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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 28 of 70

Forgery Case From Bourke Two Months' Gaol

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 3

Michael Finch (20), appeared before Judge Armstrong at the Quarter Sessions to-day and pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery at Bourke…

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Murder Charge Fails. Goulburn

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

The jury, in the case in which Florence Elliott, was charged with murdering her husband at South Gundaga[?] returned, after an absence of…

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False Pretences Three Months' Gaol Case at Bathurst Sessions

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Armstrong. John Love was charged with obtaining property to value of £3 by false pretences at…

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Not a Lottery the Totalisator Speculation. High Court Decision. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

In the High Court to-day, judgment was given in the application by the Automatic Totalisator, Ltd., and the chairman of the A.J.C., for an…

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Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Angus Cameron, A. J. Higgs, and Alexander Jones were charged, separately, with having been drunk in Main-street on Saturday. Cameron and Higgs were each fined…

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Quarter Sessions Forgery and False Pretences Two Prisoners Sentenced

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 1

The list at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday was the smallest for years, containing only three cases, in only one of which a plea of not…

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Collision at Limerick. Police-barracks Attacked at Wexford. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Soldiers and civilians collided at Limerick. Both sides at first used Stones and bottles, but rifle fire developed. An armored car then…

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Was He Murdered? Captain of Torpedoed Ship. Suggestion in Court. London, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

The Probate Court has presumed the death of Captain Owen, commander of the steamer Windsor Hall, which was torpedoed in the…

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Hartley Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before Major H. E. S. Bracey, L.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Harrold Player, of Imperial Hotel, Lithgow, applied for the transfer, of his publican's license to Francis Alexander Lofberg. Granted…

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Sentence of Death a Goulburn Murder Dramatic Scenes in Court Goulburn

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

The trial of Alston Broome, charged with the murder of his wife in Kenmore hospital on December 2, was concluded to-day…

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Police Promotion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 19

Inspector P. A. Whitfield, in charge of the North-Western District, and stationed at Tamworth, has been promoted to the…

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Mudgee Warden's Court. Long List of Applications

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 31

Mr. Warden Walter Scott, P.M., had a long list of applications for Authority to enter before him at the Warden's Court at Mudgee on…

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THIS [?] Lively Talk in Court Commissioners at Variance Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

Mrs. Dwyer, under examination before the Federal Basic Wage Commission, at an carly stage asked for the return of her copy of a list of…

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Bank Officers Not a Trade Union Interesting Court Decision Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

The question whether the United Bank Officers' Association is a trades union within the meaning of the Act and is entitled to register in the…

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Fined £5. George Upham Before the Court. Interrupting Sheriff's Officer in His Duty

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 24

Before Mr. Walter Scott, P.M., at the Gulgong Police Court, George Upham was preceeded against on a charge of…

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Industrial Problem Arbitration Court and Shorter Hours Unions to Confer with Labor Party. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

Representatives of the various trade unions will to-morrow confer with the Labor party executive in respect to industrial grievances…

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Wife Charged with Murder. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

May Estelle Connell (30), a delicate-looking woman, was charged at the City Court with having murdered her husband, Michael Ligouri Connell…

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Hobby's Yards Murder Shooting of Old Rabbiter Case in Blayney Police Court Military Medallist Charged with the Crime Blayney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

Christopher Fowler, aged 22, [?] returned soldier having the military modal, was charged in the Blayney Police Court this morning, before Mr…

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Cattle Drivers Sentenced

National Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

A Magistrate at Athlone, in sentencing cattle drivers said that the offence was typical of a concerted movement watch was sweeping the country…

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Wife Murderer Sentenced to Death. Scenes in Court. Goulburn

National Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

The trial of A. P. Broome, charged with the murder of his wife at Kenmore Hospital on December 2, was concluded last night…

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