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

Courts & crime, 1916

1,952 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 98

Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, January 27. (Before H. L. Meads, J. P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Mary Blake, an old offender, was charged with having been drunk in Cooerwull- street on 27th instant. She pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s or 48 hours. Imprisoned…

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Russian Committed for Murder. Sydney

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

After holding the inquest to-day on Michael McNally, 30, a seaman in the royal navy who was stabbed in a lavatory in the Oxford Hotel, Oxford St.,…

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Soldier Committed Charge of Murder. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of M. McNally, a fireman, on board an auxiliary cruiser, who was stabbed in a house in Oxford…

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The "English" Lady. Sent to Gaol at a "Genteel Imposter

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

When Alice Foreman, who (as reported in Wednesday's "Leader") was fined 1/ or the rising of the court by Mr. Marriott, P.M., on Monday, she…

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POLICE V. Natives Doings in Papua. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Advices received by the [?] External Affairs from the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua states than an armed constable and two others have been…

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Charge of Murder Death of a Sailor. Russian Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

At the inquest to-day touching the death of Micheal McNally (30), a seaman in the Royal Navy, who met his death in the Oxford Hotel…

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Off Day at the police Court

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

Friday is usually "Lawyers' Day' at the Bathurst Police Court, but yesterday was one of those barren occasions that occur in the most lucrative…

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German Frightfulness the Murder Instinct

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

"Crime knows no frontiers. It was not made in Germany," says Mr. Frederick William Wile, for many years a newspaper representative in…

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Licensing Court

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 8

The Quarterly Licensing Court sat at Molong on Wednesday, Messrs. Marriott (P.M.) and J. Fletcher presiding…

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Domestic Worries Married Woman Attempts Her Life. Charged at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

Looking thin and white after a hard struggle for recovery in the Bathurst Hospital from a self-inflicted bullet wound, a rather refined look- PRIVATE CLAUDE FREDERICK FLANAGAN, 31 George-street, Bathurst…

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Theft of Jewellery

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

Shopbreakers stole from Shermann's pawnbroking establishment in George-street last night jewellery valued at about £200…

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Alleged Murder at Bathurst

Leader · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

In connection with the sitting of the Quarter Sessions in Bathurst, commencing on Tuesday next, Lilian Eveline Mary Bourke was to have…

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A Sydney Burglary. Big Haul of Jewellery. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

The premises of Henry Sherman, jeweller, 625 George-street. Haymarket were entered last night, and £200 worth of jewellery stolen. The thieves…

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A Soldier's Fare Sydney to Bathurst. Awkward Case at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

Appearing to feel his position, keenly a soldier named Percy Moran, aged 20, was charged at the Bathurst Police Court on Saturday morning with hav-…

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Lithgow Police Court. Saturday, January 29. (Before H. D. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

Frank Howell was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on January 28. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s or 24 hours. For using indecent language at the same time…

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New President of S.A. Industrial Court. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

Recently the Government offered the presidency of the State Industrial Court to Professor Jethro Brown, of the Adelaide University. The announcement…

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Deserter Sentenced. Perth

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 1

George Sullivan, aged 19, was sentenced at the City Court to two months hard labor for stealing a Gladstone bag and other articles to the value of £19…

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Midnight Argument Forcible Expression Leads to Police Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 3

A respectable looking young fellow, about 21 years of age, named Robert Thompson, answered at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday morning to a…

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Hotel Shooting Affair. Man Charged. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

Charles McAuley (44), was, at the Central Police Court to-day, remanded till February 9 on a charge of shooting at Charles Gerth, with…

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Chinese Charged Opium at Orton Park. Police Raid "Saloon."

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 4

When Seargeant Stoeehy and Constable Rhall stepped into a Chinese saloon at Orton Park late on Monday night they discovered the usual…

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