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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 4 of 51

Publians Decide to Help the Police. Sydney. T[?]

Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 3

The majority of the R[?]d [?] held a meeting at [?] Hall lst night and decided the police in sta[?]ping [?]…

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Hartley Licensing Court. Monday, January 22. (Before Major Bracey, L.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 2

A booth liquor license was granted to Sinclair, Clark, Commerical Hotel, for Wallerawang races…

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Burglary at Gulong Quantity of Linen Stolen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 10

Thieves broke into the premises of Mr. P. Lillis, Gulgong, last night. or early this morning. A large quantity of linen was stolen…

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Criterion Picture Tangle. Magistrate Gives a Decision

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 15

Part one of the story surrounding the Criterion Picture Story tangle was unwound at the Mudgee Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. H…

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Unusual Charges Encouraging and Soliciting Gaming Cases at Forbes Court

National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

Arising out of the recent false pretences charge at Forbes, when Allan Stewart Vogue was committed for trial at the next Forbes Quarter…

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Lithgow Court Statistics

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 6

During the year at the Lithgow court house there were 290 charge cases and 151 summons cases; 21 committals for trial; and four other cases. There were 149…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, January 25. (Before. AI. H. Cleeve, P.m.) New Year's Lark

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

Jerry O'Brien was summoned by Inspector Owen for emptying a sanitary pan in a lane at Lithgow on New Year's night. Mr. Owen stated that the had done it…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 26

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

Isaac Armstrong was charged with having been drunk on the 25th inst. He was fined 10s, in default. 24 hours. William Jones was charged with having…

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Stop Press news Burglary at Bathurst. Bathurst

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 10

Thieves broke into Mocklera Bros. Stores. Bathurst, last night, and took about £150 worth of goods. This is the fourth burglary in…

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Belgian Lieutenant Murdered Four Germans Sentenced to Death

National Advocate · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 2

A message from Aix-la-Chapelle states that four Germans were sentenced to death after a Belgian court martial on a charge of complicity in the…

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Third Robbery Burglary Made Easy Messrs Meagher and Co's Premises Entered

National Advocate · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 2

Another burglary, the third for the week was reported in Bathurst on Saturday. In this case the facts disclose that it was burglary made some…

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Resisting the Police

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

Sydney Edward McKcuz[?] (37) [?] guilty at the local Police Court yesterday before Mr. Le Brun Brown, relieving S.M., to being drunk in…

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Burglary Boom a Daring Robbery Messrs Mockler Brothers' Premises Entered Valuable Goods Stolen

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

Bathurst is winning quite an unenviable name for itself in the matter of burglaries. No fewer than three were reported last week, while…

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Wholesale Theft of Aspros Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day Charles Eun Fay (84), was charged with stealing 18,000 aspro tablets. He was committed for trial Bail was…

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Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, January 30. (Before E. P. Cusick, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 2

James Remage was charged with having been drunk and destroyed in Main street the previous day. Fined 10s, in default three days. Paid…

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Ex-police Sergeant's Death

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 2

The death occurred in the Sydney hospital on Sunday of ex-Sergt. Henry Robinson Stewart. The deceased, who was 67 years of age, was for many years in…

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At Pott's Point Liquor and Immorality Keeper Dent to Gaol Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day 13 people, including four girls were charged with having drunk liquor on unlicensed premises in a street at…

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Alleged Murder [?]Married Woman Charged Broken Hill

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 2

The Coroner yesterday concluded an inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Timothy Gaivin. He round that be died from…

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Child Murder Married Couple Charged Wellington, (N.z.)

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 2

As a result of the discovery of a body which had been bur[?]ed on premises at Newlands some time ago, Daniel Cooper and Martha Cooper…

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Mockler's Burglary an Arrest Made

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon about there o'clock Sergeant O'Farrell and Constable Smith, who have been amongst the members of the Bathurst police…

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