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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 19 of 72

Police Court Sensation. Angry Man Stabs Thief. LONDON, Friday

Leader · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 1

There woe n sensational scene in the Southend Police Court, after Edward Wilson, a Canadian ex-soldier, had been fined £2 for stealing a…

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Police Superintendent's Protest. (Published by Arrangement.)

National Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 1

The Superintendent of Police, Boston, Michael H. Crowley, thus gave his opinion of the New York "Herald Tribune" on the seventh anniversary…

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Manslaughter Motorist Charged. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 7

The police yesterday arrested Neville Currey, 29, manufacturing chemist, and charged him with manslaughter in connection with…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, April 11. (Before. R. Donaldson, J. P.) Riotous Behavior

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 2

James Gray Robertson was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in the bar of the Zigzag Hotel on Saturday…

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After Six Years End of [?] Murder Trial [?]

National Advocate · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 2

A message from [?] and [?] been [?]…

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Motor Lorry Driver Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

At the Parramatta Court to-day, Mervyn Doslney, 24, was charged with having occasioned bodily harm to Roy Correy by wanton driving. The…

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Smart Police Work

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

Sometime during Sunday afternoon the Milltown Hotel, Bathurst South was entered by the breaking of a back window and a small amount of…

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Motor Breaches Fines at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 1

Several offenders, all of whom pleaded guilty, were fined by Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday for branches of the motor…

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Cheeseman's Creek Assault Case

Leader · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 1

On Wednesday, March 30. a fight occurred in the bar of the Central Hotel. Summer Street, between Gus and Edward Madder), of Borenore, and…

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A Bold Theft. Melbourne

Leader · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 2

At [?] to-day, while thousands of people were in Swanson Street, a man opened a show-case in Fay's jewellery window, and took out a…

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The Gaol Escapee Narrandera

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 2

The police are hot on the track of Herbert Robert Stanley, who escaped from Darlinghurst Court House last week and is now believed to be…

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[?]Es Death Sentence. C[?]ted to 10 Years' Gaol. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 3

[?] a meeting of the Executive Counheld to-day, the death sentence [?]ed on Adrian William Jones, who are to a girl's hair at North…

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Caged-in Court Mussolini's Methods Trial of Alleged Assassins London

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 2

A Rome message states that enclosed in an iron cage and strongly guarded by military, Pito Zanboni, an ex Deputy, and a war here, faced the…

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Mudgee Police Court a Light List Language Cases

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

MR. E. A. Prior, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Mudgee Police Court on Monday. A DOUBLE CHARGE…

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Girl Assaulted a Dealer Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

Sidney Reginald Short, 23, a dealer has charged at the Central Police Court to-day, with having committed a serious offence upon a woman at…

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54 OFFENCES Young Man's Record Three Years' Gaol

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

Albert Williams, 26, a motor mechanic, pleaded guilty before Judge Scholes st.the Quarter Sessions to-day to five offences. They were…

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Police Promotions Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

In the latest, list of police promotions to take effect from April 1, appears the name of third, class inspector F. G. Byrne; of Dubbo, who has…

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Arbitration Court Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. E. A. Drake-Brockman, formeily a Senator for Western Australia has been appointed a Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. A…

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New Court House Preliminary Arrangements

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 30

Mr. W. Balley, contractor for the building of the new Court House, Crown Lands and Forestry offices was in town last Friday. He…

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Failed Prisoners' Daring Plot Attempted Escape at Bathurst Gaol Assistance from Outside a Sensational Story

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

One of the most daring, though unsuccessful attempts to escape from Bathurst Gaol, has Just been disclosed. The plot and its…

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