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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Assault Charges Adjourned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 3

Robert Clifford Rogers, North Street, West Dubbo, pleaded not 1 guilty before Mr. R. Palmer, SM, at Dubbo Court this morning to…

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Man Charged With Stealing From Shop

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

At midnight last night two Wellington Police officers raided a house, got a man out of bed and arrested him on a…

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Sudden Death of Well Known Police Officer

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Narromine people were shocked to learn of the [?] of Police Sergeant John [?] Ryan at his [?] last night…

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Nurse Tells Of Man's Assault SYDNEY

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

A man who was driving her to hospital after an accident had raped her on the way, a 20-year-old traince nurse said…

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Negro Sought for Woman's Murder New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

The raped, strangled body of a blonce former actress was found in her lonely home at Westport, Connecticut…

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Court Story of Fatal Fight Near Wellington

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

A man with a broken leg in plaster was alleged in Wellington Coroner's Court today have fatally stabbed his father-in-law on December 27 after an argument about some torn linoleum…

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Coroner's Court (Cont.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 5

When asked to tell what had happened in his own words he said he was lying on the bed when his father-in-law punched…

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8 Year Old Girl Stayed With Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

Ah eight-years-old girl stranded on Dubbo Railway Station after travelling from Uralla yesterday was cared…

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Police Com. Calls For Big Effort SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

Detectives must lead blameless lives, Police Commissioner, Mr. Delaney, told 150 CIR detectives yesterday…

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Coroner Commits Man For Trial For Murder Wife Tells Of Struggle In House And Of Fatal Stabbing Of Father

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

A woman told the Wellington Coroner's Court yesterday the dramatic story of how she struggled for half an hour to restrain her father because she believed he intended to kill her husband and, later, of the fracas in which her father was fatally stabbed with a knife…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

The usual monthly Court was held in the Court House, Bourke, on Tuesday and Wednesday…

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Impressive Police Funeral

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

The funeral of the late John Maclurcan Ryan late on Tuesday afternoon was one of the largest ever seen at Narromine…

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Mother Killed Baby Court Told SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

While he was walking in a street at Rockhampton, Queensland, a man approached him and said that the woman he…

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New Court House Minister Says Present Building "head[?]"

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Cri[?] of the present Narromine Court [?] were [?] by the Minister for Justice, the…

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Uproar in Congress Over Futile Assault in Korea Full Report Called For On "Operation Smack" New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Congressional uproar developed in the wake of reports from Korea that American troops were hurled into a futile and apparently costly attack against a Korean hill last…

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Police Find 45 Pistol

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 5

Police on Friday afternoon arrested a man and charged him with being in possession of an unlicensed pistol…

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Punter Sought by Police: Share Swindle Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

Police are looking for a well-known Sydney punter and speculator who has disappeared and is believed to have…

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Sodden Death of Well-known Police Officer

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

Narromine people were shocked to learn of the death of Police Sergeant John Maclurcan Ryan at…

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Police Action At Broken Hill SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

Police are beginning to clamp flown on "privileges" previously enjoyed by the people of Broken Hill…

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Three Fined for Stealing 3 Watermelons

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

Three men who resided on the river, bank, and slipped into the market garden in Macquarie Street at 8.30 pm and helped…

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