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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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High Court Judges And Wages Case MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

Arbitration Court judges must show cause next week why they should not be commanded to continue hearing…

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Police Seek Man After Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 1

Wellington Police are seeking a man whom they wish to question about an accident in which two cars were…

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Sent to Jail for Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

Keith Bateup (20) Myall Street, Dubbo, was sentenced to three months jail by Mr. F. Spence, SM, at the last Dubbo…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 1

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

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As I See It. Ever-rest Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 6

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Remanded On Theft Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 5

John Thomas Shepherd, 29, of Naman Street, Dubbo, was remanded by Mr. Spence, SM, at the last Dubbo Court on a…

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Doyle Forged Minister's Signature Court Told SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 1

A real estate agent today told the Boyle Royal Commission that Reg[?]naid Aubrey [?]e had given hun two…

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Police Claim Pole Was Near Scene of Murder Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 1

A man seen hurrying along Waverton Street about the time Shirley Butler died on an allotment nearby had been identified as a Polish migrant. Central Court was told yesterday…

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The Mighty Police & Firemen's Football Team

The Western Herald · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 4

The following have been bestowed the "Honour" of being selected to represent the "Mighty Police & Firemen's…

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Three Fined Following Police Raid

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

A man was fined in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday for using his premises for taking bets…

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Court Hearing Sequel to Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 5

A motor accident on Neuron Bridge, on the Mitchell Highway last December, resulted in two men appearing in the…

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Fines for Malicious Damage and Stealing Defendant Said Taxi Drivers Sat on Fence and Made Fun of Him

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

A Wellington man who threw a stone through the window of a taxi-cab was fined £1 in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday on a charge of causing malicious damage…

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Clerk of Petty Sessions, Mr. W. H. Frith, Farewelled Tributes in Court to Outstanding Work as Popular, Efficient Officer

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

Outstanding tribute was paid in the Wellington Court House on Thursday to Mr. W. Frith, Wellington Clerk of Petty Sessions, who will leave Wellington next Friday after five and a half years' residence here. Members of the legal profession, police, the Stipendiary Magistrate and the…

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Police Horse Paddock "Could Be Dairy Farm"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 5

The North Dubbo Progress Association will approach the Minister for Lands through Mr. Robertson MLA, urging…

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Stealing Charge Against Woman Withdrawn

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

After learning the identity of the person charged with stealing £23 from him a man withdrew the complaint he…

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Baby Sitter On Murder Charge LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

An attractive 17-year-old babysitter known only to the mother who hired her as "Ginger,'" was alleged at…

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Us Court Says 'No Color Ban' New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

The color line vanished (officially) in Washington restaurants yesterday by order of the United States Supreme Court…

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Migrants, Police Clash At Eviction SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

Police struggled with men and women when they went to East Hills hostel to evict a British migrant family…

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Fined £15 for Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

A 28-year-old assistant store-man, Thomas John Shepherd, of Naman Street, was fined a total of £15 by Mr. Spence…

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