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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Storm on Wool Levy May Upset Federal Budget Plans Court Action Aimed At Tying Govt. Hand For 12 Months CANBERRA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 1

Nation-wide opposition to the Federal Government's 20 per cent, wool levy may precipitate the biggest Budget upset in history…

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Yeoval Police Bike Delivered Soon

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 7

Mr. R. G. Medcalf, M.L.A. for Dubbo, has received further information from the Police Department following his…

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Men Acquitted on Machinery Stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

Two men who took a quantity of machinery from a mining lease at Bodangora near Wellington were charged at the…

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Murder Charge Against Puerto Rican Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

The Puerto Rican nationalist, Cacar Collazo, who is penniless and apparently deserted by his friends, asked…

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Comic Court Wins Cup in Record Time Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

Comic Court ridden by P. Glennon beat off a determined challenge by Chicquita (W. Williamson) to win the 1950…

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Two Judges Attack Country Hotels Threat To Gaol Some Bathurst Publicans SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 1

Two Judges have bitterly criticised the standard of accommodation and service provided at many country hotels. They are: Judge Berne, who said in Sydney today that…

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Knife Used in Brawl New Australians Before Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 3

A New Australian ha d wounded a man with a knife during a drunken brawl at Nevcrtire a police witness told the…

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Four Year Gaol Term for Theft & Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

Found guilty of assault and theft. James William Kenneth Dale, laborer, of "Devil's Hole," Connamble Road Dubbo, was…

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Men Acquitted. Alleged Theft of Machinery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

Two men who took a quantity of machinery from a Wellington man's mining lease at Bodangora and sold it as scrap…

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Migrants Alter Plea in Assault Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

Two Polish migrants who pleaded guilty at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions Court yesterday to charges of assault,…

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Australia’s Best Comic Court’s Great Victory

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 21

By winning the Melbourne Cup of 2 miles at Flemington, in 3.19½, an Australian record, and carrying 9.5, Comic Court…

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Gaol for Drunken Drivers Urged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 2

Leniency in the treatment of drunken drivers was condemned by speakers at the Western Synod District of the…

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Post Official Fined for Letter Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 2

For stealing a registered letter, containing £2/18, a Post Office employee, Herbert A. Dale (85) of 211 Darling Street,…

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Theft Charges Against 2 Women, Man

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 2

Two women and a man — all of Sydney — appeared before Mr. R. Palmer, S. M. at Dubbo Police Court yesterday on…

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Story of Huge Inheritance Denied in Court Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 6

A well known racing man, Alan Cooper, denied in the Supreme Court today that he had been left about £333,000…

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Correction on Court Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 3

A report in the "Liberal" on Saturday stated in error that Herbert A. Dale, of 211 Darling Street, Dubbo, had been…

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Another Robbery Shows Need For More Police Protection

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

There was another robbery at Narromine at the week-end The sports store conducted by Mr. Jack Cale was broken into and money and goods valued at approximately [?] were stolen. This incident follows other cases of stealing and…

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Wool Levy Proposal Again Under Fire 'Budget-Balancing' Scheme To Be Contested In Court SYDNEY, Wednesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 1

Renewed attacks on the Federal Government's 20 per cent, wool tax plan have followed a Ministerial admission that the scheme was introduced to balance the budget…

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Crashed Car Then Charged with Being Drunk

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 2

Lionel Alfred Beasley (32) of Lower Miller Street, Gilgandra, pleaded not guilty at Dubbo last week to a…

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Rabbit Infestation Proved But Magistrate Dismisses Charge Against District Landholder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 1

SATISFIED that the defendant had made a reasonable effort to destroy rabbits on his property, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Palmer, adopted an unusual course in the Court of Petty Sessions last week when he found a charge…

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