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

Courts & crime, 1926

1,206 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 61

Barton Election Appeal Struck Out by the High Court McDONALD Still Missing Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 2

Missing since Thursday last, when he left the Hotel Sydney, Frederick McDonald, former Labor M.H.R. for Barton, did not…

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A Charge of Theft

National Advocate · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 3

At the Lithgow police court Steve Sterlo, a member of a gipsy party, which had been touring the western district for some time, was brought…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, April 23. (Before C. T. Wood, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 2

Jackson Reid, was charged with having used profane language in Main-street the previous day. Fined 10s, in default 24 hours…

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The Wilcannia Murder. Broken [?]Ill

Leader · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 2

The jury in the cake of Waiter Arthur Nelson, who is charged with having murdered William Oliver, retired at [?] o’clock last night. and had not…

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Police Raid Coogee Casino. Sydney

Leader · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 2

Dancing was in full swing at the Coogee Casino last night. when the police entered. and surprised those present by arresting an important…

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Son Charged With Assault on Father SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 3

The police have arrested John Perrance and charged him with having indicted bodily harm on Joseph, Perrance, his father, at Redfern. Perrance…

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Police Court. an Obstreperous Stranger

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 23

At the local police court on Monday, 26th, before Mr. A. C. Christie, J.P., and Mr. O. L. Milling, J.P., George Jones. 42, a stranger…

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Indecent Assault

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 20

Hilton Rayner, was [?] with indecently assaulting [?] Myrtle Bourke a girl unde[?] age of 16 years on Fegra[?]…

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The Merrendee Assault

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 21

Thomas Henry Fitzsimmons [?] charged with that he did on February 21 last at Merrendee [?] Nathoo Khan and…

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Bomb Thrower Sentenced. London

Leader · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

Brigh Daly has been found guilty at the Old Balley Court, for throwing a bomb at Prime Minister Baldwin, on the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day…

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Lithgow Police Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before C. T. Wood, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

Phillip Mullins was charged with drunkenness in Mort-street the previous day. He was further charged with indecent conduct. He was fined 10s, in default 24 hours, for…

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Ryde Doctor Arrested and Charged Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 25

A doctor was arrested at Ryde last night, and charged with an offence against a woman. The arrest is said to have followed…

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District Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 21

At the conclusion, of the Quarter Sessions Judge Armstrong presided over a sitting of the District Court when the following cases were dealt…

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Vorosky Murder Counsel's Life Attempted LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

A message from Geneva states that an assassin entered the house of M. Aubert, a well known lawyer, and head of the international entente,…

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Bank Manager Charged Alleged Forgery Case From Forbes Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

Percy Henry Tolmey Bennett, formerly manager of the Forbes branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce, appeared at the…

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Death Sentence Commuted the Collingwood Murder Melbourne Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

The 'Executive Council has commuted to imprisonment for fifteen years the death sentence on Martin Knopp the ship steward for the…

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Victorian Police Senior Officer's Discontented Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 25

Senior officers of the Victorian Police Force, are stated to be seeting with discontent as a result of the introduction of a new…

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Cadia Rioters Again in Court Was the Publican to Blame?

Leader · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 4

The doing of the rioters during the hectic night at Cadia, last Friday, were fully disclosed at the Orange Court, on Monday, when three…

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Alleged Unlawful Assault

National Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 3

Before Mr. Meads, C.M., at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, Michael Webb, 49, Edward Thompson 35, and James Murphy 25 all described as…

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Doctor Charged with Indecent Assault. Sydney

Leader · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 6

At the Ryde Court to-day, Dr. William Gordon Smith, 68, was charged with Indecently [?]ting Elizabeth Rochester, aged 21. He was remanded…

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