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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 7 of 61

World Court American Participation to Be Questioned New York

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 2

Benjamin Catchings, a Washington lawyer, filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court, requesting it to restrain Mr. Kellogg, secretary…

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Indecent Assault

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 25

Hilton Rayner was charged with indecently assaulting Iris Myrtle Burke on the afternoon of February 1. Mr. McPherson appeared…

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Mudgee Police Court. Mixed Bill of Fare

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 25

The P.M., (Mr. E. A. Prior) had a fairly strenuous time at the Mudgee Court House on Monday and Tuesday last, when a very…

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Threatening the Police

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 27

Thomas Andrew Lynch was charged with using threatening words to Sergeant E. J. Williams. The defendant pleaded not guilty…

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"Manslaughter" "Should Be Murder" Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 8

The death of Caroline Many Alexander, aged 35 at a flat in Darlinghurst early on Sunday morning resulted in two…

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Faked Burglary Crown Allegations Fail Cook Gaoled for Breaking and Entering. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

Allegations of a 'faked' burglary were raised by the Crown at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, when Thomas Christie (45), a cook, and…

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Coolah Police Court TUESDAY, 26th JANUARY Before Mr. E. A. Prior, P.M. Liquor Act Cases

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 27

Alfred John Pickett was charged with being on licensed premises of the Royal Hotel during prohlbited hours. Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Woman's Death Alleged Illegal Operation. Ship's Butcher Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

"If it can be established that the woman died as a result of an illegal operation then the proper charge is murder," said Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at…

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Inebriate Charged

Leader · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 8

Frederick John Feeney, aged 28, a person against whom a prohibition order is in force under the Liquor Act, was charged at the Orange Court,…

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Sequel to Motor Theft

Leader · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 10

On committal from the Orange police court, a young man, named John Mason, came before Hls Honor Judge Armstrong, at the Quarter Sessions…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, February 11. (Before E. A. Prior, P.m.) Not Furnishing Return

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 6

Victor Augustus May was charged with failing to furnish required particulars of his business to the Government statistician. Defendant said he had been under the…

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Wild Pigs From Warren. McKay and Hilder Sentenced. Cool Request to Judge

Leader · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 1

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Pardoned by a King. Release of Wife Accused of Murder [?]

Leader · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

Madame Paul [?] condemned to 15 years’ imprisonment at Ant[?] has been liberated [?] the amnesty granted to certain [?]…

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5 Years Gaol Attacks on Young Girl Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

Found guilty of having assaulted two girls aged 11 and 12 years. Daniel Hodge (59), was at the Darlinghurst Sessions this afternoon…

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6 Months Gaol Slashed Woman with Razor Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

A razor attack on a woman in King Street, Sydney on the evening af January 14 was responsible for the appearance at the Darlinghurst…

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Defrauded Old Woman 18 Month's Gaol for Laborer Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

Louis Charles Davis (35) a laborer who had been des[?] the police as a cunning and erafry er[?] pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst…

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Young Girl Assaulted 2 Years Gaol for Italian "An Example Must Be Made" Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

"I is intolerable that young girls cannot walk diking the streets without running the risk of being molested by such men as prisoner and an…

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44 Hours Validity to Be Tested High Court to Decide Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

Arising out of the magistrate's decision in the case in, which an employee of the Clyde Engineering Co. claimed overtime for four hours…

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Three Men Charged with Stealing

Leader · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 2

Constable Pitts was responsible for another arrest, when, on Friday, be performed a smart piece of work, which resulted In William Joseph Coe…

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Lithgow Police Court. Saturday, February 13. (Before C. T. Wood, J .P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 2

Edward Herbert Hipkins was charged' with stealing the sum of £2, the property of J. R. Bolton. Defendant was remanded until February 25; bail in £10 was allowed…

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