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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 23 of 61

Wallerawang Police Court.) Friday, May 14. (Before E. A. Prior, P.m.) Not Bona-fide

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 3

Richard Hoskins, Henry Crawford, Edward Murray, John Nash, Thomas Patterson, William Naismith, and David Robertson were charged with having falsely…

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Police Raid Three Doors Pattered Down Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 9

A posse of police raided a building in Campbell street city on Saturday night, and arrested 73 Chinese. The promises were…

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Kalgoorlie Murder No Further Clues Police Baffled. Kalgoorie

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

Late last night the police and blacktrackers returned to Kalgoorlie after another day of futile searching for the trail of the murderers of…

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Melbourne Murder Police at Dead End Reward May Be Offered Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

The detective investigating the murder of Colonel Henry Tullock at East Melbourne have reached a dead end and it is expected that the…

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Extorting a Document Three Men Charged. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3

Gerald Tarleton, secretary to P. W. Spong, Ltd., who was absent when the case was called last week, gave evidence before Judge Scholes…

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Second Victim Succumbs Sunday's Motor Tragedy Car Driver Before Court. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

As a result it the motor tragedy at Brightonile Sands yesterday a brother and sister were killed. The girl died instantly, and the brother…

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Assault on Girl Father Refuses Marriage Consent Middle Aged Man Sentenced

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 1

Walter Grey, a middle-aged man, who had pleaded guilty at the Cowra Sessions to having committed a serious offence on a girl under the…

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Espionage in France. Three Englishmen Sentenced

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

Reuter, Paris.--The second correctional court has sentenced the Englishmen, John Leather to three years' imprisonment, and a fine of 3,000 francs, Ernest Phillips and…

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Journalists Charged Hearing Again Adjourned Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 3

Owing to a juryman having contracted P[?]sy, a case at the Darling hurst Sessions today, had to be adjourned until the next Quarter…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, May 17. (Before C.T. Wood, J.p.) Attempted Suicide

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

Geo. Morpeth, 73, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide at Walerawang on March 22. Constable Shechan said that on the date…

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Orange Court House

Leader · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

One of the [?] of our public [?] the Courthouse, which looks as if the Government were out of funds and unable to afford…

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Melbourne Murder £500 Reward Offered Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

The State Cabinet to-day authorised the Chief Secretary to offer a reward of £500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of…

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Lithgow Industrial Court. To the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 1

Sir,--Would you kindly allow me to correct a false impression which might arise from reading a report of a case in which I was defendant at the industrial court on…

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Mining Warden's Court. Friday, May 14. (Before G. James, Mining Warden)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 1

Charles Agar Hansard, Bathurst, applied for authority to enter and prospect for gold on portion 59, parish of Collamigal, county of Roxburgh. The application was granted…

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Three Years' Gaol Bathurst Resident Sentenced Serious Offence on Little Girl

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 3

Three years imprisonment with hard labor in the Goulburn Gaol was the sentence imposed by Judge Armstrong on Wilfred Robert Rea, a…

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Sentenced for Fraud

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 2

Elizabeth Ann Davies, who had ben found guilty of defrauding William Edwin Phillips, of Lithgow, of £294, and Edward Lloyd, of the…

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Murder Mystery the Kalgoorlie Horrot Perth

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 14

The Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines has decided to offer £500 in ad to the Government's reward of £1000 for information that would…

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Police Warning Chegue for £4000 SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 14

An open cheque for £4000 was stolen from the Hampdon hotel, Pennant. Hills, yesterday. The police have issued a warning to…

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Melbourne Murder Pierce Still Detained Unable to Find Bail Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 2

Despite strong protests by his counsel. Henry Pierce (27) was further remanded at the City Court to-day, to May 26, on a charge of vagrancy…

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Drinks with Meals An Important Ruling Magistrate's Decision Reversed. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2

The full Court to-day heard argument in a liquor appeal Involving the question of liquor with meals, and the Interpretation of the word…

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