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

Courts & crime, 1925

1,538 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 25 of 77

"Madman" Trick HOW £60 Was Lost. Man Committed. Police Court Sequel. Sydney [?]

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

The "madman" trick was worked to the Domain on Jaunary 28 and led to the appearance at the Central Police Court to-day of James Ledwig, 26…

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Police Art Union

National Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

Butts of Police Art Union ticker numbering 1,444 were dispatched from Bathurst by Sergeant Brodie yesterday to the Gen. Secretary of the…

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Licensing Court

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 6

The quarterly report of the licensing j inspector [?]rgt Madden) was preseated. The P.M. and that the inspector ought to see that the beds in the hotels had a…

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Lithgow Police Court Thursday, April 16 (Before E. A. Prior, P.m.) Excessive Speed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 6

Clarence Preston was charged with having ridden a motor cycle in a manner dangerous to the public in Brown street at 5 p.m. on March 21. Constable Sheridan…

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Lithgow Industrial Court. Thursday, April 16. (Before E. A. Prior, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 6

J. Ward, secretary of the iron workers' Association, applied for an order against Herbert Moon, a member, for £1 1s, contributions and levy due. The P.M…

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Motor Car Thief 18 Months' Gaol. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 2

Cyril Lalopere (21) a motor mechanic, who was described by the police as an associate of a gang of motor thieves, and safebreakers, was…

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Nurses' Tennis Court

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 2

The work of constructing the tennis court for the nurses at the Bathurst District Hospital is proceeding satisfactorily but a good deal yet remains…

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Alleged Stolen Cheque Chinese Charged Committed for Trial

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court this morning Gee Chong Pong, an aged Chinese, was charged with having of March to last stolen a cheque to the…

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Dogged By Fate Daughter's Death. Mother Acquitted of Murder

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

"This woman has been followed, if 1 may put it so, by a malign fate like those fates which appeared to follow people in Greek tragedy."…

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To-day's Telegrams. Another Melbourne Outrage. the Police Want Reforms. Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

To-day's market quotations:--Butter 144s 8d, new laid eggs 2s 6d, rails and rivers 2s, cheese 8d to 8 12d, honey 3d to 5d, beeswax 1s 3d to 1s 4d, lucerne hay…

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A Chinese Puzzle Peculiar Case in Court Elderly Chinese Charged with Theft

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 3

An elderly decripit Chinese named ed Geo Chong Quong, cut a sorry figure when charged before Mr. Walter Scott S.M., in the Bathurst…

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Two Men Charged Sequel to Exciting Arrest. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 3

The sequel to the apprehension under exciting circumstances of two men in Jack Bros jewellery store in the Strand Arcade. Sydney on…

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Redfern Murder Aves Again Remanded Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

Cecil Henry Aves (22), who is charged with having murdered Florence May Quirk of Redfern on March 12, appeared before the Redfern…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. Lithgow Youth's Acquittal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

During the hearing, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday afternoon, of a charge against Henry McCudden Shawcross, a young man, with having assaulted,…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, April 20. (Before E. K. F. Haydock, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

Joseph Saunders was charged with having been, drunk in Main-street on April 18. Fined 10s, in default 24 hours…

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Woman Killed Russian Car Driver Charged. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

Anatoia Ivanoff, a Russian (29), and an hotel employee, was before the Central police court to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain…

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Extraneous Duties Protest by Police. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

Members of the police force consider that the police are called upon to perform too many extraneous duties. At to-day's sittings of the…

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Habitual Criminal Housebreaker Sentenced Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 2

Described by the police as an incorrigible housebreaker Leslie Marsh (27) was sentenced by Judge Edwards at the Darlinghurst Sessions today to…

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A Frutal Assault Girl Attacked on Lone Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 22

Dorothy Barrett, a single woman employed in Cessnock as a domestic was returning to her home, several miles out of town, in…

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Good Work by Police

National Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 6

A word of praise is due to the Bathurst police for the excellent work they did in controlling the traffic on the various routes to the show…

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