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

Courts & crime, 1917

1,598 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 80

"Worker's" Contempt Defendants to Pay Court Costs. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

The Chief Justice to-day delivered judgment in the case in which the Sydney "Worker" was charged with contempt of court in connection with…

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Well-known Jockey Charged

Leader · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

R. B. Sinclair, a jockey, well known in Orange, where he has on different occasions ridden at O.J.C. meetings, was last week at Canowincrra charged…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, March 30. (Before H L. Meads, J.p.) Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 2

David Williams, for having been found drunk on March 27, in Bridge-street, was fined 5s or 24 hours…

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A Rude Awakening. Brutal Assault on a Woman

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

About 6 o'clock on Friday morning a married woman, residing at Underdale (South Australia), was awakened from her sleep by a…

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Licensing Court. Renewals of Licenses

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

At a Licensing Court held at the Mudgee Court House, on Friday, before Mr. M.J. McMahon, P.M., and J. Saunders, J.P., the following…

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A Katoomba Sensation. Murderous Assault on a Traveller. Robbery Believed to Be the Motive. Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 2

A sensational affair occurred at Katoomba last night. George King, a commercial traveller, on a visit from Melbourne, was staying at the California boarding house and…

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Harbor Fatality. Ship's Captain Charged. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 1

Thomas Hercules Hunter, muster of the steamer Wallongbar, was to-day charged with navagiting the vessel at excessive speed in Port Jackson. The…

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Murderous Assault Katoomba Sensation. Commercial Traveller the Victim. Skull Battered In. Katoomba

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

A sensation was caused here by the discovery this morning of a murderous attack on a commercial traveler, Mr. George Henry King, 40, a boarder…

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Licensing Court Bathurst Hotels Change Hands

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 3

Messrs. C. Jennings, S.M., E. T. Webb and J. W. Percival, J's.P., occupied the B#nch at the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday…

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Drover Kills a Sheep. Charged with Stealing It

Leader · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 4

A great deal of interest centred in a case heard by Mr. Malone, P.M., at Orange court yesterday, when Joseph Tierney, a well, known drover, was…

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Orange Police Court

Leader · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 1

Robert Aitken pleaded guilty on Monday to being drunk on Saturday night. Several previous convictions were put in against him, and he was…

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Alleged Stealing

Leader · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 1

John Josep Writter, 34, described as a harness maker, was arrested in Sydney a few days ago on a charge of stealing £5 from George…

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Alleged Theft

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 4
Also in The Bathurst Times

John Hall, 52, described as a laborer, appeared before Mr. J. D. Walker C.M. at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, charged with having stolen…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. Three Men Before the Court. Unsatisfactory Identification

Leader · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 1

On Monday morning of last week, Charles Walsh, Russell McArthur and Lawrance Hackett camo before the local court (Mr. Malone P.M., presiding)…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, April 2, (Before Mr. H. L. Meads, J. P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

Albert Edward Adams, for having been found drunk in Main -street on Saturday was fined 30s or ten days' imprisonment, He had previously offended…

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Pacifist Demonstration. Clash with Police. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

Thousands of pacifists clashed with the police on the steps of the Capital. They were dispersed…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, S. M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

J. G. Conen and Co. v. T. McCarthy Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed, 4, 3s, 7d,with 6s costs. In the garnishee matter of Maude Morris…

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The Katoomba Sensation. Man Before the Court. Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

This morning a young man, Herbert' Keith Shaw,appeared at the Katoomba police court to answer a charge of grievous bodily harm. After formal evidence, accused was remanded…

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Katoomba Sensation Youth Before the Court. Missing Diamond Ring. Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

Herbert Samuel Shaw, aged 19, was charged at the local police court to-day with inflicting grievous bodily harm on George Henry King, and…

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