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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

316 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 16

Boys’ Club Police Sponsor Baradine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

A boxing tournament under police sponsorship, in order to raise funds for the Police Boys’ Clubs, will be organised in the…

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Ejectment Order Refused. Magistrate Considers Tenant's Hardship Would Be Greater Than Landlord's

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 10

"ALTHOUGH the applicant is under some hardship, I think the respondent would suffer the greater if I grant, this application. To do so would be tantamount to putting the respondent and his family out into the street,"…

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Licensing Court. License Granted Bourke Bowling Club

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

Before Mssrs. V. H. Wells and S. J. Bliss (Licensing Magistrates) the Court House, Bourke, this week, a liquor license was granted the…

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Difference of Opinion Aired in Court; Two Charges Diss[?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

A difference of opinion between two Narromine men led to their appearance in the Narromine Court of Petty Sessions this week, each…

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Brick Theft Alleged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 3

At Orange Court on Monday two young men. Ronald M. Davis and Reg J. Connor, were charged with having stolen 1,800 bricks…

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Petty Sessions Two Shearers Each Fined £5 For Assault

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 5

"I think that you both should be grateful to Mr. Buckingham for saying so much in your favour. It…

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Local Resident and Police Assist Capture of Wanted Youth

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

Coonabarabran police, assisted with information from district residents, were materially responsible for the capture of Douglas Ashworth, 16, alleged to be the slayer of his 26-years-old boss, James Coughey, overseer of Auburn Station,…

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Murder Charge Against Moree Man

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

William Dennison, of Terry Hie Hie, Moree, was discharged in the Moree Courts on Wednesday with the murder of Alan Shaw, 36,…

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Traffic Cases Before Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

Appearing before Mr. R. A. Kersley, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Reginald Bates, of 192 Fitzroy Street,…

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Trangie Murder Youth Arrested and Charged

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

Wellington officers took part in the wide police dragnet for the killer of Hugh Caughey, who was found…

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Coona. Police Court Only Minor Cases

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 4

There was a noticeable abscense of major police and civil actions listed for hearing at the Coonabarabran Court of…

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Cost Of Police Traffic Supervision

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. fears a move toy the State Government to increase fees for motor vehicle registrations and driving licences to pay for the…

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Soviet Police Chief Not To Take Orders From Other Powers LONDON, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

According to the Moscow Radio, Russian authorities in Berlin have ordered the Berlin Chief of Police, Markagraf, to refuse to obey ordered from British, American and french Military authorities…

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Youth Indicated on Murder Charge "I Shot Him"-Alleged Statement to Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

After sitting for more than four hours, yesterday, a Trangie coronial inquiry into the death on May 9 of Hugh Caughey (28), overseer of "Auburn" Station property, 17 miles from Trangie, a 16-year-old youth was indicted on a charge of murder…

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Ex-horse Trainer Fined for Assault. Sequel to Club Fracas

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 4

AS a result of a fracas in a club in Percy Street on May 17 when he assaulted the Club Manager and a sergeant of Police and used profane language, a Wellington ex-horse trainer was fined a total of £14 and ordered to…

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Police Constable Injured When Motorcycle Overturns

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

When his motor cycle skidded and break through the bridge railing to fall onto the embankment of Belar Creek, near…

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Alleged Use of Ambulance To Escape Gulargambone Police

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 5

What is alleged to have been an attempt to escape the Gulargambone police by using the Coonamble Ambulance…

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Court of Petty Sessions Information for Ejectment Order Dismissed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 9

"YOU will have the job in front of you of getting a public servant out of his house" was the prophecy made to a landlord's wife when she served a notice to quit on the tenant of her husband's house. It proved to be…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

Before Mr. Kersley, Police Magistrate, on Tuesday last, Leonard Ellwood was charged that "he did aid and abett in the supply of…

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Police Say That Boy Confessed to Trangie Killing Inquest on Death of Hugh Caughey Work Mate Charged with Murder

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

Evidence that a sixteen-year old boy had confessed to the shooting of a man who had teased him about girls was given by police witnesses at Trangie on Wednesday, when the Coroner, Mr. J. P. Carlin, conducted an enquiry into the…

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