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

Courts & crime, 1927

1,434 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 72

Lithgow Police Court. Monday, February 28. (Before C. T. Wood, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 5

Harry Arthur Williams was charged with having stolen at Orange between February 16 and February 18, a suit of clothes and 30- in money, the…

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"Filthy Young Brute" Six Months' Gaol Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 3

"It is a shame to think that reputable women cannot walk along the street without meeting [?]hy beasts such as this young man." This…

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Baum in Court. Big Sums Mentioned. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Harry Waldemar Baum (32), a solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to pay Arthur Argris…

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Newspaper Tax Government Loses High Court Decision Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 21

Judgement in the newspaper [?] case was delivered by the High Court to-day. The decision was against the N.S.W. Government,…

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That Newspaper Tax. Is Declared Invalid. High Court Unanimous. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 1

The High Court has declared the New South Wales Government's newspaper tax unconstitutional. The decision was unanimous…

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Stealing Suit of Clothes

Leader · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 6

Henry Arthur Williams, aged 25, who was arrested at Lithgow on February 26, and remanded to Orange, appeared at the local court yesterday…

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Inspector Mackenzie Dead. Former Lithgow Police Chief

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The death is announced of the late Inspector Angus Mackenzie, of Banksia, at the age of 69 years. Deceased, who was formerly in charge of the…

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INVALID The Newspaper Tax High Court's Ruling Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

The tax imposed by the New South Wales Government of one halfpenny on each copy of certain newspapers sold in New South Walea was to-day…

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Assault at Meranburn. Constable Cullen.—Caleb Cassell.—Cudal Court

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 3

At the Cudal Police Court on 24th ult., before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., Caleb Milton Gladstone Cassell was charged with assaulting Andrew…

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Hold-up Man Sentenced to 7 Years Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 3

A sentence of seven years penal servitude, for having attempted to commit robbery at the point of a revolver, was passed on Gledall…

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Licensing of Moneylenders. Extortionate Interest Charged. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

In the House of Commons to-day. Mr. J. B. Burman (Conservative) moved the second reading of the Moneylenders Bill providing for the…

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School Tennis Court Opening

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 10

There was a large attendance, chiefly ladies, at the official opening of the Molong Public School tennis court on Wednesday…

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Skipped to Australia Wanted by French Police. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

A Paris message [?] that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the manager of all estate agency on a charge of appropriating million…

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Trouble in the Solomons. Police Posse Massacred. SYDNEY

Leader · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

The steamer [?] which arrived at Sydney to-day brought reports of native [?] in the Solomon [?] The authorities are keeping…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, March 3. (Before C. T. Wood and H. N. Fitzgerald, J's.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

Lawrence Wallace pleaded guilty to a charge of having fraudulently misappropriated the sum of £1 8s, the property of George Clarke…

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Solomons Police Murdered. [?]Ydney

Leader · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 6

The steamer [?]laram, which arrived at Sydney to-day, brought reports of native unrest in the Solomon Islands. The authorities are keeping…

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Murder and Robbery in Cairo. Thieves Secure £60,000 LONDON

Leader · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

A Cairo message states that four thieves, at night time, entered the house of a rich merchant named solomon Cl[?]rol. The [?]ves…

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Madman and Police a Baker's Shop Assistant LONDON Saturday

National Advocate · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

A force of police, three fire engines and several hundred people beseiged a baker's shop at Kentish Town, the proprietor of which was Joseph Hay…

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Police Massacred Natives Seize Arms. Serious Position in Solomons. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

Seven police were massacred in an outbreak by natives at Guadalcanar island, In the Solomon Group, and further serious trouble is feared…

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A Police Field Day. Saturday Was Black for Some. Thirty-two "Drunks" Arrested

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 2

Saturday was a field day for the Lithgow police. Apprised of the presence in the town of a number of navvies from Wallerawang, they made a…

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