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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 7 of 72

Burglary at News[?]

Leader · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 8

On Tuesday morning [?] police were informed tha[?] residence near Newbridge broken into and [?] suit of…

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Boxer Charged with Abduction. Sydney

Leader · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

William Joseph Esler, 22, described as a boxer, appeared before the Cen[?] Court to-day on e charge of having abducted Eileen McBurney aged…

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The Parkes Assault Further Sentence for T

Leader · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 8

Alexander Robert Georg[?] who was committed for trial [?] Police Court last Wednesda[?] Quarter Sessions in March [?]…

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Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, January 27. (Before E. A. Prior, P.m..) Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

Thomas Campbell was fined 5- or 2 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness in Main street the previous day. CASE ADJOURNED…

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Charged with Murdering His Brother. Fel[?] Re[?] SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

At the Ashfield Police Court to-day Albert Fel[?] 24, a laborer, was clo[?] m[?]dering odaw da[?] charged with having feloniously and…

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Street Murder Frenchman Granted Bail. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

On behalf of Pierre Morisset, who has been charged with the manslaughted of a boy following a shooting affray at Darlinghurst, on New…

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Committed for Murder. French Cook’s Crime. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

The City Coroner to-day committed for trial Pierre Mousset a cook, on a charge of having murdered George Francis Dunne, aged 16, who was shot…

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Over a Girl Young Man Stabbed Charge of Murder TAMWORTH

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Cyril Honess, aged 26, a laborer was killed in a stabbing affray, outside a dance hall at Currabubula last night. Richard Taylor, aged 21, a…

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4 Years' Gaol Bigamous Constable Sentenced LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

An ex-London policeman named John Henry Tyers, who bigamously married Miss Rose Bennett, following a courtship on his beat in 1920,…

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Baker Charged with Abduction. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Charles Edward Lindsay, 42. a baiter, was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having abducted Annie Francis Collier,…

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Theft From an Ice Chest. Lost Money Recovered

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 18

Some time on Friday night, January 14th, between closing and opening time on Saturday morning, the sum of £45 was stolen from an ice chest at the…

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Police Make a Raid. Alleged Betting Shops Visited. Eighteen Men Arrested

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 18

The excellently-planned and well-carried-out raid on alleged betting shops in Orange on Saturday afternoon last at 2.30 caused a sensation amongst…

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Windiyer Police Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 6

It will come with somewhat of a shock to residents in the Windeyer district to learn that in future they must rely on their own good right arms for the proteetion of their persons and property The District police station is to be closed and the officer in charge withdrawn…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 28th, 1927 (Before C.T. Wood, J.p.). Drunkenness

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

William Power was charged with drunkenness in Waratah lane the previous day and was fined 5. or the rising of the court…

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Convicted for Vagrancy. Two Youths in Court

Leader · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 1

John William Rogan and John Ma[?]rice Brown, both 18 years of age, were before the Orange Cour[?], on Saturday morning, charge with…

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Constable in Court Fined for Assaulting Civilian Rough and Tumble in Oberon Street Alleged Improper Overtures to Women

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

A case which caused considerable local excitement was heard at the Oberon Police Court on Friday, when Mounted Constable Alfred G…

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Youthful Shoplifter a Magistrate's Warning SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

"I do not like sending a child to Long Bay, but if you come here again there will be no leniency shown you," said Mr. Gates, S.M., at the Central…

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Assault and Robbery Gang Leader Committed SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

When James Cowl, 29, appeared at the Redfern Police Court to-day, to answer a charge of having, with other men, assaulted Alfred Jones, and…

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Killed by Car Driver Charged with Man-Slaughter

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 3

The death of Mrs. Mary McGregor, at Mosman on Saturday was referred to at the North Sydney Police Court to-day, when Timothy Reid 36,…

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Oberon Street Fight. Ends in Police Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 3

At the Oberon police, court on Friday, before Mr. Scobie, P.M., Horace Wilkie Inglis was charged with riotous behavior at Oberon on January 11. He…

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