Police Sergeant Honoured
Former Police Sergeant W. E. Rest, of Wellington, received the Imperial Service Medal at an investiture by the Governor, Lieut,…
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Courts & crime, 1950
418 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 21
Arrest Made in Murder Hunt. Melbourne
Police last night detained a man in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Carmen Walters, whose body was found…
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Seven persons failed to appear before the Coonabarabran of Petty Sessions yesterday in answer to charges of alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bourke Police Court Alleged Stealing
Before local justices at the Bourke Police Court on Tuesday morning last, a man named James Hill Pettet, an engine…
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In the Dubbo Police Com yesterday Mr. R. Palmer S.M., ordered a truck in the possession of Frank Coglan, 161…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Sequel to Collision on Xmas Eve
A collision between a car and a panel van in Erskine Street Dubbo last Christmas Ewe had a sequel in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Highlights of Court Cases Related Orange
Amusement was caused at the Orange Rotary Club when Mr. R. C. Sheridan, Clerk of Petty Sessions at Orange,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Walking Bible" in Court on Serious Charge New York
At Indianpolis yesterday evangelist Jerry Owen, a husky ex-boxer who was formerly sparring partner for Max Baer,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Story a Shock to Magistrate Sydney
An 11-years-old boy said in the Liverpool Children's Court that he intended to poison his mother's tea and choke his little…
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At Nassau in the Bahamas yesterday a native was accused of having attempted to blackmail Lady Eunice Oakes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bid to Choke Man in Court Father's Attempt To Avenge Daughter CHICAGO
A sensation occurred at a coroner's inquest yesterday when the father of a girl who was killed on her doorstep early on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Stealing Couple Remanded to Gunnedah
Alleged to have stolen goods to the total value of £50, Dorothy Joan Ashcroft and John Edwin Whithurst appeared before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Stealing Prevalent in Western Dist. Sydney
The police would be asked to reintroduce into Western New South Wales, the Flying Squads organised some years ago to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shearer Acquitted on Char of Stealing Wireless Set
A WELLINGTON shearer, John Joseph Philby, was acquitted by Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. R. Palmer, at the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last on a charge of stealing a portable wireless set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Arrested Charged with S.P. Betting
Plain clothes police from Mudgee and Dubbo made a surprise raid on a house in Coonabarabran last Saturday and arrested a man…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Squads Wanted to Stop Sheep Stealing
Delegates to the annual conference of Pastures Protection Boards on Wednesday decided to ask police to re-introduce flying squads…
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Three young escaped convicts, whob roke out of Berrima Gaol early on Sunday, passed through Narromine…
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A large crowd watched Sergeant Honeysett auction lost and stolen property at Dubbo Police Station on Saturday morning…
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Mr Frank Walters Kitto K.C, of Sydney, will fill…
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Three convicts who escaped from Berrima gaol on Sunday, and who were recaptured at Broken Hill early yesterday…
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