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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Coonabarabran Court Charg[?] List for

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 3

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions next Wednesday Mr. A. V. Johnson S.M. will preside…

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12 Months Gaol for Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 4

Edward Hinchcliffe (321 laborer, Forest-Reefs, via Orange, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor by Mr. R. Palmer…

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Youth's Alleged Admission in Murder Case Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 1

A youth charged with murdering an old mail allegedly told the police that deceased was supposed to have £500 in a…

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Chief of Police Defies Chief Secretary Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 1

Police Commissioner Scott has revised the request of the Chief Secretary's Department to remove 10 poker machines from…

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Denial of Natural Justice Claimed Court Grants Order Restraining Judge SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 1

The State Full Court today granted the Commonwealth an order restraining Judge Berne from proceeding, with hearing of a case on the grounds that there had been a denial…

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Shearer Charged with Theft of Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 1

A 33-year-old shearer was remanded at the Wellington Court this morning to appear at the Millthorpe Court of…

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Father Fought Police in Gun Battle New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 1

A distraught father fought a gun battle with 200 police at Detroit yesterday in a futile effort to prevent them from…

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Cattle Stealing Charge Infra-Ray Photos In Court WALCHA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 1

Infra-ray photographs were exhibited by police at Walcha Court today in a case in which a grazier is charged with…

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Man Charged with Boys' Murder Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 1

John Kevin Seach, 26, a quarryman of Ridge Street, Portland, had demonstrated to police how he had smothered…

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Magistrate Flood - Bound

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 1

Because the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. R. Palmer, was unable to journey from Coonamble to Wellington over…

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Man Charged with Breaking and Entering

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 3

Donald Eric Bayllss (27), a linesman, of 41 Cobra Street, Dubbo, was charged before Mr. S. Graham (Chamber…

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Assaulted Police Man Fined £10

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 25

The recent prevalency of some Sydney citizens to call policemen “mugs” spread to Coonabarabran when, on the night of…

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Conspiracy to Kill Truman Prominent Puerto Ricans Charged New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 3

The President and the former President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in New York were arrested yesterday on a…

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Dubbo Author's Novel to Be Filmed in Technicolor Bushranging Story Earned Magistrate £10,000 SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 1

A world-famous novel, which was written in Dubbo 70 years ago, is to be filmed in technicolor next year. It is "Robbery Under Arms," which was written…

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Doctor, Police Risk Lives to Save Woman Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 1

A doctor ana two ponce asked their lives in crossing the flooded Capertree River at Glen Davis yesterday to reach a Mrs…

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Laborer Charged with Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 1

Leslie Norman Alick (22) a laborer, of Mason's Drive, Parramatta was charged before Mr. 9. Graham (Chamber…

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Unusual Appeal to Police

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 1

A Wellington man's mother had asked the police to "put away" her son for his own good stated a witness in the…

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Africans Clash with Police Capetown

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

Africans armed with guns baltle-axes, knockberries and stones last night injured two European policemen in the…

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Dubbo Widow Is Awarded £1,250 by Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

A Dubbo widow and her five children have been awarded £1259—the full amount claimed—in an action in the Workers' Compensation Court in Sydney. She is Mrs. Agnes May Peckham whose…

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K.C. Appears for Judge Berne in Court Case Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 1

Legal representation had been refused by State and Federal Governments to Judge Berne, Mr. E. S. Miller, K.C., told the…

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