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

Courts & crime, 1929

1,839 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 92

Alleged Unstamped Receipt. Lithgow Woman Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Elsie Hankins pleaded not guilty, before the P.M. at Lithgow police court on Friday to having issued an Unstamped receipt for £410 to the…

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Fine and Gaol "Menace to City." Mayfair Cabaret

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 9

"This place is a menace to the city, and the worstconducted cafe in Sydney. Young girls frequent it." said Serveant Russell at Sydney Central…

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Robbery at Gulgong Post Ofcige Burgled Another Week-end Theft

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 3

Yesterday week four business premiees in Gulgong were visited by thieves, and Watt Bros, butchers, suffered to the extent of £48…

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Cricket Fracas Police Prevent Slaughter Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 10

A number of cricketers attacked one another with bals, stumps and balls in Moore Park last night. Several were injured and had to be…

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Lithgow Police Active. Two Raids at Week-end

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 1

A party of local police conducted a raid on the billiard saloon occupied by Mr. J. Graham in Main-street about 9…

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Man Charged with Arson. Explosion Wrecks ’Bas Garage. Fire Follows; £10,000 Damage. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Over £10,000 damage was caused by a terrific explosion which wrecked Bardeley’s motor ’bus garage, al Pes[?]rst, early this morning. The police…

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Lithgow Police Association. Annual Smoke Concert. an Outstanding Success

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

The second annual smoko concert of the Lithgow branch of the Police Association, in the Hoskins Memorial Institute on…

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Jockey Ellis' Death Taken Before Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 1

A pathetic figure was Alfred Wrigley Ellis (52), fishmonger, as he stood in the dock of the Central Police Court yesterday, charged with…

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Fire at Penshurst Garage. Man Before Court. Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 1

At the Central Court this morning Dawson Moyes, aged 25, a mechanic, was charged with having maliciously set fire to a motor garage, owned by…

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Coonabarabran Council a Developmental Road. New Court House Not Granted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 5

Among the business dealt with at Hie last monthly meeting of the Coonabarabran Shiro Council., was a letter from Mr. H. C. Carter, enclosing…

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Death From Poisoned Chocolates. Alister Clark Before Court. 6 Doctors--37 Witnesses. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court this morning of Alister Jenner Clark (24), a salesman, who is…

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Started a Fire Grazier Fined £2 Important Case at Bathurst Police Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

A charge under the Careless Use of Fire Act was preferred against Samuel Bennett, a grazier of Lowis Ponds, before Mr. Bromhead S.M.,…

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Garage Explosion a Mechanic Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 3

David Moyes (32), a mechanic, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day charged [?]th having maliciously set fire to a motor garage at…

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Timber Trouble Police to Protect Free Laborers Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 2

The police [?]d to-day for [?] for the t[?] in the [?] dispute S[?] S\[?] will have…

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Mr. Bromhead S.M. Welcomed in Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

Mr. W. S. Bromhead, Bathurst's new Stipendiary Magistrate, was warmly welcomed on taking his seat on the local Bench for the first time…

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Cuddling in Car Amusement in Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 3

There wore smiles in the Traffic Court to-day when Herbert Charles Edwards of Artarmon, was charged with having driven a motor car from…

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The Rockdale Assault. “Saw Doctor” Charged. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

In the Central Police Court, to-day, Charles Hopper 28 a saw doctor was charged in connection with the assault on the timber worker James…

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Poison in Chocolates Alleged Callous Wife Murder Further Extraordinary Evidence Clark Trial Continued SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 2

Public interest was continued to-day in the trial of A[?]s[?]er Jenner Clark who is charged with the murder of his first wife…

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Alleged Assault Young Man Charged Committed for Trial

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 33

At the Mudgee Police Court on Monday, before Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., George J. Jackson was charged with assaulting Rose…

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