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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Man Bound Over on Theft Count

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

At Dubbo Court on Friday, Rex Stanley Edwards. 30, carpenter, of Elong Elong, pleaded quality to a charge of stealing 25…

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Gaol for Picking Flowers London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

A young mother who picked three tulips in a fit of exhuberance was fined £5 and gaoled for 24 hours…

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A Court Sequel to Failure of Gas Supply

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

The failure of the gas supply at 25 Erskine Street on April 26 last created a disturbance which had repercussions in…

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Police Clash with Union Demonstrators in Two Cites Ships Tied-Up In Four Main Australian Ports SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

Police clashed with more than 2000 demonstrating wharf laborers, seamen and other unionists who marched into Martin Place this morning…

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Charge of Murder Against N.Y. Housepainter New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

August Jagusch, 41 year old housepainter, has been charged with the murder of a former burlesque dancer whose nude…

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Petty Sessions Theft of Truck Seat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

A young Wellington man who stole the seat from a truck which was parked in Arthur Street because his own…

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Stealing the Sergeants Fowls Didn't Pay

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 4

A man who pleaded guilty in Tamworth Court of Petty Sessions this week to charge; of stealing eight fowls, the…

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Police and Motorists

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

The NRMA stresses the importance of maintaining amicable relations between motorists and the traffic police…

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Compensation Court

The Western Herald · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

In the Sydney Workers' Compensation Court on Tuesday last, His Honor, Judge Lamond, ordered Tancred Bros. Pty. Ltd. to pay…

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Man Pulls Gun in Court Threat To Shoot Policeman AUCKLAND

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

A defendant dramatically produced a pistol in an Auckland court yesterday and threatened to shoot two…

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Theft of Goods From Dubbo Hotel Alleged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 2

A silver fox fur cape was included in a number of articles alleged to have been stolen from Tattersalls Hotel between May…

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New Clues to Murder at Wollongong Wollongong

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

A bloodstained sheet and pillowslip taken from the Oxford Hotel in which Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, was…

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False Alarms Are a Nightmare for Paris Police Paris

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

The mystery of the two missing British diplomats has become a nightmare of false alarms for French police. This is because the pair, Donald Maclean and…

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Two Migrants Charged with W'gong Murder Wollongong

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 2

Two young men, both New Australians, were charged here early today with the murder of licensee of the Oxford Hotel,…

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Man Arrested on Burglary Charge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 7

A young Wellington man was this week charged with breaking entering and stealing and was remanded to appear at…

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Woman Charged with Influencing Boy Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

A 64-year-old grey haired nurse had so influenced and incited a 12-year-old boy that he had become uncontrolable,…

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Bourke Police Court Charge of Stealing Watch and Money

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 5

Before local Justices of the Peace on Tuesday last, a man named Clifford Leslie Bruce, aged 24 years, was charged with…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Police and Motorists

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. stresses the importance of maintaining amicable relations between motorists and the traffic police…

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Twelve Months Gaol for Theft at Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 2

Colin Wilson pleaded at guilty Dubbo Petty Sessions on Friday to having, stolen £95 worth of goods from…

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Doctor Accused of Theft From a Doctor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

A doctor store drugs from another doctor, swallowed them himself, and filled with water the bottles from which…

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