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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,686 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 85

Motor Cyclist Killed Crash Witt Police Patrol SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 2

Thomas Maloney 41 of Ryde was killed and Reginald Golding 35 of Camperdown, had his right thigh fractured when a motor cycle…

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Court Trappings Go. Sydney Judge Feels Heat. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 1

An amusing episode took place at the District Court to-day, when Judge Mocatta declared, "I can't work with all this harness on. It's very hot," and…

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A Clerk Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

The Police Prosecutor alleged that about £2000 had been embezzled altoge ther when Sydney Selmees (32) a clerk, was charged with embezzling…

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Gaol Before Starvation Out of Work Soldier's Action MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

At the City Court to-day George Richardson a returned soldier, was fined £2 in default 14 days and ordered to pay £19/10 damages, for…

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Illegal Operation Difficult Task for Police Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Following on an alleged Illegal operation Ambelia Provins (29). of Marrickville. died at the Women's Hospital in Sydney On Sunday…

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Murder and Suicide Father Kills Daughter Evidence at the Inquest SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

The Sydney Coroner held his inquiry into the deaths of Florence Green, aged 9. and her father, George. Green, aged 43 at Marrickville on…

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Wireless in Gaol Warder Resigns Sensation at Pentridge Gaol. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 2

After the discovery of two wire less sets in the prisoners' cells at Pentridge gaol a warder has tendered his resignation. The warder…

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No Where to Land German Sent to Gaol SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 3

Completing his second trip between Australia and New Zealand Rudolph Krest a German arrived in Sydney again by the Maunganui…

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6 Months' Gaol Man Who Posed as "Sir." SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 2

At the Central Police Court today Robert William Gunter was sentenced to six months' imprisonment after he had been found guilty of…

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Murder of Constable. Trial Continues. LONDON, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 1

The hearing was continued yesterday in the case which Kennedy and Brown the charged with the murder of Constable Gutteridge…

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Lithgow Police Court Monday, At MARCH 5. (Before C. Pickup and H. N. Fitzgerald, J's P.) Two Charges

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

Cecil John Keenan, for whom Arthur Edward Hawkins pleaded guilty, was fined 5s or 24 'hours' imprisonment for drunkenness in Main-street, on…

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Old Couple Robbed Three Women Charged Razor Gang's Alleged Threats SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 2

Reference to the razor gang was made in the Penrith Court to-day during the hearing of a care in which Elsie Fitzpatrick (25) was charged…

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Scene at Murder Trial. Wife Before Court. LONDON, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

The wife of Frederick Kennedy, one of the accused in the Gutteridge murder ease, was to-day charged with insulting behavior at the South-west…

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Three Years' Gaol SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 3

The case in which Albert Thompson, a company promoter, was charged with having obtained £1500 from two farmers in the Stroud…

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Dastardly Assault. Elderly Man Battered Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 22

In broad daylight in a fairly busy atreet, five men battered an elderly man a visitor to the city, into insensibility, and were in the…

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Life in a Fortress French Renegade Sentenced. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 3

A Paris message states that Laperre, accused of treason against both the French and Belgian armies, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a…

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Wedding Day Tragedy. Brutal Murder at Auckland AUCKLAND. N.Z..

National Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 2

Shortly before the time set down for her daughter's marriage to-day Mrs. Estelle Norgrove (39) was brutally, murdered at her home…

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Police Cell Sensation Accused Attempts Suicide MURWILLUMBAH

National Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 3

Edward Paxton (34) was to have appeared in Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to set fire to a house occupied at the time by his…

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Ball Refused Alleged Vile Outrage on Woman Four Men Charged Woman's Statements Denied SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 2

The four men who were arrested yesterday in connection with the assault upon a young married woman appeared at the Central police…

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"Not Wisely, But Too Well" Solicitor's Allegations in in Darlinghurst Case. But Magistrate is Adamant. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 2

Leslie James Heath (35), a broker, was charged at the Criminal Court this morning with having committed a serious offence on Mrs. Ada Mavis…

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