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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

391 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 12 of 20

Man Charged with Theft of Car

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 4

A 21-years-old man who, police allege, stole a car from Merrylands, Sydney, early this month, was arrested in Dubbo…

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A House at Last for Police Chief

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 1

A house is being purchased for the Superintendent of Dubbo District Police (Superintendent W…

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Second Arrest for Car Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

Following the arrest of a man on a car stealing charge yesterday, police have charged a Dubbo youth with the…

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Driver Fell Asleep “Serious Matter” Said Magistrate

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 11

Percy Whitfield, Coonabarabran was charged with negligent driving, at the Court of Petty Sessions,…

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Licensing Court

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 10

A sitting of Licensing Court was held at the Coonabarabran Court House last week, before Mr. C. K. Ward, Licensing…

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Traffic Court

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 7

Several cases of driving cars at an excessive speed were heard at the Coonabarabran Court of Petty…

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Coolah Court Shorts

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 3

At the Coolah Court, of Petty Sessions before Mr. C. K Ward, S;M., EdWard Reginald Weaver, stock and station…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Western Herald · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 6

An appeal court for the purpose of hearing appeals and objections against the valuations for 1953 and 1954 will be…

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Our, Serial STORY—"Murder She Yelled" What Has Gone Before

The Western Herald · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

Rocky Silone, a small-time racketeer, met a gangland death near High Hill vacation resort owned by A1 Kemmer…

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News Post Office Aid Court House

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

In[?] about the [?]tion of a new Post Office and Court House at Narromine is being [?] by the Narromine…

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West German Police Chief In Red's Hands BERLIN

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 1

Doctor Otto John, West Germany's intelligence chief is to-day in Communist hands and the West German reaction…

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3 Charged With Mail Robbery SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 3

Police said yesterday that they had recovered £27,000 of the £30,000 alleged to have been stolen from a mailbag…

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Fears of Foul Play Unfounded Police Await Analyst’s Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 16

Information has been received from reliable source the fears of foul play in connection with the death…

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Studley-Ruxton Had 'Hot' Car For Sale, Court Told SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

Salesman Studley-Ruxton, the central figure in a recent Royal Commission, had offered him a "hot" 1952 Cranbrook car for 600, a hotel broker, Maxwell John Jarvis, of Cremorne, alleged in Central Court…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

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

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Appeal Court

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

The Municipal Appeal Court whch was to have been held on. Tuesday last, has been postponed till September Court…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Before the Licensing Court on Tuesday last, the license of the Oxford Hotel, Bourke, was transferred from S. O. Dean to…

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Our Serial Story— "Murder She Yelled" What Has Gone Before

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

The story: Al Kemmer unwisely moved the body of a murdered racketeer which was found by Midge Burnett, a…

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Sobbing Girl Tells Court Of Drinking And Sex Orgies Wellington (N.z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

Disclosures of teenage sex orgies were made by a 15-years-old girl who told the Supreme Court yesterday that she drank beer and sherry, sometimes getting a bit "under the weather" and stayed out…

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Welldressed Women Scream, Faint And Man Hides In Tin As Police Swoop on Kings Cross Baccarat School Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

Eight women screamed, two were sick and one fainted when caught by the Vice Squad police in a baccarat school in Kings Cross early yesterday morning…

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