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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 21 of 61

Latest Cables. Newspaper Raided. Seized by Police. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 20

The police raided the building occupied by the "Daily Herald," a Labor sheet, as it was publishing a strike paper, entitled the "British…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, May 5. (Before C. T. Wood, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

Cecil Baker was charged with having been drunk, and also with having used indecent language in the bar of the Exchange Hotel, on May 4. Fined 10-, in default…

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Committed on Murder Charge. Sydney

Leader · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquiry [?] the death of [?] a married woman, the city Coroner found that death was due to [?]…

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Fired on by the Police

Leader · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

At the Forbes Court, on Tuesday, [?]ge Par[?]k Sm[?] and William M[?] were a[?]tencced to [?] [?] and three months…

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Police and Bribes the South Australian Enquiry Adelaide

National Advocate · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 3

The scope of the police pribery commission has been enlarged to cover a general investigation into charged of bribery against members of the police…

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Shorter Week Trouble. Conference Fails-- the Court's Status

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

A deadlock has been reached in the negotiations for a settlement of the strike of Federal unions against the 48 hour week. The conference held on Wednesday…

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Worse to Come. Trams, Police and Motor Cars Attacked. LONDON

Leader · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

[?]atent indications point to a growing determination by the strikers in carry on the [?]ke Indefinitely. During the later stages of the debate in…

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Alleged Conspiracy 9 Persons Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 2

In a case at the Central Police Court, to-day, of alleged conspiracy to defraud the Railway of large quantities of goods, Railway…

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It's Damnable Scene in Arbitration Court Melbourne, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 3

There was a dramatic scene in the Arbitration Court today when an advocate called out that the action on the President, Mr. Justice…

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Horrors of Arab Gaol

Leader · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 1

As a spy a Tuns [?] and [?] nfor 15 day in a [?] [?] young English Territorial [?] trial on a…

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Baton Charge by Police

Leader · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 2

Falling to suppress the strikes in their attempt at Interference with a volunteer bus, the Cardiff police charged them with their [?] Some…

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Latest Telegrams. Mystery Murder Lieut Colonel's Death Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 7

Lieut. Colonel Eric Tulloch, M.C and bar, was found with two bullet wounds in his heart in a boarding house in East Melbourne…

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Bathurst Gaol Sewerage Tenders Opened. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 3

For the installation of the sewerage system at the Bathurst Gaol three tenders were received by the Tender Board of the Public Works…

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Melbourne Murder Only Slight Clues Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

Up till this morning the detectives engaged on the East Melbourne murder had not desirable to trace the men who killed Colonel…

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Shorter Week Referred to Arbitration Court Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 2

The deputy president of the Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice Webb, announced in the court to-day that he would refer the question of hours in…

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Praise for Bathurst Gaol

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 2

Mr. Edwards, a Labor member of the South Australian Parliament, and who is also a visiting justice to the gaols of that State,…

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Charge of Assault and Robbery

Leader · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 4

The Orange Quarter Sessions were opened yesterday morning, before His Honor, Judge Armstrong, only two cases were [?]ted for trial. In that…

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Communist’s Wife Charged. London

Leader · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 2

[?] was charged at[?] Street [?] to-day , with [?] in the [?]…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, May 10. (Before C. T. Wood, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 2

Isaac Armstrong was charged with drunkenness in Main-street on Saturday. Fined 5-, in default 24 hours…

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Alleged Assault Plasterer Committed for Trial. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 3

Charged at the Paddington Police Court this afternoon with a capital assault on a girl of seventeen years of age, Harold Victor…

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