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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Donald Duck, Goofy And The Donkey In Court In Copyright Suit SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

Cartoon characters known as Super Duck, Fauntleroy, the Duckling, Hambureer, the Dog and the Donkey together…

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Fifty Armed Police Hunt Mad Killer Who Shot Taxi-driver at Orange Robbed and Fled Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

A mad gunman shot a taxidriver twice at Orange last night, robbed him and left him bleeding on the road [?]le. More than 50 police armed with rifles and tear…

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Charged With Attempted Murder Of Taxi-Driver Factory Worker Appears in Orange Court Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

A sequel to the shooting of Donald Claude Slattery, 3.9, taxi driver at Orange on Tuesday night was the appearance in Orange Court today of a 24-years-oId Bulgarian factory worker,…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 6

At the Licensing Court, Bourke, on Tuesday last a liquor license to sell wines, spirits and beers, was granted…

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Our Serial Story— "Murder She Yelled" CHAPTER 1

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 2

When Kitty Lane started down the train steps, Eddie Fields let out a loud wolf whistle. "Just giving her a…

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Wellington Court of Petty Sessions Drunkenness charge proved, ut Magistrate discharged defendant without conviction

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 2

In the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, Stipendiary Magistrate Mr. F. Spence, found a charge of drunkenness against a young Wellington man proved. However, in view of the previous good character of the defendant, Eric Greer Earley, of Simpson Street, Mr. Spence dismissed the charge without proceeding to a…

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Man with Rifle on Assault [?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 3

A man who was [?]id to have pointed a rifie at Nic P[?] giros of the Victory Cafe, [?] Hill, pleaded not gu[?]…

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Charge of Stealing Wine From Railway Storeroom

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

A map, who alleged that a detective had assaulted him, admitted at the last Dubbo Court, that he had signed a statement saying that he had fallen on his face over a clothes prop at his home the day…

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Police Paddock to Be Utilised

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 5

The old police, paddock in North Dubbo, which for many years has lain idle, will now be utilised, members of the North…

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Special Court Sittings

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

Following approaches made to him by a number of people who are experiencing difficulty in…

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Taxi-Driver's Death Murder Charge Follows ORANGE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

Following the death of the Orange taxi-driver, Claude Donald Slattery early yesterday morning, the charge…

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Transfer of Popular Police Officer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Sergeant J. Marsh, of Wellington Police, has been transferred to Eden on the South Coast…

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Local Organisations Earn High Praise From Judge:— Youth Helped to New Start After Burglary

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Judge McKillop in the Dubbo Quarter Sessions yesterday said that he was grateful to the Police, the Prison Department, Goldsbrough Mort Co. Ltd, St. Vincent De Paul Society, and the Commonwealth…

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Studley-Ruxton Asked Him Before Arrest To Examine His Sore Ribs Doctor Tells the Common on Police "Brutality" Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

David Studley-Ruxton had complained or sore ribs and had asked him to examine them, either two days before or the morning of his arrest, a doctor told the Royal Commission yesterday…

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12 Months Jail for Assault on Theatre Doorman

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

A 56-years-old aboriginal and his son were sentenced to 12 months' hard labor at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions today for assaulting a theatre attendant at Brewarrina last year…

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Our Serial Story— "Murder She Yelled"

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE: Dan Morrison and Eddie Fields, entertainers at High Hill Lodge, welcome Kitty Lane,…

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Special Court Sittings

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 6

Folowing approaches made to him by a number of people who are experiencing difficulty in obtaining finality to Petty…

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Tots Of 5½ And 3 Are Stated In Court To Have Been Victims of Vicious & Revolting Arts of Cruelty Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

Two stories of violent beatings of young children were related in Tasmanian Courts yesterday and today, at an inquest at Launceston into the death of a 5½-years-old girl police said that there were 144…

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18 Months For Store Theft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Michael Skorenko, no fixed place of abode, was sentenced to 18 months hard labor by Judge McKillop at the Dubbo Quarter…

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Poured Boiling Tea Over Her, Wife Tells Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 4

A woman petitioning for divorce told Judge McKillop in the District Court yesterday that her husband had punched her…

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