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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Remand on Theft Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

Leslie Norman Alick, alias Leslie Holden, 22, laborer, of Mason's Drive, North Parramatta, was remanded until next…

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Mean Theft Dead Man Robbed

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

Police are investigating an allegation that the victim of a recent, fatal accident was robbed of about £200. It is…

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Police Permit for Car Races Bathurst, Thursday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

The Australian Sporting Car Club and the Auto Cycle Union have teen granted police permission to race at Mt. Panorama at…

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Wellington Licensing Court. Inspectors Recommendations for Repairs and Improvements to Local Hotels

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 9

IN the Wellington Licensing Court on Thursday last, eight Wellington hotel owners and licensees appeared before the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. S. J. Bliss, to answer in respect to applications by the Licensing…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

The usual monthly Court was held in the Bourke Court House before Mr. R. Kersley, Stipendiary Magistrate, on…

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Theft of Iron and Beer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

A 22-years-old man with a long record for stealing was sentenced to six month goal by Mr. R. Kersley, S.M. at Dubbo Police…

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Cross Charges of Assault by Man. Woman

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

A 35-years-old man and a woman appeared in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday each charging the other with assault. The woman's daughter gave evidence against her mother…

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Soldier Stole Goods, Then Took them To Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

A soldier who stole a camera cigarettes and tobacco from a room at Tattersall's Hotel, Dubbo, on the evening of January 21,…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

Before local Justices of the Peace on Wednesday last Leslie Daniel Kelly, aged 34, labourer, was before the Court…

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Theft Charge Dismissed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 2

A charge against John Joseph Philby (41) laborer, of Leads vill, of stealing a propelling pencil valued at 10/- was dismissed…

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Forgery, Theft Charges Against Doctor Griffith

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

Solemon Coldberg, 48, was to-day committed for trial at the Narrandera Quarter Sessions on February 21 on 23 charges of…

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Police Rushed to Theatre After Bombing Threats London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 2

Extra police were rushed to the New Gallery Theatre near Picadilly last night after anonymous telephone calls of threats…

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Peak Hill Police Premises

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

Peak Hill Council is protesting against a letter from the Premier's Department, through Mr. E. F. Dring, M.L.A., advising that a…

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Man's Good Character Reason for Magistrate's Leniency on Assault Count

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 1

A Wellington man who was described by his defending counsel, Mr. F. A. Davidson, as having an outstandingly good character was fined £10 in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for assaulting a Police Constable on January 7 last…

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LONG U.K. Murder Trial Ends London

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

The longest murder trial in British legal history ended at Liverpool yesterday with the death sentence for George Kelly,…

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Wanaaring Police Station

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 4

The Wanaaring Police Station; which has been closed for a number of years, was re-opened on the 9th February, and Const. Andy…

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Men Accused of Stealing Wire and Posts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

Charges that two Dubbo men and a Narromine man had stolen 15 coils of wire netting and 50 iron posts worth £49 which they later sold to a Nevertire grazier for £22, were made in the Dubbo Police…

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Charkey Appeal Adjourned Court Jurisdiction Challenged SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 1

An application by Laurence Louis Sharkey, 51, Communist Party Secretary, against his conviction of three years for…

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Petty Sessions. Fines for Stealing Liquor from Bar

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 2

A man who climbed through the window of the bar of the Club House Hotel last Tuesday and stole some bottles of rum,…

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Licensing Court. Application for Transfer Refused

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

In a very unusual case in the Wellington Licensing Court on Thursday last, the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. R…

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