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

Courts & crime, 1921

1,468 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 74

At Lithgow Court House. Work Transacted During Last Year

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 2

The following record of work transacted at the Lithgow court house during 1920 has just been made available :--391 cases under Vagrancy Act and drunkards provisions of…

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Lindfield Tragedy. Mrs. Mort Again Remanded. Court in Hospital

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 7

A still further stage was reached on Friday in the case of the Lind-field tragedy. Mrs. Dorothy Mort, who is charged with the murder of…

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Chinese Murder Latest Development Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 3

The Inspector General of Police to-day received a telegram from Newcastle stating that a camp had been found near where the Chinese Mow…

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Whose Sheep? Settler Charged with Theft Neighbours Strained Relations Verdict of Acquittal

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

John Davis was placed on trial be­fore Judge Armstrong at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having in November last, near…

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Death of a Woman Two Men Charged with Murder Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

George Grincer and Royal Berg were charged in the Central Police Court to-day with having murdered Elsie Berg…

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Railway Theft Cleaner Sentenced to 12 Months "My Wife and Children" a Sympathetic Judge

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

The jury in the case in which Thomas Carpenter and Leonard Hughes were charged with stealing railway property returned to Court at…

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Father Dominic. Sentenced to Five Years

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Father Dorminic, the late Ald. McSwiney's chaplain, who was tried by court martial on a charge of s[?]ing up disaffection, based on a letter…

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Burglary at Sunny Corner. Two Houses Broken Into

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

During the absence at Rydal of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes of Sunny Corner, their homo was was broken into and two watches and chains as well as a quantity of wearing apparel…

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Hughes Guilty Carpenter Acquitted Railway Stealing Cases

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

What has become known as the Railway Rubbery case, was heard before his Honor Judge Armstrong at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions…

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Systematic Theft Railway Property Disappears Syndey

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

When William Newland, 42, was remanded Globe Police Court on a charge of stealing Alt+016350 worth of brass and copper fittings, the property of…

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Police Promotions Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Detective Sergeant John Ramsay of Police Headquarters and Sergeant Brown of Clarence Street have been promoted to First-Class Inspectors…

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Small Debts Court

Leader · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court on Monday. McNeilly and Crampton [?] John Hanley (Parkes), claim for £1/10, money advanced, and…

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Man of Many Cheques Misses Going to Gaol Refund and Sureties

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Judge Armstrong imposed a sentence of 15 months imprisonment on Churies Frederick Caldwell at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions this morning…

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"Up on the Hill." a Trip Through Bathurst Gaol How the Prisoners Fare Vi

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

Perhaps the most strictly adminis­tered rule in the gaol is that for the preventing of contapt between the ages of 16 and 26 years and their…

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Fire in a Bakery Employee Charged with Arson Saturated Bags, and Candles Cowra

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, S. M., of Bathurst held a coronial inquiry here concerning mysterious fires in the hakehouse of J. Lynch in November…

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Profiteering Court Not Enough Milk. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Before Judge Beeby at the inquiry to-day into the price of milk, Nurse Spencer, attached to the Baby Clinics of the Department of Public Health…

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Gang of Thieves Out-manoeuvring the Police Forster

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

The oxistence of a gang of petty thieves and larrikins at Tuncurry for some months has been the means of much loss of property to residents…

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Charged with Murder Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

George Gunter, 53, a homeopathist, and Royal Vivian Thomas Berg, baker 27, were charged before Mr. Hawkins S.M. at the Central Police Court this…

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A Year's Gaol Young Man Sentenced the Molong Case

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

'I intended yesterday to give you the benefit of the First Offenders [?]t, but I find that you have a very bad criminal record and long series…

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Twelve Months Hughes Sentenced

National Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Leonard Hughes (30), the railway employee who was on Tuesday found guilty in connection with the railway robbery near George's Plains on Dec…

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