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

Courts & crime, 1918

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Woman Police

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 1

Women in uniform are so frequent nowadays says the "Times," that the passer-by scarcely spares a glance for a hard " bowler " kind of hat, plain blue clothes, and a blue armlet…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, January 2. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 2

John Keane pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk in Main-street on December 31, and forfeited his recognisance of 5s…

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RYAN V. Hughes Motion for Commitment Publication of Telegrams Alleged Contempt of Court Case Sent to the Full Court. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

In the High Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Barton, the hearing was continued of the application for a notice of motion coimitting to…

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Small Debts Court

The Bathurst Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, before Mr. A.B.C.Burke, acting S.M., Co., obtained a verdict against E. Roach,…

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Ryan v Hughes Alleged Contempt of Court Referred to High Court. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

In the High Court, sitting at Darlinghurst this morning, Mr. Justice Barton continued the hearing of the notice of motion, at the instance of the…

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Murder of Frenchmen in Siberia. N's[?] Interference Likely Paris, Thursday Night

The Bathurst Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The French Cabinet Council discussed the murder of three Frenchmen at Irkutsk, in Siberia including the consulate, the outrange having…

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Four Charges Young Man Before Court Gaoled, Committed, and Remanded

The Bathurst Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

Ernest, William Stovenson, 24, a miner, appeared before Mr. A.B.C. Burke, being S.M., at the Bathurst Police Court this morning, on four charges…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Leader · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

At the Canowindra police court on Wednesday last, before Messrs T. J. Finn and C. E. Archer, Js.P., J. Barren was charged with stealing a pony,…

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Theft of Tallow. Two Men Convicted. and Fined

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

At the Mudgee Police Court on Friday Roland Mason a young man was charged on remand with having on December 12, stolen from a…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 4, 1918. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

Charles Wilkinson pleaded guilty to a charge of having used indecent language in a public place in Main-street and was fined £1, in default four days…

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Charge of Murder. a Crime in London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

Louis Voisin a French butcher, and Madame Roche, against whom a verdict of Murder was returned at the corner's inquest…

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Police Raid Chinese. Sydney

Leader · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

Inspector Branston conducted a raid on a number of places last night, in Sussex street, and eight Europeans and five Chinese were arrested. In…

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A Kleptomaniac. Respectable Young Woman. Acknowledges to Stealing. Drapery and Rings. Leniently Dealt With

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

At the Mudgee Police Court, on Friday Beatrice Masters a respectable looking young woman with a baby in her arms was charged with…

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Manly Hold-up Police Make an Arrest Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

Detectives Leary and Lynch have arrested a man at Balmain on suspicion of being, concerned in tho hold-up of the night watchman, Edmund Bell,…

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The Manly Hold-up. an Accused Before the Court

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

There was a sequel to the recent sensational hold-up at Manly at the police court to-day, when Wm. Cosgrove was charged, while armed with a revolver, and in company with others…

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Decrease in Crime in Bathurst Police District Early Closing a Factor

The Bathurst Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

The annual return of crime for the police district of Bathurst, Which embraces all the. outlying places, such as O'Connell. perthville, George's…

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Victorian Sensations. Threatens His Father with a Knife. and Attacks Police with a Knife

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

A sensational affairs occurred at Bedan a small village in the Hall [?] district of Victoria at 3 o'clock yesterday morning…

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The Manly Hold-up Man Before the Court. Remanded to Manly. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

[?] Cosgreve, so, who was arrested by Detectives Leary and Lynch on Saturday night in connection with the Manly tramway depot hold-up on…

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£1700 Missing Cleek Charged. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

Cedric Dotrain (33), whose bail money of £50 was forfeited by his nonappearance at the Court yesterday, was before the Central Court to-day, on a…

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M.L.C. in Court. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

James Wilson, 54, an agent, a member of the N.S.W. Legislative Council, was remanded before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at. the Central Police…

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