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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 23 of 72

Lithgow Police Court. Friday, May 6, 1927. (Before R. Donaldson, J. P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 1

John Cummings (42) pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Main -street the previous day. It was stated he was staggering about among a…

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Portland Police Court Wednesday, May 4, 1927. (Before H. H. Farrington, P. M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 2

Police v. Thomas McHugh, illegally on licensed premises on Good Friday, Constable Bacon detailed how he found McHugh on the premises of the…

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Twenty Years Sentence. for Mission Steamer Murder. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 1

At the central criminal court this morning, Toaura, a Gilbert Islander, appeared in answer to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death…

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Assault at a Picture Show

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, the adjourned assault case of Albert Edward Kilby, dairyman, of Wolarol. Kelso, against Regenald Carney…

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20 Years' Gaol Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to day, Toauru, the Gilbert Inlander who was found guilty on a charge of manslaughter, in connection with the…

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Motor Fatality. Car Driver Charged. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to-day, Arthur Morgan Martin, 37. a motor driver, was charged with feloniously slaying Witham Perry, in Cleveland…

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Old Man Killed Motor Driver Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 2

Charged with having ' feloniously alula William Perry, an old mau, hi a busy city 6treet yesterday, Arthur Martin,.37, a motor driver appeared at the Central Police Court Uwlav. The police In unking for a remand…

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Cafe Tragedy Young Man Charged With Manslaughter SYDNEY Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 2

The Sydney police to-day arrested Vincent Young, 21, and charged him with the manslaughter of Patrick Fitzpatrick, 39, who died as the result…

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Marriage As Sequel. to Serious Assault on Child. Sydney, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 1

When Vincent Joseph Chapman, aged 22, who pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst sessions this morning, before Judge Cohen, to having committed a…

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Conviction Quashed Full Court's Unanimous Decision SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 2

The full Court of Criminal appeal to-day unanimously quashed the conviction recorded again Arthur Collas at the Darlinghurst Sessions, who…

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New Portland Hotel. Case Before Licensing Court. The Shortage of Accommodation

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 2

A case of considerable interest to hotelkeepers and residents of Portland, was commenced at the Lithgow Court House yesterday morning, when an…

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12 Months' Gaol Motor Driver Sentenced SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 2

Five previous convictions for dangerous driving were mentioned against Ernest Bringolf, 24. a garage proprietor who was sentenced at…

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Mudgee Police Court Welcome to New P.M. Trespassers Penalised

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 9

Mr. H. H. Farrington, Mudgee's new Police Magistrate, presided for the first time at the local Court House on Monday when the legal…

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Trunk Murder. London, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 1

Detectives have definitely established that the port in which the decomposed body of a woman was discovered at Charing Cross station was…

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Lithgow Police Court. Monday, May 9. (Before R. Donaldson, J.p.) Indecent Behavior

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 2

Ernest John Parkes and Frank Stanley Woods were charged with indecent behavior the previous night. Sergt. Madden said this offence was…

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6 Months' Gaol Found in Nurse's Bedroom SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 2

Daniel Walker, 50, a laborer, who was found in a nurse's bedroom at St. Luke's Private Hospital on May 8. was sentenced to six months'…

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Police Services Recognised BRISBANE

National Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 2

In recognition of their work during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Brisbane over 300 members of the Queensland police force…

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A. L. P. DISPUTE Court Case Adjourned SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 3

When the hearing of the A.L.P. case was resumed at the Central Police Court to-day, application was made by Mr. Hickey, solicitor for…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, May 12. (Before H. H. Harrington, P.m.) Motor Offences

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 6

Frank Klohn was charged with turning a coiner in Main-street, in contravention to the Act. He pleaded guilty and was fined 36, with 8 costs, of…

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The Wagga Murder. Jealousy the Cause

Leader · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 7

Jealousy was seemingly the motive for the tragedy at Wagga on Friday night, wherein a girl of 19 years of age, Hiss E[?]on Elizabeth Ann (Nellie)…

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