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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 8 of 68

Gaol Escapee Re-captured. Goulburn

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

Roy Wood, the prisoner who escaped from Goulburn gaol on Friday last, was recaptured to-day at a place called Buxton. The capture was effected by the Berrima and…

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Small Debts Court

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The following business was done at the Bathurst Small Debts Court yesterday :— Dr. Harst v George MacGuire, dishonored promisory note, £1 9s 6d ; verdict for…

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Chief of Police at Odessa Wounded by a Workman. London, Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

To avoid using their sabres the entire police force at Saratoff has resigned. A workman fired and seriously wounded the Chief of Police at Odessa…

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Smart Work by the Police. (To the Editor of the Molong Express)

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

SIR,—One of those very rare cases of tracing beyond all doubt the writer of an anonymous letter occurred in our town quite recently, resulting in Constable Jenkinson discovering…

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Orange Police Wens. (Before Mr H J Leary, J.P). Friday, nd February, 1906

Leader · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Agnes Gray was charged with being drank and disorderly In Moulder-street, to which aha pleaded guilty; and was fined 20s, in default 14 days’…

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Bold Burglary Thwarted. Commercial Bank Broached. Sydney

Leader · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3

During Friday night an attempt was made to blow open the safe at the branch of the Commercial Bank at the Royal Exchange Buildings. Burglars…

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Children Inside. Police Courts, Sydney

Leader · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3

The Attorney-General, in response to an appeal from the Discharged Prisoners Aid Association, has decided, so far as practicable, that children…

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Russian Revolution. the Casualties at Lodz. Trouble at Dombrowa. Railway Station Wrecked the Sevastopol Mutiny. Sailors Sentenced to Death. London

National Advocate · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 3

Strikers rattened some cutlers at Warsaw who were attempting to resume work. The press censorship has been…

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Police Court

Leader · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

The Small Debts and Polios Court will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m., when the P.M. from Orange fill hear the cases…

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Arrested for Horse Stealing

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

The Carcoar police yesterday arrested a man in the neighborhood of that town on a charge of horse stealing. When secured the man had a his possession two horses,…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, February 6. (Before W. J. Beard and J. James, Js.P.) Charge of Stealing a Coat

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Harold Ryce and William George Hatton two youths, in custody, were charged with stealing one overcoat, the property of James Blackett, and of the value of £1,…

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Orange Police News, Monday, February 6., (Before Mr E Marriott, P. M.)alleged Stealing

Leader · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

William Allen, alias Green, alias Burns, alias Davis, was charged to[?] he did, on or about 4th February. 1905, steal one brown mare, branded…

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

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

"I cannot understand this," said Justice Thorneycroft. "Young Hunter took leave of us last night, and left for London. He missed the omnibus to Jutpoint…

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Warden’s Court. Monday, 6Th February. (Before Warden Marriott.) Application for Suspension

Leader · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

Applications for suspension of labor on the following gold leases were applied for by H E O Brooke for three months. Nos. 729, 875, 907,…

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Assault and Robbery. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day a young man named George Harris was charged with assulting Ida Linklock on the City road on the 28th ultimo, and…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, 7th February

Leader · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

(Before Messrs E. Marriott, L. M., and P J Flanagan and W Tanner, J.’ s. P.) Walter V. Grant; failed to appear in support of his application for an…

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The Petition Op Police Agents. London

Leader · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

Thousands of workmen declare that the deputation which waited upon the Czar, as cabled on the 2nd inst., consisted really at police agents, and…

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Sub-inspector Pountney on J's. P. a Breeze in Court

Leader · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

At the Orange Police Court yesterday the question of the respectability of J’s. P., who came from the back blocks, was questioned by…

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Orange Police News. Tuesday, 7 TH FEBRUARY.(Before Mr E Marriott, P.m.) Alleged False Pretences

Leader · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 1

Herbert Ambrose M’Guinness (on remand) was charged with that he did on or about the 3rd day of January, 1905, at Orange, obtain the sum of…

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The "Workmen's" Deputation. Really Consisted of Police Agents. the St. Petersburg Workmen. Resolve to Petition the Czar. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

Thousands of workmen declare that the deputation which waited on the CZar (as cabled on February 2) consisted really of police agents and did not…

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