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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Ensioner [?]En by Dog Ner Before Court

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

[?] woman appeared be[?]he Gilg[?]ndr[?] Police [?] on Monday, charged keeping a dog which…

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Penalties for Car Theft

The Western Herald · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 6

Leniency shown by Magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the N.R.M.A. following the report that 550 motor vehicles had been stolen…

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Three Months' Gaol on Theft Charges

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

"You have already had one chance to see the error of your ways, but you broke down before your bond was…

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Penalties for Car Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Leniency shown by Magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the N.R.M.A. following the report that 550 motor vehicles…

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Union Council Secretary Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Secretary of Orange Trades and Labor Council, Daniel Joseph Harrington, appeared before Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at…

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Indecent Assault on Girl, Six

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

A sixteen-year-old waiter, Robert Kandelas, was remanded to the Canberra Supreme Court after pleading guilty to…

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Police Move Against Straying Stock

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

Considerable discussed took place at last Peak Hill Municipal Council meeting concerning the fencing of common…

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Newspaper Owners at Court Editor Attached For Contempt LONDON, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Proprietors of the London morning newspaper, The Daily Mirror, which has a circulation of over four million copies daily, have been "peremptorily ordered to appear before the Chief Justice, Lord…

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Coonabarabran Police Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 6

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions on Monday George Cain, 49, laborer, was fined 10/-for being found drunk on 12th…

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Binnaway Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 11

At the Binnaway Court of Pttty Sessions on Tuesday, a charge against Dulcte Solberg, of offensive behaviour and…

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Beer Off The Ice Three Men On Breaking Entering and Stealing Charge Committed For Trial

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

ALLEGATIONS THAT THREE MEN BROKE AND ENTERED THE PREMISES OF LACHLAN FREEZING COMPANY, AT COONABARABRAN, BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY, 19th MARCH, AND STOLE A NINE…

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Failing to Destroy Rabbits Landholders Before Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 8

The names of fourteen landholders were called at the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, to answer charges of failing to destroy rabbits. Fines ranged between £8 and £2,…

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Police & Firemen's Ball

The Western Herald · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

Preliminary notice is given that the Police & Firemen's Annual Ball will be held in the Wonderland Theatre on Thursday, 16th June…

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Cumnock and Yeoval No Additional Police Available

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 7

No further action will be taken by the Amaroo Shire Council in an effort to have additional police at Cumnock…

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"Missing" Man Mystery Police Abandon Search

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 2

Dubbo police have abandoned the search for a farm labourer, reported missing from a Rawsonville property last Monday. Enquiries uncovered that a man, answering to…

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81 Betting Charges Follow Police Raid

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 1

Eighty-one betting charges were preferred at Orange Court yesterday as a sequel to a police raid on a billiards saloon in…

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Iceland Police Use Tear Gas, Batons to Break Demonstration London, Thrusday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

Tear gas and a baton charge were used by police in Reykjavik to disperse demonstrators outside Icelandic Parliament yesterday, when, by 37 votes to 13, parliament approved Iceland's adherence to the…

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Bad Parking : Police Urged to Help

The Western Herald · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 3

Police appeal to motorists for more careful parking of cars, to prevent traffic hold-ups, is endorsed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A., who…

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Local and General Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 10

Before the Licensing Magistrate at Court House, Bourke, the report of the Licensing Inspector on the local and district licensing…

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Youth Remanded on Breaking, Entering and Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 1

Twenty-year-old Ronald James Bourke, charged with breaking and entering the premises of Western Rural Producers…

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