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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Shearer Charged. with Theft of Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 11

A 33-year-old shearer was remanded at the Wellington Court to appear at the Mill thorpe Court of Petty…

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Police Action Necessary

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 6

Residents in the main street complain of the continued nuis ance that prevails late at night from motor cycles and…

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Truck Blocks Gilgandra Road Police, Citizens Debate

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 6

A huge truck and trailer, belonging to the Overland Trucking: Co., from Adelaide and bound for Brisbane, was…

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High Court Injunction on Wool Bill

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

When the Wool Sales Deduction Bill becomes law, the Australian Primary Producers' Union will apply to the High…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 7

The monthly Court was held in the Court House, Bourke, on Tuesday morning last. Owing to the inability of the Stipendiary…

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6 Months' Gaol for Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing, Leslie N. Alick (22). laborer, Mason's Drive, Parramatta, was sentenced to six…

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Committed for Trial on Theft Charges

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 3

On four charges of breaking entering and stealing properly if a total value of £202 and another charge of breaking and…

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Wool Levy Act Challenged in High Court Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

Writs were issued in the High Court yesterday challenging the validity of the Federal Government's Wool Sales…

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Film Stars in Divorce Court Actions New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 1

Three Hollywood stars—negro actress Hattle McDaniel, Shirley Temple and Film actor and television producer Robert…

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Girl Killed by Lorry Man Charged With Manslaughter BOURKE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 1

A three-year-old girl was killed instantly in Glen Street. Bourke, yesterday afternoon, when she was struck by a motor…

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Man Apologises to Court Insulting Words Case Withdrawn

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 25

At the Coonabarabran Court [?] Petty Sessions last Friday, before Mr. F. G. Halpin S.M., Mervyn Matheson, through his solicitor,…

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Court Case [?] October [?] Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 1

Whin a [?] man was critically injured as the result of a must unusual accident last October a great deal of…

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Dogs Attacked Sheep Court Awards £10 Damages

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 3

A crazier who lives on the Old Dubbo Road was awarded £10 damages by Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., in the Dubbo Court…

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Court Dismisses £46 Claim by Dubbo Plasterers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 1

A claim for £46/15/4 by Arthur James Hutchins and Clarence James Darlington (trading as Hutchins Plaster Works), 150…

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VITAL U.S. Court Ruling Reds Can Refuse To Answer Questions WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 1

The Supreme Court ruied yesterday that witnesses before Congress and courts may refuse to answer questions about their…

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Man Shot by a Dog: Court Charge Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 2

Although a dog filed a Shot from a rifle and critically injured a Narromine man, the man's father was charged in the…

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Vehicles Overturn Two Men Charged

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 21

As a result of damage to two motor vehicles which overturned in Coonabarabran during the week, two men have…

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Chamber of Commerce Meeting Request for Two Additional Police Constables

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

THE Wellington Chamber of Commerce wilt make representations to the Police Department to have two additional constables appointed to the Wellington Police Station…

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Brutal Murder of Widow Puzzles Police Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 1

C.I.D. detectives are investigating one of the most mysterious murders for years in their search for the killer of wealthy…

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Offensive Conduct Is Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 4

Edward Wentworth Bonner (40) C/- the Water Conservation Bourke, failed to appear at Dubbo Court of Petty. Sessions…

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