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

Courts & crime, 1907

1,248 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 63

Incident at Darlinghurst Gaol Alleged Smuggling of Liquor Who Was It For? Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 4

A remarkable incident occurred at barlinghurst Gaol yesterday evening. It is stated that a waitress called at the gaol with some refreshment for two…

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Police Court

Leader · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday before Mr. E. Marriott, P. M. Nicholas Kearnan was found guilty of stealing a [?] of [?] of the [?]…

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Dubbo Circuit Court DUBBO

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 4

The Dubbo Circuit Court was continued to-day. The jury failed to agree in the case of John James Copeland, charged…

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Thaw Murder Case Jury Disagree. Ignoble Millionaires Seek Unrefined Excitements.. London, Saturday

Leader · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 3

The jury in the Thaw case at New York have disagreed, and have been discharged It has transpired that seven were…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, John Hercules Undo (26), laborer, was charged with stealing two head of cattle, the property of Edward Quigley, at…

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A Hoary Gaol Bird. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

William White, 61, was to-day sentenced to five years for house breaking. The prisoner’s gaol record showed 29 convictions. Out of the…

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Police Court Monday, April 15. Before Mr. E. Marriott, P.M.)

Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 4

William Harman was charged with drunkenness and also with using obscene language. For the first offence he was fined 5s, or 3 days, and for…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, April 15. (Before A. B. C. Burke, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

James Austin Allen Schroeder pleaded not guilty to using indecent language in Bridge-street, on the 13th. Const. Dobbie explained that the…

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GAOLlNG a Lord. Theft by Trick. London

Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

Lord William [?] has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for a theft of jewellery by trick…

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Arbitration Court in Lithgow. the Portland Case. (Before Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs. Wright and Riley, members.)

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The Arbitration Court yesterday commenced its sittings in Lithgow to hear evidence in the dispute, the Portland United Laborers against the Commonwealth…

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Police Court Tuesday, April 16, 1907. Before Mr. E. Marriott, P.M. an Old Offender

Leader · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 1

Mary Francis was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and also resisting the police in the execution of their duty…

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Assault at Orange Man Thrashed by a Woman Orange

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day Michael Burns summoned Fanny Lamont for an alleged unlawful assault. It was stated that defendant,…

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Dubbo Circuit Court DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

The criminal list at the Circuit Court was concluded to-day and the court adjourned. James Anderson, who pleaded guilty…

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Police Court

Leader · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 4

Before Mr. T. Higgins, J.P. John Hastings, for being drunk, bad to “spar up” 2/6 and costs, or live at the expense of His Majesty for…

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A Pyramul Case. An Alleged Assault

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 13

At the Dubbo Circuit Court on Saturday last, a repulsive elderly Chinaman named Ah Tow was arraigned for having at Lower Pyramuls on February 17…

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Municipal Appeal Court

National Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 2

The Bathurst Municipal Appeal Court has been altered from April 22 to April 29…

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Railway Burglary. £5000 STOLEN. London

Leader · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

The railway station at St. Paul, Minnesotan, U.S., was robbed of £5000 by a man who compelled the clerk to open the safe…

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Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, April 10. (Before the P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Minnie Burns, in custody, was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on the previous day. She pleaded guilty, and said it was the first time she had been…

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New Court House and Lockup Public Works Department, Sydney, 15th April. 1907

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Sir, -- Replaying to your communication of the 11th instant in reference to your request for a new court house and lockup at Lithgow, I have the honour to inform you that…

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Arbitration Court in Lithgow. Hearing of the Portland Dispute. (Before Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs. Wright and Riley, members.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 6

Arbitration Court continued the boating of the Portland dispute at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, when evidence for the claimants was resumed. Mr. H. F. Thompson…

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