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

Courts & crime, 1923

1,014 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 51

Mendooran's Mystery Man. Still at Large—and Leaves a Note for the Police. Merriwa Settler Receives Warning, which May be a Hoax. More Police Reinforcements

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 5

Roy Governor, desperado and fugitive, as be is believed to be, is still at large and is defying all efforts of the police to locate him…

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Political Influence Interfering with Course of Justice Serious Allegations by Police Secretary Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

Mr. Fortescue, secretary of the Police Association, made a sensational allegation to-night. He said that the practice of allowing political and…

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Black Girl Charged with Murder Brisbane

National Advocate · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 2

At the Milmerran Court to-day, Alice Brown, 17 an aboriginal, was charged with attempting to murder James Barclay, her employer, by…

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Armed Robbers Sentenced. Sydney

Leader · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 6

Two youths named John Parker, 18, and Ernest McCauley, 19, were found guilty to-day of robbery while armed with a revolver. They were…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, May 17. (Before. E. A. Prior, P.m.) Case Remanded

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

John Hammell and Russell James Thompson were charged with the theft of two cases of whiskey, value £12, the property of the Railway Commissioners, at…

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Attempted to Murder Her Employer. Sydney

Leader · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 6

A Toowoomba message states that Alice Brown, 17, an aboriginal, was charged at Millmerran court with attempting to murder her employer…

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Released Irish Deportees Departure From Dublin Art O'brien Charged London

National Advocate · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 2

The Court of Appeal was crowded when the Attorney-General, on behalf of the Home Secretary, in obedience to the writ of Habeas Corpus…

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Irish Deportees Several Re-arrested Charged at Police Courts London

National Advocate · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

Two of the re-arrested deportees, C. N. McGrath, secretary of the Irish Self-determination League and John O'Mahoney, a member of the League…

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Vorowsky's Murder

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

Router.--A message from Berne states that the Swiss Government has received a note from the Soviet charging it with responsibility for the murder of Vorowski…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, May 17. (Before E. A. Prior, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

The court continued to sit during the afternoon and evening --up to 9 p.m. In addition to those reported in last issue the following eases were heard:--…

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State Governor Charged. Mook Trial at University

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

Friday was students' day in connection with, the commemoration proceedings at tho University. "Undergraduates made it one of mirth to…

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Wardens Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 1

A. K. Prior, P.M., presided over the warden's court, which was held in Mudgee on Friday. W. W. Walsh, Prpeclay Creek,…

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An Ideal World Advocate Sent to Gaol London

National Advocate · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

Kisvistava Fritza Gueza, of uncertain nationality was sentenced at the Thames Police Court to six months hard labor and recommended…

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SERGT. McRAE Transferred. Popular Police Officer

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

First-class Sergt. McRae, who has been in charge of Portland police station for over eight years, has received word of his transfer to the pretty South Coast town of…

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Police Puzzled Big Railway Robbery. Varying Theories. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 5

The city and suburbs are being combed for the two men whom the detectives regard as the roaster minds in the big railway robbery…

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The World’s Court and League of Nations. New York

Leader · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

A St Louis message says that Senator Borah has opened a campaign of the opponents to the American participation in the world court…

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Lithgow Small Debts Court. Thursday, May 17. (Before E. A. Prior, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

William Thomas v. Jack Murphy, claim,for £3 2s 6d, for money lent. Verdict for amount claimed with costs. Hawkes and Kluver v. T. M. Bouce,…

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The Mendooran Man aunt. Roy Governor's Identity Established—Proof that he is a Humorist as Wed as a Strategist—Has a Gun and May Be a Desperado. Police Know Where He Was, but Not Where He Is—The Mystery of a Photograph

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 8

A week ago to-day the "Guardian" features the exploits of a man in the bush country about Boom ley and Mendoorann. These—consisted of a series of petty robberies, spread over a period, of five weeks, and an assault upon a woman. We wore the only paper…

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Just Walked Off Bathurst Gaol Escapee Committed for Trial

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Alfred John Lucas, who was serving a sentence in Bathurst Gaol for stealing and who escaped from custody while working on the Gaol Farm…

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Turon Shire Appeal Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

Over seventy appeals had been lodged against the assessments made by the Turon Shire valuer, and the court for determining these appeals…

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