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

Courts & crime, 1924

1,573 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 79

Cattle Stealing an Unusual Case Allegations Against Bathurst Dealer Committed for Trail

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

The adjourned case, in which Arthur Henry (27) a dealer, was charged, by warrant, with stealing on or about October 4 at Orange…

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Troubled India Political Murder Wrong Man Shot Calcutta

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

A European named Ernest Day, employed by the Kilburn Company, was shot on Saturday morning, and died in the afternoon…

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Petty Thieves Visit to St. Stanislaus' College Youth Sent to Gaol Another Fined for Unlicensed Revolver

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

Two youths named William Snape, (18) and Leonard Appleton (18) were in the dock at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday before Mr…

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An Unusual Prosecution. Man Charged with Stealing by Finding. Case Goes to Higher Court

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M. at Monday’s sitting of the Orange Court, Frederick Thomas Webb, painter, was charged that he did, on January…

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Bathurst Cattle Stealing Case

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

A case with remarkable peculiarities was heard at the Bathurst police court on Monday, when Arthur Henry Casey, a stock dealer, well known…

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Disturbance at a Dance. Cases at Lithgow Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

At the police court at Lithgow on Monday, before E. R. F. Haydock and R. A. Brouff, J's.P., the magistrates had to deal with a number of cases arising out of a…

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Stealing From Railway Cloak-room. Three Junior Porters Concerned

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

Before Mr. Shehperd. P.M., at Monday’s sitting of the Orange Court, three Junior porters, employed at the local station, were charged with…

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Valuable Art Union Ticket. Alleged Theft of Katoomba Prize Winner

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

Alter the drawing or the last Katoomba art union, congratulations were showered on Mr. James Fletcher, as being the possessor of the lucky ticket, No. 112,735…

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Football Arguments Police Commissioner Power Less London

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

Owing to heated arguments among members of opposing Rugby football teams, at Toulon, the Commissioner of Police attempted to walk on to…

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Ballot-Box Trouble Base in Equity Court Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The alleged ballot-box irregularity concerning which three members of the A.W.U. are asking for an injunction against their union and its…

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No Bankruptcies and Little Drunkeness Bathurst Fine Record Court House Figures Tell Eloquent Story

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The solidity and sobriety of Bathurst is reflected in ninny ways in the annual report of activities at the Bathurst Court House. The number of…

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Police Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 24

A police court will be held at the local court house on Tuesday next. We understand there is an unusually large batch of cases set…

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Stealing Sheep Skins

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 10

Before Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Souter. J's.P., on Friday last, Dominic Potts, an elderly man, and a stranger to the district, was…

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Stock Dealer Charged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

At the Bathurst Police Court on Monday Arthur Henry Casey, aged 29, a well known Bathurst stock dealer, was committed for…

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Double Murder Bodies Burned Man's Fiendish Crime

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 30

By arresting Warren Lincoln, second cousin of President Abra-ham Lincoln, the American police solved one of the strangest cases…

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Hotel Must Improve. Quarterly Report on Licensee Houses Disclose Unsatisfactory State. Licensing Magistrate Prior Passes Strictures

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 30

The condition of hotels in the Mudgee district does not appear in a favorable light from the police report to the quarterly sitting of…

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Committed for Criminal Assault. Sydney

Leader · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 8

At the North Sydney Police Court, Henry . Barnes, [?], was committed for trial on a charge of criminally assaulting a girl at Artsrpon, on January 12…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, January 17. (Before E. A. Pr[?]P.M.) Prohibition Order

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

William Henry Hampton applied for a prohibition order against Joseph Hampton. Defendant did not appear. The complainant stated that the…

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Hit With A Lamp Extraordinary Case Husband Charged with Assaulting Wife Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

At 11 a.m., to-day a man ran up to plain-clothes Constable Edwards and told him that his wife, who lived with him at Fitzroy had met with…

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Alleged Conspiracy Two Women Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day Gertrude Thomas (37) and Alice Mason wera committed for trial, on a charge of having unlawfully…

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