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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

1,359 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 68

The Goulburn Gaol Escapee. Fired on by the Police. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

Wo[?]d has been received that man named Roy Wood, who escaped from Goulburn gaol on Friday afternoon, was seen by the police on Saturday night…

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Brutal Assault and Robbery. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

Edwin John G[?]diner, a horse dealer, resi[?]ing at Balmain, was proceeding home along the tramline, through Forest Lodge yesterday at midnight,…

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Police Official Assassinated. London

Leader · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

The high police official has been assassinated in the street at Batoum on the Black tea, and the murderer escaped…

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The Red Court Farm. Part the First. Chapter I.

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

On a certain part of the English coast, lying sufficiently contiguous to France for the convenience of smuggling, and rising high above the sea, was a bleak plateau…

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Orange Police News. Saturday, 28Th January, 1905. (Before Mr. E Marriott, J P )

Leader · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

Herbert Ambrose M’Guiness, appeared on remand, and Was charged that he did on or about the 3rd of January, 1905, at Orange, obtain the…

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Russian Revolution. Police Official Assassinated. in a Street at Batoum. Grave Outrage at Warsaw. British Consuls Attacked. Explanation Asked For. St. Petersburg Almost Normal. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

There have been 1000 streets made in connection with the incediary riots at Sebastopol. A high police official has been…

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Stealing Trousers. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

Two youths named James O'Donnell (19) and John Edward McLean (17), described as two pressers, were charged at the Water Police Court…

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Wanted by the Police

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

The police throughout the West are in search of an unknown man, who about a fortnight ago hired a horse, sulky and harness from Mr, Charles Parish, of…

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Telegraphic Hews. Sydney, Tuesday . Theft From the State Clothing Factory

Leader · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 3

Two youths, seam pressure, for stealing a pair of [?] valued at 12s 10d from the State [?]lothing factory, [?] fined £16, in default…

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Orange Police News. Tuesday, 31st January. (Before Mr E. Marriott, P.M.)

Leader · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 3

Alfred Jewell was charged with being drunk in Piesley-street, and pleaded guilty and was fined 5s or 24 hours. He was further charged with…

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Charged with Welshing. Forbes

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

At the police court this morning William Bettleton was charged with welshing on the Show Ground. From the evidence of Coastable Kennedy…

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Attempted Murder. Young Mas Attested. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

In connection with the attempted murder of a boy named James Lording aged 15, it is stated that a young man named Albert Smart asked Lording to…

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Orange Police News. Wednesday, 1st February. (Before Mr E. Marriott, P.M.)

Leader · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

Michael Clancey charged with being drunk in Anson-street pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s 6d, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment…

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A Seaman Sentenced. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

A seaman named John Roach was sentenced to two months' imprisonment to-day for assuling Harry Andrews, master of the British steamer Semantha,…

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Burraga Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 31. (Before Thos. P. Hackney, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

William Chard, aged 16 years, on remand, charged with maliciously killing one bay gelding, the property of Dr. Arthur Grieves, valued at £10. Mr. G. P…

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Assault and Robbery. Two Men Committed. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court to-day, two men named Daniel Green alias "Duck" Green, alias David Green, and James Bellingham, alais Bond,…

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Assaulting a Ship's Captain. Nine Seamen Charged. Sydney, Thursday

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

Nine seamen were charged at the Water Police Court to-day with assaulting James McFerlane, master of the steamer Falls of Garry. The…

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Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, January 31. (Before the Acting P.M. and H. Dyball, J.p.) Coach License

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

A license for a coach to carry five passengers was granted to John Wardman…

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The Red Court Farm. Part the First. Chapter I.

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

"But tile smugglers cannot get to their caverns und passages through our house!" "Of course not. There must be some other opening. How I should like to drop…

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Correspondence. Smart Work by the Police. To the Editor of the ARGUS

Molong Argus · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 10

SIR,—It is rarely that writers of [?]mous letters and authors of indecent drawings are brought to justice in this or ther towns, and it is refreshing to…

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