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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 8 of 70

Failed to Appear. Man Charged with Alleged Assault. Case Postponed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 8

George Upham failed to appear at the Gulgong Police Court yesterday morning when called upon to answer a charge of occasioning…

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Alleged Stealing of Chaff

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 14

At Mudgee Police Court yesterday morning, Thomas Wildman and Louis Evans were charged with having in their possession a quantity of…

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£1000 Involved. Alleged False Pretences a Grazier Charged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 8

Albert Ernest Brown, 47, a grater, was before Mr. Giles Shaw at the Central Police Court, Sydney, last week on a charge of false…

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New High Court Justices

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 14

Mr. H. E. Starke a Victorian barrister, has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the High Court Bench…

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District Court Judges Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Curtis was to-day appointed a District Court Judge. Mr. Moratta was elevated tc the District Court Bench at Newcastle…

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Stealing a Portmanteau Young Man Sentenced

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

Before Mr. Fiucham S.M., at the Bathurst Police Court this morning, Mary Josephson, 26, a laborer, was charged with having at Bathurst on…

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Railway Tools Employee Charged with Theft. Magistrates Differ. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

Daniel Daley, 33, was charged before Mr. Fitzhardinge, in No. 1 Central Police Court, with having stolen between October 1, 1919, and January…

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The Girl Again Two Youths Fight Sequel in Police Court

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

A squabble between two youths in a shop in-Keppel street, on Saturday last had an interesting sequel in the Police Court, this morning before Mr…

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Stealing Bv Finding. a Young Mans Lapse

Leader · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 6

A young fellow, 171/2 years old, a visitor from the Trundle district, came before Mr. H. Leary, J.P., at the local court yesterday on a charge ot…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, February 4. (Before T. B. Clegg, P.m.). Sunday Trading

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 6

Anthony Allen was charged with having kept his shop open for the purpose of trading at 10.45 a.m. on Sunday, February 1 in contravention of the Police Offences Act. William…

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Soldiers and Drink Another Court Case

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

"I always feel inclined to treat a returned soldier with leniency, but I cannot understand a man pouring out such frightful filth as this," remarked…

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Small Debts Court. (Before the P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 6

T. Upton' v. Thomas Bennett. Claim: £3 148, balance of account for goods sold and delivered. Claimant stated that a further £3 53 had since been paid. A verdict for £2 9s with…

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Making Ends Meet a Tobacconist's Bets Frank Story in Court Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 1

Norman Edward Manning, 21, hairdresser, who pleaded guilty at Paddington Police Court to using his premises in Oxford-street, Paddington,…

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Woman in the Case Cyclists in Conplict. Sequel in Police Court

National Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 3

The sequel to a fight by two cyclists in a yard behi[?] W[?]burd's Cycle Shop in Keppel-street, on Saturday January 31, was heard at the…

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A Late Return a Wife Who Was Sure Magistrate Has a Doubt Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 1

Mrs. Constance Carson, of "Alliston," Trolaway-street, Woolahra, who was proceeded against at Paddington Police Court by Mr. T. J. Hynes,…

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Man Under the Bed Strange Burglary Case. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Mrs. Harris of William St. Springwood, found a man under her bed yesterday, and immediately rushed away for assistance. Outside she…

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Portland Police Court. Thursday, February 5. (Before H. Malone, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 3

Constable Hart v. D. McDiarmid and W. Sorensen, that they were found engaged shooting for pleasure on a Sunday. Mr. Tartakover appeared for defendants. McDiarmid…

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Put in the Boot Fight in a Motor Car Police Court Story

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 1

The last anniversary of Australia's [?] day wound up in a manner which will be memorable to at least two persons who were present at the sports…

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Two Men Fined. Indecency and Language. Magistrate's Strictures

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Two young men named Ernest Gunn, a returned soldier, a Percy Hill, a Laborer, appeared before Mr. Fincham, S.M., at the Ba[?] Police Court this morning, at the…

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Chinese in Court

The Bathurst Times · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court this morning before Mr. Fincham S.M. Sue Won, a Chinese, sued Lum Duck, a countryman, for absenting himself…

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