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

Courts & crime, 1922

1,540 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 77

Wallerawang Police Court. Monday, January 23. (Before A. Howell, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 2

Arthur Gyle, arrested by Sergt. Robertson and Constable McNamara was charged with having been found drunk in the hall of the Royal Hotel on the 21st inst. Plea guilty;…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 27. (Before E. A. Mahony, J.p.) Offensive Conduct

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 2

Margaret Bayliss was charged with behaving in an offensive manner, in New Road, Lithgow, on the 25th inst. She was fined £1, or in default seven days…

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"A Fallacy." (Published by Arrangement). Chief of Police on Prohibition

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 4

Recently tho New York "Tribune" interviewed Chief of Police Fitzmorris, of Chicago, and this is what he had to say about…

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The Melbourne Horror. Ross Committed for Trial. Alleged Confession in Gaol. "I Choked Her With My Hands." MELBOURNE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 14

Although [?] freely stated that only [?] and those intimately [?] the inquiry into the [?] Alma Tirtschke…

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Melbourne Murder Morbid Sympathisers Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

One of the Eights in Melbourne to-day was a wreath of white flowers surrounded by ferns. The wreath, in a Jam tin, was placed on the spot…

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Six Months for Assaulting Police Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

John Kelly (27) was ordered at the Central Police Court to-day, to be sent to goal for six months hard labor, for assaulting Constable…

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Get on the Roll! Activities at the Court House

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

Get on the roll! That is the command of the day, and judging by the activities of the State electoral staff at the Bathurst…

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Brutal Murder a Seaman Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

Albert Smith (30) appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with having murdered Olas Olsen, at Murnum, on December 8th…

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Theft in Cathedral

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

While Miss Evelyn Gurney, of Sylvania Road, Miranda, was absent temporarily from her pew in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, she left…

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Old V Olin Alleged Theft Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 3

Victor John Masos, 19, and William Thomas Bell, 16 were charged before Mr. Hawkins, S.M., at the Central Police Court with the theft of…

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Savage Assault Broken Bottle Used Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

With his clothes saturated with blood, which was literally pouring from five jagged wounds on the forehead and cheeks. Patrick O'Neill 35,…

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Robbed While Praying a Mean Theft Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

Some days ago a thief who saw a woman praying in a city church, sneaked up and took her handbag which she had by her side. Something of a…

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Crimeless Country No Police, No Courts!

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 4

The visit of the King and Queen of Denmark to Greenland calls attention to this exclusive wonderland of the Arctic. This is the first time…

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At Court. Brilliant Season Expected

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

Reuter.-- The court returned to London to-day from Sandringham. The King and Queen were given a great reception at St. Pancras station, Princess Mary being…

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Get on the Roll! Activities at the Court House

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

Get on the roll! That is the command of the day, and judging by the activities of the State electoral staff at the Bathurst…

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Wallerawang Police Court. Monday, January 23. (Before Mr. A. Howell. J. P.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 27

Arthur Gyle, arrested by Sergeant Robertson and Constable McNamara, was charged with having been found drunk in the hall of…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Narrabri

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

Edward Rodger Beds Malone was charged at the Police Court with shooting at Sidney Walter Dillon with intent to murder…

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"Hoodlumism." Complaints of Assault and Vandalism Parks Committee to Take Action

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. Fred. Jennings intimated in a letter to the Bathurst Council last night that "hoodlums" had been tearing the crates and plates from…

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Comptroller of Prisons Sudden Death of Mr. D'arcy One Time Governor of Bathurst Gaol

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

The death occurred in Sydney last night of Mr. Denis Gaynor D'Arcy, Comptroller-General of Prisons, and twice previously associated with the…

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[?] Charged Chief Justice As Witness Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 3

A case in which the Chief Justice of tho High Court (Sir Adrian Knox) was a witness, was heard in the Cen-tral Police Court, when Henry Percy…

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