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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Five Men Sentence on Theft Charges

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

Fire men who pleaded guilty at Dubbo Quarter Sessions yesterday to charges of stealing were remanded by Judge…

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Persian Police and Students Clash Teheran

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

Police of students clashed in riots last night and more than 100 were injured. Immediately after the clash…

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Road Breaches Bring Fines at Dubbo Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

A number of traffic cases were, dealt with by Mr. R. Palmer. S.M., at Dubbo Court on Friday when the following, were fined:…

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Police Chase Cyclists At 80 M.P.H. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

A policeman had chased a motorcyclist with a pillion rider at 80 miles an hour Parramatta Court was told…

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Murder Confession Alleged SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

"I did not want to take any chances that Orma might be alive and suffer in the fire so I pulled out my revolver and…

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Larceny Charge Agaist Girl at Dubbo Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 2

Kathleen Mary Emily Louise Heins (20), of Bourke Street, Dubbo, pleaded guilty before Judge McKillop yesterday to a…

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Police Plan Xmas Party For Mission Children

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 12

Wellington Police this year plan to give 100 aborigine children at the Nanima Mission a Christmas Party which…

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Jury Acquits Man on Assault Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 3

William Edward John Pow-yer of Mumbil was acquitted at Dubbo acquitted Sessions this morning on a charge of assault…

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Man Given Bond for Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 2

Reginald James Riley (25), of Bankstown, was sentenced to 12 months' jail by Judge McKillop on Friday on a charge of assault…

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Children Lose Fear Of Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

Visits by policemen and policewomen to schools was breaking down the barrier of fear and uncertainty which in…

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Men Sentenced at Dubbo on Theft Charges

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

Judge McKillop pronounced sentences on five men at Dubbo Quarter Sessions. The men had pleaded guilty…

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Car Recovered Man Charged

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 16

Coonabarabran police were advised early on Monday morning of the recovery of car taken from the Coonabarabran home…

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Egyptian Govt's Defiant Reply to British Notes Police At Suez Ordered To "Shoot At Sight" If British Troops Enter LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

Grave developments have occurred in Egypt. Egypt is reported to have ordered all the police at Suez to "shoot on sight" any British toops…

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Two Wellington Men Committed for Trial on Wool Stealing Charge

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 6

AT the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday two Wellington men were committed for trial at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions next year on a charge of stealing a bale of wool, valued at £104, from the property of…

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2 Years Jail for Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

Lawrence Joseph Connelly, 35, of Paddington, Tydney, pleaded guilty before Judge McKillop at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions on…

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Narromine Man Acquitted on Stealing Count

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

Thomas Eric Webb (34), of Narromine, was acquitted at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions on a charge of stealing four coils of…

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Tone Tells Court "I'm Sorry"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday Franchot Tone, the screen's "perfect gentleman." pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of…

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Arrest Follows Assault and Robbery. SYDNEY, Thursday

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

A twenty year old laborer who allegedly gagged and robbed a 75-year-old woman at Ultimo was arrested early to-day and…

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Tallulah In Court And Out

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday Actress Tallulah Bankhead was excluded as a spectator yesterday from a real life…

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Men Fined at Dubbo Traffic Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 3

Two men—one from Dubbo and one from Victoria—were fined by Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., at Dubbo Court this morning on…

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