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

Courts & crime, 1919

1,027 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 52

Police and I.W.W.

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 2

The Crown leaving advised against criminal proceedings in the case of the detective police reflected on by the report of the I.W.W. Royal…

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Police Changes. Superintendent Atkinson Retiring a Former Mudgee Officer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 1

"Apart from his high personal character he was an experienced police officer and an excellent representative of the mounted branch…

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Court -Martials on Soldiers. Protest Meeting in Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 2

A public meeting, called for the purpose of moving a motion of protest against the court martialling of Australian soldiers, was held on Roy-street bridge on Friday night. Mr. H…

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Good Police Work

The Gulgong Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 5

Sergeant Watts, of Gulgong, and his subordinate officers have come in for some high praise over the work achieved in the recent [?]…

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A Lucerne Deal Interesting Court Case

The Gulgong Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

A case of much interest of stockowners was heard in the District Court, Cowra. Delaney Bros., farmers, proceeded against Thomas…

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Police Pay All-round Increases. Retrospective to January 1.£71,000 INVOLVED

The Gulgong Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

Mr. James Mitchell, [?] General of Police, stated last week that approval had been given to an proposal for increased pay to all grades of the…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, March 3. (Before H. L. Meads, J. P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

John Henry Phillips was charged with having been drunk in Main- street on Saturday, and was fined 10s, or, 48 hours. Fine paid. Defendant was further charged with having…

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The Loss of a Ring. Guard Convicted of Theft

Leader · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

At the Wellington Police Court, before Mr. Perry, P.M., Sydney Richard Clough, railway guard, who was defended by Mr. Kelly, was charged…

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Sensation at Bathurst Gaol. Warders Stabbed by Negro. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

A sensation occurred at Bathurst gaol when two warders, Bligh and Ryan, were tabbed by a powerful negro. At about 4 p.m. the prisoners of C wing were about to…

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Gaol Sensation Two Warders Stabbed. a Desperate Black. Prisoners Attack Warders a Serious Outbreak. [Copyright.]

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

The Bathurst Gaol is responsible for yet another sensation. As a result of an outbreak by a number of prisoners, the leader being a…

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Inspector Griffin Welcomed at the Court. Pointed Remarks by Mr. W. R. Campbell

Leader · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

When the light, business that was entered upon at that Orange Court on Monday morning. Mr. Helm, P.M., took the opportunity of welcoming…

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Alderman Charged with Theft

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 18

William Taylor, a railway employee at Cowra, and an ex-alderman of the Cowra Municipality, has been committed for trial on a…

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Native Murder. and Sequel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 31

A peculiar native tragedy is reported from Derby, North-west Australia. An aboriginal lad, Yoonta (16), was murdered by two…

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The Ex-kaiser. Cannot Be Charged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 17

The "Daily Express" says:— A sensation has been caused in Paris owing to the Commission of Jurists having decided that the…

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Warden’s Court

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

At this morning’s Warden’s Court (Mr. J. H. Malone, Warden) H. Dawson applied for authority to enter[?]ve acres portion 2, parish Guntawang,…

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Population of Mudgee police District

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 19

The police have just completed taking the census, in the Mudgee police district, and the following are the population figures :—…

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Distress at Cobar Street Procession “Men Driven to Sheep Stealing.”

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 4

Three hundred unemployed, headed by Alderman Hutchinson and other leading unionists marched through the streets on Tuesday morning to the…

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Bathurst Gaol Sensation. Used a Knife. Two Warders Attacked. Notorious Criminal's Deed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 22

The Bathurst Gaol has been the scene of another sensation. The event on this occasion was an attack on two warders by a dangerous…

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Dismissed Lithgow Raid Cases. Police Give Notice of Appeal Lithgow

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 2

Canes which aroused conclderable intercst were heard before the local Court to-day. when John AShley was charged with being the keeper of a…

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School of Arts Case High Court Decision. Committee Must Pay

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 4

An appeal by the plaintiff in the case of Eva Leveridge (through her next friend. Horace Leveridge) against Sydney Richard Skuthorpe and others,…

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