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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Fantastic Story Of Murders In Old Folk's Home Machine Guns and Love Letters in Murder House London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

A strange double life, two murdered women, the suicide of the murderer, the discovery of machine guns in a cupboard and a love letter hoard were highlights of the fantastic double murder which…

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Police Court Stealing Charge

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 15

Charged with stealing petrol, spanners and receiving a wristlet watch, Vivian H. D. Meers, appeared at the…

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One Charge Dismissed Defendant Fined for Assault

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 4

At the Gilgandra Police Court on Monday, G. H. Convary proceeded against Rosa T…

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McCarthy claims he'll gaol "most" Reds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed…

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Cases Adjourned to Future Court Sittings

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

At Mondays sitting of the Gilgaridra Police Court before Mr. Spence, S.M., the following cases were…

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Love Set Goes to Court London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

Eskell Dundas Andrews, a former New Zealand Davis Cup player, was cited as co-respondent in a…

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Man charged with assaulting wife

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

In the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, Henry John Leonard (29), a clerk, of Pierce Street, was…

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Jennifer Staley Enters for H'court Titles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 6

Pretty Jennifer Staley, star Victorian woman tennis player who plays before the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in…

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Police Seek Youth In Train Murder SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

Police investigating the murder of the CSIPO enemis', Olaf Perkman, on the South-West Mail on Saturday are seeking…

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Bourke Police Court

The Western Herald · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 6

The Bourke Court of Petty Sessions was held on Tuesday last, Mr. Spence, S.M. presiding…

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Fractious Police Horses Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Two police horses in the Royal Progress through Collins Street yesterday panicked and forced the…

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Traffic Chief Favours Use of Uniform Police

The Western Herald · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

The Superintendent of Traffic, Mr. W. E. Salmon, said at the annual meeting of the Road Safety…

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"Black Ban By Union Before Court SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

A conscientious objector to compulsory unionism asked the Arbitration Court yesterday to older two unions to…

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Stole Other Men's Wives: Court Awards Damages Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

For stealing another man's wife a brewery assistant was ordered to pay £1500 damages. Counsel for the complainant husband said that the wife-stealer was not a rich man. He earned…

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Police Recover Stolen Cycle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Dubbo police have recovered a motor cycle which was stolen from outside the Monarch Theatre on Saturday night…

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Police to Check Car Resales Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

Legislation compelling the registration of second-hand car dealers is being prepared and probably will be introduced at…

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Boy Pointed Rifle At Police MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Police pleaded with an armed boy for several minutes before he dropped a rifle he had pointed at them on a…

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Stolen Sydney Car Found by Dubbo Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

A car, stolen from Sydney last week, was recovered In a badly damaged condition by Dubbo police last night…

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Strong Line-Up Of Tennis Stars For H'court Titles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Leading tennis players including the Australian singles champion (Mervyn Rose), Adrian Quist, George Worthington and Geoff Brown have entered for the NSW Hardcourt titles at Dubbo on March…

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Court inquiry into death of farm labourer Coroner returns verdict of suicide

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. J. P. Dowd, at the Coroner's Court on Thursday, returned a verdict of suicide, after evidence had been given into the death of a man who was found shot dead on a district property on February 6…

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