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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 17 of 52

Appeal Court

Leader · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 1

An Appea1 Court was held on Monday to hear appeals against municipal valuations. After a friendly conference the following reductions were…

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The Outcast of Europe. Crimes Committee's Second Report. Murder, Massacre, Outrage, and Profanation. London, Tuesday Night

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 2

Reuter. -- The Crimes Commission's second report states that Germany and her Allies, regardless of established customs and the clear dictates of humanity, piled outrage…

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Mining Warden's Court. Tuesday April 15. (Before Warden Burke.) Suspension of Labor Conditions

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 3

David Jeffrey Inch and John Jones applied for a suspension of labor conditions for three months on their mining lease 2306, being portion 23013, parish of Lett. There were no…

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Portland Police Court. Thursday, April 10. (Before H. Malone, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 6

Const. Hart v. Patrick Lynch, charged with using in decent language at Cullen Bullen on, March 1. Heard ex parte fined 10s, costs 6s, or seven days…

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Kandos Police Cases

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 25

A man was brought before Mr. W. Kelk, J.P., on Monday, at the Rylstone Police Court, on a charge of, being drunk and disorderly at…

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Small Debts Court

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 4

Margaret Hutchison v. Charles and Mrs. Page. Claim for £5 2s for rent and meals supplied. Verdict for amount claimed with. 7s costs…

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Mudgea-Licensing Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 19

At the Mudgee Licensing Court on Monday a renewal was granted to Mr. A. E. Gorrie, of the license of the Long Creek Hotel, and a…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, April 16. (Before Major Bracey and W. Slattery, Js.P.) a Further Adjournment

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 4

Ernest Michael Mahboub was charged with having shot at James Price on March 28, with intent to murder. The case was further adjourned until the 23rd. Bail was…

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The City Murder Victim's Identity. Tuck, Not Spencer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 14

The chief development in connection with, the murder of a man in an Elizabeth street flat on Saturday morning was the discovery that the…

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A Kandos Need. Additional Police Protection

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 18

The industrial town of Kandos is growing apace. And with the growth of the town there is the growth also of its needs, and of its…

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Police Court. Thursday. (Before Mr Helm, P M.)

Molong Argus · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 5

Alfred Thomas Umpleby v. Arthur Henry Crook, alleged unlawful dete[?] tion of property, viz, one circular dancing floor…

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Murder in the City. Perpetrator at Large, Victim a Man of Means, t[?]

Molong Argus · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 7

A murder, aroun w[?] the[?] a veil of mystery, was [?]ated in the [?]ly yesterday. From the little which the detectives can learn of the…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, April 21. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

Robert Cunningham was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on April 19. He pleaded guilty and was fined 5s or imprisonment until the rising of the court…

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The Indian Riots. Murder and Incendiarism

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

Reuter.--A Lahore message states that five Europeans were murdered at Amritzsar. The rioters, after raiding the banks, poured oil and petrol over everything and fired the buildings…

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Our 'Court[?]' Mayor an Automatic Action. How the Peoples' Representative Was Tricked

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

Mayor Ennia is becoming more and more autocratic as the chairman of the Bathurst Administrative Committee…

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Hartley Licensing Court. (Before Major Bracey, L.M., and R. Pillans, Member.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

Thomas Blunden Royal Hotel, Cullen Bullen, had his license renewed for 12 months, rental £208, license fee £30…

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Alleged Horse Stealing Young Man Charged. Remanded to Cessnock

National Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 2

A young man named Clarence Freeman Simms, alias John Sims (24) appeared before Mr. J. D. Walker C.M., at the Bathurst Police Court…

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Sims Sentenced. Sequel to the Rylstone Sensation

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 22

Clarence Sims, the young French Canadian, after whom the police had an exciting chase at Rylstone on Monday, April 14, and in whose…

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Affray at Kandos. Well Known Storekeeper Charged. with Insulting, and Assaulting the Police. Remanded on Bail

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 22

On Tuesday, nl the Rylstone Police Court, Jundah Singh, the well-known storekeeper of Roger-strect, Kandos. was charged before…

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The Coonamble School of Arts Case. Appeal to the High Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 30

The High Court (Mr. Justice Barton Mr Justice Isaaes, and Mr. Justice Rich) had before it last week an appeal by Eva Loveridge (by her…

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