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

Courts & crime, 1920

1,394 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 70

Marine Strike. Declared Illegal. Proclamation and Private Cash. Police Posse Guards Mr. Hughes's Office

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 1

The [?]deral Government on Tuesday put into operation the War P[?]tions Act in connection with the strike…

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A Terrible Trial the Recapture of Odessa. Wholesale Murder and Pillage. British Warships Give Aid. Near East Situation London, Sunday Night

The Bathurst Times · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Constantinople states that the story of the recapture and the sack of Odessa, the Russian Black…

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Stolen Cars Series of Robberies. Three Youths Charged. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 1

At the Darlinghurst Sessions, William Henry Archer, 18, Charles Casey, 18, and Clarence Chambers, 17, were charged with having, on…

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War Crimes Allied Claims Waived. "German Court to Decide. an Astonishing Backdown. London, Monday morning

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

The Allies have waived their claims for the surrender of the war criminals, leaving the German Supreme Court at Leipsig…

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Alleged Theft Two Men Arrested

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

Two men were arrested this afternoon by the railway' detectives for alleged theft of goods from the Bathurst Railway Department. They…

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Big Motor Tyre Theft. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

Frederick Augustus(43) stevedore and George William Jones. 45) watchman were charged at the Central Police Court today with stealing £800…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, February 16. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

John Murphy was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on Saturday, and was admonished and discharged. Arthur McDonald was charged with…

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Stealing Charge Fails Well-known Farmer Exonerated. "A Dramatic Denouement."

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 1

What was described by a person in the Orange Court on Monday as a "dramatic denouement" followed the hearing of evidence in connection…

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£7000 Worth of Jewels a Daring Theft. Handbags Substituted. London, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

A daring theft took place at Paddington station. A jeweller's traveller put down a handbag containing £7000 worth of…

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Beware of the Police! "He Has Had His Gruel."

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

When John Gordon Ginns, accused of stealing, was under cross-examination at the local court on Monday, he was asked by Sergeant Byrne why he…

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Wheat Thieves Will be Brought to Justice Mr. Storey and State Scandals. Gaol for Profiteers. Labor's Policy Enumerated. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. John Storey, Leader of the State Labor Party, delivered his policy speech before a large and enthu[?]astic meeting at Balmain to-night…

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Murder at Molong One Man Dead Another Dying. Tragic End of Returned Soldiers' End. Alleged Murderer Arrested Molong. Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

One man was shot dead and another so badly wounded that he is not expected to recover, ns a result of a sensational shooting affray that…

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Burglary

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 6

An event of unusual happening occurred here on Sunday night last when the business premises of Mr. S. G. Ellis was burglariously entered…

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Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 6

A young man named Alexander Wilson was presented before the local bench on Saturday last and remanded to Wellington on a case of…

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Stealing from Railway Two Bathurst Arrests

National Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

Detectives H.J. Mitchell and Gordon Murdoch, of the Railway Department, arrived in Bathurst yesterday morning in search of a thief or thieves…

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Thefts From Railway Two Men Fined. Magistrate's Strictures

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

"I regard these cases as particularly serious. They are an offence against the public of New South Wales. Men must remember that…

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Mudgee Quarter Sessions. Alleged Stealing. of Angora Goats. Accused Acquitted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 26

Alexander Kermond, Angus Theodore Kermond, and James Kiley were charged with that on December, 1919, at Glenmore, near…

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Telegrams. Sordid Adelaide Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Adelaide

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 23

A shocking tragedy was enacted in a house in Coroy Place, off Halifax-street, Adelaide, yesterday afternoon, when a returned soldier…

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Mudgee Quarter Sessions. Some Interesting Cases. the Gamble Alleged Cattle and Sheep Stealing. Tuesday, 17th FEBRUARY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 24

The Mudgee Quarter Sessions opened on Tuesday. Judge Armstrong presided, and Mr. A. J. R. Watt and Mr. T. S. Crawford…

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Bricklayers' Pay Increased by Court Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 1

Application was made before Judge Curlowis for the No. 3 industrial Court by the United Operative Bricklayers' Trades Society for a variation of the…

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