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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Manslaughter Verdict In Nyngan Court

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 9

Norman Thomas Williams, aged 20, shearer, of Bourke, at the Quarter Sessions held at the Nyngan Court House…

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Police & Firemen's Ball 275 Couples in Attendance at 1951 FIXTURE

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 1

Always one of the largest attended Balls of the season, the Police & Firemen's Ball for 1951 proved no exception, a…

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Lost Property at Police Station

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 2

Wellington Police are seeking the owners of a suitcase containing clothing and a small purse containing a sum…

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Three Men Gaoled For Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 2

Three men were sent to gaol by Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., at Dubbo Court' on friday for stealing a tyre and tube, valued at £40…

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No Case to Answer Former Wellington Salvationist Before Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 3

IN Parramatta Court on Monday last, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. G. W. Brown, found that former Wellington Salvation Army Captain Ivan Rees had no case to answer on a disorderly behaviour charge…

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Building Case May Go to Higher Court Council Prosecuring Local Resident Further Adjournment Made

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1

Commenced at the May sitting of the Gilgandra Police Court, a charge against H.E. O. Campbell of erecting a buildinq without a permit was further adjourned on…

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Charged with Receiving Stolen Goods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 4

Hilton George Warman, of Narromine Road, West. Dubbo, pleaded not guilty at Dubbo Court this morning to a charge…

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Same Taxi Fare As Charged "20 Years Ago"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 2

Taxi-owners in Dublin to-day are charging the "same scale of lines as operated 20 years ago," despite the huge…

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Sixth Murder May Bring Death Penalty San Francisco

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

Murderer Bill Cook, 22, who wiped out an entire family of five was indicted at El Centro, California for another in his…

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New Tennis Court Is Community Effort

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

Progress is being made with the eraction of the new tennis court at the nurses quarters at the District Hospitals, but only…

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Gaoled for Indecent Assault

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 1

At Orange Quarter Sessions on Friday, Judge McKillop sentenced a Wellington man to two years' gaol for…

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Police Greys In Line

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

Striking picture of Victorian mounted police rehearsing their grey mounts for the annual show in Melbourne…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Sheep Killing and Stealing

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 8

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions last week before Mr. N. C. Hawes, SM., Clifford Alexander Leeson and his brother, Patrick George Leeson, were each committed for trial at the Gunnedah Quarter…

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Charge Dismissed Alleged Assault on Assistant S.M.

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 4

At the Binnaway police Court on Thursday of last week stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. N. C. Hawes )…

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Milk Prosecution Fails Third Time Before Court

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 3

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions last week before Mr. N. C. Hawes S.M., Henry Harvey was charged with…

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Speed Limit: Police Warning

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 3

Motorists who forget to observe the speed limit when travelling through Peak Hill may have cause to remember it in…

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Mumbil Man Sentenced to Two Months Gaol for Assaulting Policeman

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

A MUMBIL man who took off his coat and told a police constable that he could not arrest him was described by Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. R. Palmer, in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions yesterday as "vicious" and…

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Murder Charge Remand

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 3

Tyson Donnelly Ryan, who was charged before Mr. Graham (Chamber Magistrate) at Dubbo yesterday with feloniously…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Sheep Killing and Stealing

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 4

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions last week, Clifford Alexander Leeson and big brother, Patrick…

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Remanded Again on Theft Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 3

Ronald Murray (21) laborer, Railway Triangle, Dubbo, was remanded again at Dubbo Court this morning to October 19 on…

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