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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 13 of 72

A Brick Thrown Chinese in Court Another Adjournment

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

When the adjourned charge against the Chinese, Mock Hung, 50, a laborer, of having, on February 27, assaulted a countryman named Chon Choeng,…

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Bus Hits Tram Driver Before Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

Following a smash on the night of January 21, when a motor omnibus driven by Cecil Walton was Jambed between two trams at Newtown…

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"Uncle Perce" a Divorce Court Story SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

The story of a woman's alleged deception with a man whom she said was her "Uncle Perce," was told in the City Divorce Court today, when…

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Station Owner Fined Failure to Destroy Rabbits Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, Louis Brighton Mackay, owner of "Invergowrie" station in the Sedwalls district, was proceeded…

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Manager Charged. Another City Embezzlement. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Kenneth Roy Atkinson (23), advertising. manager of Nook and Kirby's, was charged with having embezzled…

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Wholesale Murder Alleged. of Australian Aborigines. Perth

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

Startling allegations of the murder of a party of aborigines, including three women, by special constables, was given before a commission of inquiry at…

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Attempted Murder Wife Refuses to Give Evidence ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

John Alfred Battersby, was charge with having attempted to murder his wife and with having attempted to commit suicide. His eight year o[?]…

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Communists' Daring Rob- Bery. Police Headquarters Robbed. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

A Sofia message states that four desperadoes, believed to be Communists. rushed Into police headquarters and carried off £15.000, under cover…

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Queensland's Wage. Full Court Will Not Increase It

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

The Full Bench of the Queensland Arbitration Court has decided that the present basic wage of £45- a week shall stand. The application, on which…

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Contested Rabbit Case Failure to Convince Court Sodwalls, Pastoralist Fined

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 5

A contested rabbit case was heard before Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M., on Monday morning in the Bathurst Police Court The prosecution was one in…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, March 9. (Before C. T. Wood, J.p.) Drunkennees and Language

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

Sidney Jarvis was charged with drunkenness in Main-street the previous day and was fined £1. or two days, a, fortnight being allowed to pay…

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Unique Theft. Anthrax and Typhoid Germs. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 1

A startling announcement was made from Scotland Yard this morning--that eight tost tubes which had been stolen from a doctor's car in…

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Girl of 15 Murder After Lover's Quarrel Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

That a quarrel with her lover caused Kathleen Bowden, 15, to commit suicide at her parents' home last night is alleged by the Liverpool…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, March 10. (Before J. B. Seobie, S.m.) Breaches of Traffic Act. and Insulting Words

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 6

George Charles Francis Jaques was charged with, on the 11th ult., turning a corner in Main-street contrary to the regulations…

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Noisy Motor Cyclists. Police Commissioner on Warpath

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

Lithgow's howling motor cyclists, as well as all other, will have to "sit up and take notice." In his weekly traffic bu[?]etin, the…

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3 Years' Gaol Bank Clerk Sentenced Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 7

As a warning to others, Judge Curlewis, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day sent Leyburne Ernest Tafe, 35, to prison for three years…

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Unusual Assault Verdict for £30 MUSWELLBROOK

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

That he was bound with wire and taken to a pig sty, where an attempt was made to force him to drink some noxious mixture, was alleged by Ken…

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Footprint King Sentenced to 12 Months Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

Known as the "Footprint King" Arthur Lord, 29, described as independent, who had been sought by scores of detectives, was sentenced at…

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Police and Strikers Clash. London

Leader · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

Messages from Athens, delayed by the censor, show that a clash occurred between the police and strikers last night. Two were killed, and is…

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The Gap Again Timely Arrival of Police Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

The Watson's Bay police last night prevented a middle-aged woman from jumping over the Gap. When approached by a constable the woman…

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