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

Courts & crime, 1912

2,491 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 125

A City Burglary Safe Dynamited. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

Burglars last night entered the new warehouse of Messrs. Allen and Hanbury ,Market-street. This morning the office was found…

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Daring Burglary in the City. Sydney

Leader · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

Burglars dynamited safe at Allen and Hanbury's warehouse in Market-street, last night. They were disappointed, as the sale contained nothing…

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A Brutal Assault. Sydney

Leader · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

While Mrs. Drinkwater was returning to her home at Newtown from the theatre last night a man of powerful build struck her between the eyes,…

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Woman Attacked Cowardly Assault. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

Another dastardly assault upon a woman was reported to the Police today. Mrs. Ellen Drinkwater, who resides with, her husband at 72…

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Brutal Assault. Navy Left Unconscious. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

Alexander Eaton (49), a navy, employed ron the Glenbrook line, was assaulted and robbed. Eaton was drinking in a city hotel…

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Assault with a Razor. Christchurch (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

James Gibbons was convicted of the attempted murder of Elizabeth H'Kenize, whom he assaulted with a razor. The jury recommended mercy on the…

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Attempted Brutal Assault. Married Woman Attacked. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

Mrs. Drinkwater was returning to her home at Newtown alone last night after having been at the theatre, when a man of powerful build sprang from a side…

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Show Court of Appeal

National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

The Bathurst A.H. and P. Association has withdrawn its. opposition from the Court of Appeal recently formed under the auspices of the Royal…

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Assault With a Razor Christchurch Man Gets Five Years. Christchurch (N.z.)

National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

James Gibbons was to-day convicted of the attempted murder of Elizabeth M'Kenzie, whom he assaulted with a razor. The jury recommended mercy…

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Sentenced to Death. a Question of Sanity. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

At the Criminal Court, Joseph Victor Pfeffer (32), a butcher's assistant, was charged with having, on December 12, at Albert Park, murdered Florence…

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Additional Police Protection Needed

Leader · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

"Citizen writes:—"You are to be commended, Mr. Editor, for your paragraph in a recent, issue directing attention to the need of additional…

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Theft of Books. Valuable Works Pilfered. Clergyman's Son Arrested. London. Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 3

During the past seven years, no less than 215 books have been stolen from the Peterborough Cathedral Library. These included several valuable works…

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The Moorngag Tragedy. Police Theory. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

The police have advanced a theory in connection with the tragedy discussed to have occurred on a farm at Moorngag, when the bodies of Samuel Jones…

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Magistrate Breaks His Leg. Walcha

National Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. King, Stipendiary Magistrate, of Sydney, met with a serious accident while returning from the Eurogambella races yesterday…

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Emigration Frauds. Brown Sentenced. London, Friday eveing

National Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

G. H. Brown, the Emigration Agent, who was arrested in January at Nelson, Lancashire, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, in…

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Oberon Police Court. Thursday, February 15. (Before C. Jennings, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 3

Police v. Henry Johnston, breach of the Public Instruction Act--failing to send his son, Sidney Johnston, to school the required number of days. Plea guilty Fined…

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Assault on a Navvy. Robbed and Thrown Over Embankment

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Alexander Eaton (49) a navvy, employed on the Glenbrook line, was assaulted and robbed in Sydney. Eaton was drinking in a city hotel…

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Small Debts Court

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 3

The trustees of the Oberon common sued E. J. Harvey, of Oberon, for removing gravel from the Oberon common. Verdict for plaintiffs, £12 10s 4d. One month…

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Magistrate Breaks His Leg. Returning From the Races. Walcha

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. King, Stipendiary Magistrate, of Sydney, met with a serious accident while returning from the Eurogambella races yesterday…

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Mudgee District Court Claim for Damages

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 3

At the Mudgee District Court, this morning before Judge Docker, there was engaged for hearing a claim by Walter Willard and another for…

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