R.S.A. Secretary Charged with False Pretences. £122 Involved Sydney
At the Central Police Court yesterday morning Thomas Leslic Bathurst, 25, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Association, was charged by warrant…
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Courts & crime, 1917
1,598 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 80
Proceedings in Prize Court. London
The Crown is claiming in the prize court three ouit of eleven, vessels belonging to the enemy One of the German steamers acquired American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engineering General Strike I.W.W. Movement. Agitator Sentenced to Six Months. Sydney
Considerable interest was aroused this morning by the first case under the new Federal Unlawful Associations Act. The case came before Mr. McFarlane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Closing Reduction of License Fees. Applications Before Court Hotelkeepers Not Prepared
Several applications from hotelkeepers for a reduction in the license fee of their respective hotels were considered by the Bathurst Licensing Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Murder" Woman in Difficulties. Man Sentenced to Six Months. Sydney
Attracted by cries of "murder," Constable Lancy hastened to the Art Gallery in the Domain last night and found a woman lying on the grass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Election Campaign Stealing Labor's Platform
Much bitterness is being evinced in some parts in connection with State elections. The leader of the Labor party says that of the 26 Ats of Parliament which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner Spy Sentenced to Life. London
The Press Bureau states: A prisoner has been courtmartialled and sentenced to death for espionage. The finding was confirmed but the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, March 6. (Before Mr: C. Jennings, P.m.) Drunkenness
Edward Powderley was fined 5s, or three hours, for having been found drunk in Gray-street the Previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I.w.w. Speaker Charged. Fined £5 for Trespass
Roland Joseph Thomas Farrell, carpenter, was charged with having, trespassed on railway promises at the intersection of Main and Roy streets on Friday last. Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Housekeeper's Claim. Uncle and Niece in Court
"You can't get domestic servants for nothing now, you, know," was a remark passed by Mr. H. Malone, P.M., to a defendan in the local court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. G. Jennings, P.M.)
J. Walker v. H. G. Toombs, verdict for £5 14s 11d, with 5s 9d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Fatally Injured. Assault Suspected. Parkes
On Monday morning a man, aged about 30 years, named John Hayes, wau found unconscious beneath a wag gon at the camping reserve near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Murder. Sydney
Frederick Siville (38) was before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of murdering his wile at Paddington yesterday. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatening Letter. I.W.W. Member Sentenced. Adelaide
Michael Sawtell, a member of the I.W.W. was to-day sentenced to six months at the Criminal Court for sonding a threatening letter to Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Wife Murder Sivell Remanded. Sydney
Fred Sivell, 38, a public accountant of Moore Street, city, who was arrested on the previous day on a charge of having murdered his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maltese Four Swim Ashore. Charged As Undeserables. Sydney
Four of the party of Maltese confined on the hulk in the harbor escaped yesterday and swam ashore. They stripped on getting into some bush and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Police
The State Cabinet has decided that, at the commencement of the new financial year the police force will be augmented by 25 mounted and 50 foot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallerawang Police Court. Wednesday, March 7. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, P.m.) Summons Cases
Constable Dawes v. Samuel Strong, Using profane language at Newnes on 3rd February last. Hoard ex parte. Fined 40s, costs 6s, or 14 days hard labor. A month to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-submarine Measures Successful. Crews Murder Their Officers
The anti submarine measures continue to be very successful. Airships play a prominent part in locating them. Few once detected, escape the patrols engaged exclusively…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Third Conviction Hotelkeeper's Limit. Case at Bathurst Court
At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. Jennings, P.M. Edgar Sidney Thomas Doswell, licensee of the Dudley Hotel, pleaded guilty to a charge…
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