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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

281 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 15

Gilgandra Murder Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

Police last night charged a 25-year-old laborer with the murder of his baby daughter following the discovery of…

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Thomas George Bonham Charged with Murder

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

At the Gilgandra Police Court on Wednesday afternoon, before Messrs. E. Townsend and H. E. O. Campbell, J's.P., Thomas George Bonham (25)…

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Charred Human Bones Father Charged with Murder

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 2

At Gilgandra Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday George Thomas Bonham was remanded to appear at…

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Man Remanded on Murder Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

Thomas George Bonham, 25, was remanded yesterday on a charge of having murdered Eilcen Patricia Bonham, aged-2, at…

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Alleged Murder At Bearbong Mendooran Has Lady Mailman

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

Last week we reported the possibility that Mendooran mail would be discontinued, but as a…

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Worker Charged with Murder of Daughter Two Year Old Child Alleged to Have Been Strangled and Then Burnt the Gilgandra District Was Shocked on Tuesday Night to Learn That the Bones of a Young Child, Said to Be That of Eileen Patricia Bonham. Two Years of Age, Had Been Found by Constable Stevens in the Ashes of a Fire on Mr. L. Monk's "Gundy" Property 21 Miles From Gilgandra. Later a bush worker was arrested and charged with murder. He is alleged to have made a statement admitting that he choked the girl on Sunday morning and then threw the body on a log, and after heaping wood, on it, set five tothe log

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

The Gilgandra police became active on Tuesday morning when the mother of the child complained…

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Taxi Murder Arrests Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

Two young men were charged last night with having murdered William Vincent Corbett, 30, taxi-driver…

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Slogans on 5 Bank Notes: Man in Court Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

On charges of having wilfully defaced five 10/- banknotes, Karl Edward, Schaerf, 32, of Seymour Street, Bathurst, was remanded…

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Southport Murder Inquires BRISBANE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

The trail followed by detectives investigating the murder of the taxi-driver in Southport has led to a Queensland…

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Broken Hill Murder Charge BROKEN Hill

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

A young soldier yesterday was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered a 17-year-old girl at Broken Hill…

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Police Promotions New "Merit" System

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 2

A radical change is likely in the police system of promotion by seniority. Following a list of 72…

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Alleged Murder Case Inquest Next Wednesday and

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

The District, Coroner (Mr. E. Townsend) will hold an inquest next Wednesday and Thursday into the recent alleged murder at Bearbong when…

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Police Seek Man And Missing Girl SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

A man and a 15-year-old Victorian girl, whom he is alleged to have abducted and brought to Sydney, are being…

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Court of Petty Sessions Two Men Committed for Trial for Receiving Stolen Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 2

IN the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, Mr. R. Palmer, S.M., committed two men for trial at the next sitting of the Dubbo Quarter Sessions on charges of receiving stolen goods…

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Killara Murder Inquest SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

The attractive, 42-year-old Viennese wife of a company director, Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker, was founded bashed and…

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Mother's Evidence in Inquest on Baby Girl of Two Father In Court Charged With Murdering Her Story of Human Remains in Log Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

Evidence of the finding of bones of a young child in a log fire at Bearbong near Gilgandra on July 1 was given in the Coroner's Court at Gilgandra today in an inquest on a baby girl, Eileen Patricia Bonham, aged 2, who disappeared from her home near Bearbong, on June 29…

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Court Story Of Clerk's Cars, Horses SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

Two cars, four trotting horses and a share in a betting business were bought by a film company cashier who took…

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Arrest in Victoria Connection C’bran Theft

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 2

Coonabarabran police received information this morning that three men and two women have been arrested in Victoria…

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Finding This Afternoon Coroner on Alleged Child Murder

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 2

Mr. E. Townsend J.P., Gilgandra District Coroner, sat yesterday and to-day on an inquiry into the death of…

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Police Aid Is South on Buses, Parking

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 2

Dubbo police are to be asked to enforce regulations concerning parking near corners, and to ensure, that buses pull…

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