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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 16 of 72

Blayney Warden's Court Suspension of Labor Conditions

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

At the Blayney Warden's Court, before Mr. Scobie, P.M. Louis Edgley, of Sydney formerly of Bathurst, applied for suspension…

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Lithgow Warden's Court. Friday, March 18. (Before Mr. G. James, Mining Warden)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 3

Gunson Manners applied for authority to enter and search for silica on portions 113, 85 and 86, parish of Lidsdale; portions 118 and 114; portion 85;…

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Motor Driver Charged With Manslaughter SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

Otto Rohland, 37, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of manslaughter. It was alleged that he was driving a motor car…

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Brutal Murder Another Westralian Horror PERTH

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

A farmer named Taylor, of Nangarin, has been arrested rending further investigation into the murder of a farm hand, whose name is as yet…

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1400 Police for Duty SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. James Mitchell, Commissioner of Police, stated to-day that 1400 police would be on duty in the Sydney metropolitan area when the Duke…

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Wharfies and Wheat. Application to Industrial Court MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

When the Waterside Workers' Federation ease was resumed before Judge Beeby in the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. N. C. Seale, on behalf…

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Kissing and Cuddling Evidence in Breach of Promise Case Plaintiff Collapses in Court Another Witness Faints Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

The Banco Court was again crowded to-day when the hearing of the £5000 claim for alleged breach of promise of marriage was continued…

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Accused of Theft Man Suicides in Police Cell

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 28

A young man named Albert Williamson, an electrician employed by Mr. Howard Coleman, committed suicide in the Kandos lock-up on…

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Bathurst Gaol Annual Report An Interesting Record

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 3

In the annual report of the Comptroller General of Prisons, the following extracts from the report of Mr. G. Smith, Governor of the Bathurst Gaol,…

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Alleged Murder. Adelaide, This' Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 1

When the trial of Edward Aistrope, charged with the murder of Francis Flanagan at Morris' boot factory, was resumed to-day, deceased 's son,…

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Five Years' Gaol for Offence on Girl. V Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court today, Mr. Justice James imposed a sentence of five years' penal servitude on Francis John Simpson (31), a tramway…

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Local new. Dunedoo Court House

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 15

In response to repealed rep[?]ted representations relative to the necessity for the erection of a new court house at Duncdon, the Hon. W…

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Mudgee Girl's Death Police Baffled Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 21

Tho circumstances surrounding the death of a 16-year-old servant girl, Lnda Green, at Bell[?]vue Hill yesterday, have provided a…

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Gruesome Kandos Discovery. Suicide in Police Cell

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

Sergeant Lucas on visiting the cell it the Kandos police station yesterday morning, made the gruesome discovery hat Stanley Williamson, aged about 23…

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Strangled Himself Police Station Tragedy KANDOS

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

A tragedy occurred at the police station during last night. A man named Williams was arrested yesterday afternoon on a petty charge and at…

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The Supposed Perth Murder Death from Heart Disease. PERTH

Leader · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

The doctors have now ascertained that Berth Hines, the farm hand whose body was found buried in the bush at Nungarin, died from heart disease…

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Lithgow Police Court. Wednesday, March 23. (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

Richard Crutton (32) was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Inch-street on the previous day. He pleaded guilty…

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Unwritten Law Indian Murder Trial CALCUTTA

National Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

Kharag Baradar Singh, a brilliant Nepelese law student is on trial for the murder of Hirelal Agarrula, the Marwari millionaire. He pleaded the…

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Murder and Suicide. Family Practically Wiped Out. Zurich, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 3

On the morning of the day fixed for the hearing of his wife's petition for a divorce on the grounds of her husband's drunkenness and ill-treatment, Jakob…

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Galava Foundering. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

The Marine Court to-day opened an inquiry concerning the foundering of the collier Galava between Terrigal and Tuggerah, when seven of the crew of…

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