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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1973

25 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 2

Police Boys’ Club Camp

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1973 · page 1

The Dubbo and District Police and Citizens Boys Club require 14 boys from Bourke to go to the Police…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1973 · page 5

The following cases were dealt with before Mr. B. Eland S.M. at the Bourke Court on Tuesday. 23rd…

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Police News

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1973 · page 3

Burton William O’Connor. of Wanaaring. was charged with having stole a .303 rifle and a camera. He was…

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Who Killed Kate Page? Coonamble's murder riddle

Western Magazine · Monday 26 February 1973 · page 3

Kate Page was 84 years old, a spinster and lived by herself in Coonamble. Two yews ago, this religious old lady was brutally…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1973 · page 3

The following eases were dealt with by Mr. B. Eland S.M, in the Bourke Court on Tuesday last…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1973 · page 5

The following cases were death with in the Bourke Court before Mr. B. Hand, S.M., this week:…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1973 · page 3

The following cases were death with before Mr. Justice Newton, at the Bourke Quarter Sessions on…

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Police Commissioner Visits Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1973 · page 1

Commissioner F. Hanson, Senior Officer of the N.S.W. Police Force and his private Secretary, Mr. Jack Mitchell, visited Bourke as a part of the Commissioners Policy of seeing…

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Bourke Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 4 May 1973 · page 1

The following cases were dealt with before Mr. B. Eland S.M., in the Bourke Court on Monday and…

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Vagaries of the Law the Charge Is Murder

Western Magazine · Monday 21 May 1973 · page 7

The man who walked between the warders had always had a feeling for the dramatic, and he…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 8 June 1973 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with in the Bourke Court before Mr. B. Eland, S.M., on 28th and 29th May;…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 8 June 1973 · page 8

The following cases were dealt with in the Bourke Court, before Mr. B. Eland, S. M. this week:—…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1973 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with by Mr. B. Eland S.M. in the Bourke Court on Monday…

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The Walking Corpse Court Inspection

Western Magazine · Monday 2 July 1973 · page 3

The most bizzare and sadistic series of crimes ever committed in Australia were the…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1973 · page 1

The following cases were dealt with before Mr. B. El and, S.M., in the Bourke Court on Monday, Tuesday…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1973 · page 6

At a special sitting of the Bourke Court, before Mr. B. Eland S.M., this week, Harry Sullivan, of…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with in the Bourke Court, before Mr. F. McKenzie S.M., this week…

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Police and Citizens Golf Day

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1973 · page 6

Golfers from Wilcannia, Dubbo, Parkes, Brewarrina and Bourke will take place in the big Police and…

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Police News

The Western Herald · Friday 5 October 1973 · page 2

At approximately 12.30 P.m. on Monday, 1st October, a Ford Sedan Driven by Hector Sales was involved…

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Court News

The Western Herald · Friday 5 October 1973 · page 1

In Bourke Court on Wednesday last Peter Hand was found not guilty of a charge of causing malicious…

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