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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

293 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 12 of 15

Man Charged with Breaking Into Four Dubbo Houses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 2

At the last Dubbo Court Jack Kelly, 25, of Chelmsford Street, Dubbo, was committed for trial at the Dubbo Quarter Session on November 10 on four charges of breaking into and thieving from…

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Courted 'Wife' In Court LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 3

George Henry Sherriff, 31, hawker, yesterday chose an odd time and place for a proposal of marriage…

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Police Theory on American Kidnapping Horror New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 3

The possibility that the ex-convict and a woman under arrest in Kansas City might have been the only persons involved in the kidnap-slaying of six-years-old Bobby Greenlease, now is the subject of…

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Shearer Fined for Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 2

William Lake Eaton, a shearer with no fixed place of abode, was fined £10 on a charge of stealing by Mr. F. Spence SM at…

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Suitcase Murder Confession New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 7

Police announced that a Chinese restaurant worker, James Lew, has confessed of the murder of Florence Pearl Gibbons,…

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Solicitors Questioned P.P. Board Queries Court Case

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 7

The re-opening of a P P Board case at the Coonabarabran Court by Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., on September…

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New Inspector Of Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 1

Inspector K. D. Barry, of the Redfern police district has been promoted and posted to the Dubbo district…

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Boys Who Broke Dubbo Window Before Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 6

A Sydney boy aged 13 was committed to an institution by Mr. Spence SM in the Dubbo Children's Court today after…

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Court Says Slacks Not School Dress LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 1

The English High Court has ruled that a headmistress had a right to prescribe dress as a matter of discipline and…

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Traffic Cases in Dubbo Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 2

Arnold Donohue, of Nancarrow Street, Dubbo was fined £3/8/- with 12/- costs by Mr. Spence, SM in the last Dubbo…

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John Wayne In Divorce Court New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 2

Mrs. John Wayne charged her film star husband with violence, drunkenness and attending wild parties as their…

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Charged With Stealing

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 4

At the Coolah Court last week before Mr. S. T. Tucker, J.P., two brothers Cecil Hodges (29) and Frederick Charles Hodges…

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New Inspector of Police

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 6

Inspector R. D. Barry, of the Redfern police district, has been promoted and posted to the Dubbo…

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Heavy Court List

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 4

Mr. Spence, S.M., spent three days in Gilgandra this week—Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday—but…

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Federal Court Denies Nsw Application for Exemptions From Wage Freeze Goodwill Is Necessary In Industry Says Judge MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

The Federal Arbitration Court today refused to allow the NSW Commissioners for Railways and Transport to withdraw their applications for the abolition from their…

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£5 for Assault, £4 for Words

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 3

Charles R. Herridge, 26, of Trangie, was fined a total sum of £14/5/- for assault and bad language in the Dubbo Cafe on…

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Threw Jewels From Window When Police Arrived Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 1

A man found with part of a £3000 jewel robbery at Young and a £1000 robbery at Parkes was sentenced to 12 months jail…

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Living Increases, Not Justified Says Fed. Court Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 1

In a 62-page combined judgment handed down today the Arbitration Court said there was no justification for the cost of living adjustment system in the Australian economy where so much depended…

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Police Say Mental Patient Strangled Wife, Son While On Week-End Leave SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 1

On weekend leave from Gladesville mental hospital a patient is alleged by police to have strangled his wife while she was asleep. He then, they said, strangled his four-years-old…

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Shot Man Hugging His Wife. Court Told DARWIN

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 1

Because he had seen his wife in another man's arms Claude Hedricks, 35, had shot him, the…

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