkins, for assault, was withdrawn at…

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Dubbo Police Tracker at Morrisset

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

Tracker Sgt. Alec Riley, of the Dubbo Police, recognised as one of the foremost trackers of the State, went to Morrisset on…

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Visit of N.s.w. Police Association Executive

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

President of the N.S.W. Police Association Sgt. Driscoll and General Secretary, Mr. Frank Lant, were at Dubbo on Friday…

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Inquest Into Le Gallien's Murder

The Western Herald · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

Sydney, Friday. A crowded public gallery heard a Detective tell the City Coronor, Mr. M. J. Austin yesterday, that he…

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Two Men Charged with Car Theft and Burglary

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

The feeding of a Buick car at Elong which was stolen from Warren st. Wednesday night, led to the arrest of two men at…

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U.S. Cowboys in Bad with Swiss Police Geneva, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 6

Forty cowboys and cowgirls of the Texas Cowboy Rodeo will be expelled from Switzerland after a fight last night between the…

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Gaol Escapee Still at Large

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 6

To a late hour last night, police had not located Francis Edward Carter, 22-year-old Bathurst laborer, who broke out of the local…

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Inguest Into Lithgow Double Murder

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 1

The coronial inquiry at Lithgow into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of James Lyon Walker Barton (54) and his sister, Lue Loveday Barton (45) at their homestead, "Wallerawang…

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Moree Grazier Held on Murder Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 5

The wife of a well-known Moree grazier was not shot dead in the main street of Moree at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon…

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Farmer Charged with Attempted Murder

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 1

Sydney — A 47 year old farmer, Charles Harrison, was charged with attempted murder yesterday after his wife and three sons, aged…

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Court Shorts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 1

Cases listed for hearing before Mr. R. A. Court of Petty Sessions yesterday included:…

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Murder Fiction Found in Bedroom of Boy on Trial

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 2

At resumed coronial inquiry into the shooting of james Lyon Barton and his siter Miss Louie Loveday Barton at Wallerawang on September 26, is was alleged by police that books featuring…

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Police Use Bayonets, Tear Gas On Demonstrators LONDON, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 1

American and German police fixed bayonets and used tear gas when between 3000 and 4000 demonstrators marched down the main street of Stuttgart Yesterday, smashing shop windows…

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Wallerawang Murder Inquiry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

Contrary to expectations the coronial inquiry into the deaths of James Lyon Walker Barton and his sister, Lue Loveday Barton, did not conclude on the third day of the hearing (Friday last) and was…

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[?] Found [?] Police

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 8

[?] and Jen[?] school [?] time of fire [?] property, have [?]…

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Assault Charge Dismissed (Continued from Front Page)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 5

Can you offer any explanation why a complete stranger should make this serious charge against you?-No…

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