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

Courts & crime, 1931

1,690 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 85

30 Months' Gaol a Defrauding Solicitor BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

James Hayes, solicitor, was to-day sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment with hard labor for the theft of £200 the property of William…

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Miss Wooton's Coat a Seaman Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

Kenneth Bunting Wilson (21) a seaman, was remanded till February, 23 at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having on or about…

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Stealing Charge £50 Motor Cycle Young Man Sent for Trial

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

Alleged to have stolen a motor cycle belonging to Clement Todd and valUed at £50. John Boyling (21), was committed for. trial by Mr. W. S. Bromhead…

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Youth Charged Petrol from Tipping's Garage Drove Away Without Paying Case Dismissed—no Guilty Intent

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 1

Ralph Douglas Bray, 19, an ex-student of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, was charged before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, S.M. at…

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Erambie Burglary

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

Henry Lawrence Briggs was [?] on a charge of breathing and entering G. N. McGill’s [?] and stealing a watch and…

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5 Years' Gaol South Australian M.L.A. Sentenced Dramatic Statement From Dock Adelaide

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

Albert Augustine Edwards (40), a member or the Legislative Assembly, who was charged with an offence against a boy, was to-day sentenced…

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Youths Sent to Gaol

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

Two [?] residents— Harry Thomas Cornwall and Harold John Ford pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering M. M…

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Shot Fired Mounted Constable After Fleeing Couple Man Areested After Desperate Struggle 4 Months Gaol for Assault

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

Firing a shot into the air as a last expedient to effect the capture of a man and woman in a cart, Constable George Shicls,…

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Police Spies

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

At the Forbes Court. Mr. Mellion, who appeared for J. F. Le Brocque, proprietor of the Lachlan wine depot, charged with selling wine during…

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Poisin in Porridge a Grazier Charged Milton

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

Great local interest was displayed in the case in which William James Rixon a grazier, was charged with…

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Moratorium Act. Application to Court

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 4

The first case arising out of the newly-passed Moratorium Act was heard at the Orange Court, on Monday,…

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Preference to Unionists Important High Court Decision Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 2

The High Court by a majority to-day dismissed an application by shipowners and stevedoring companies for a declaration that regulations passed by…

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Seven Injured in Lorry Accident Collision Near Bathurst Lithgow Police Make Inquiries Bathurst, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

Seven persons were injured, one seriously, when a lorry overturned, after a collision with another vehicle laden with wool, on the Orange-road…

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Charge of Stealing Torch

National Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

Before Mr. A. B4 Burgess J.P., at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, John William Clark, 23, was charged with having on February 17 at…

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Alleged Theft of Money

National Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

Cecil Herbert McCray, 27, hairdresser, was charged at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday with having at Bathurst on February 14 stolen £20…

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Eaten by Wolves Magistrate and Priest BUCHAREST

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

A magistrate and a priest from the village of Paramurat were driving on a sled, when a pack of wolves, driven from the mountains…

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Released From Gaol Notorious Man-Woman SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

Eugene Falleni, the man-woman, was released from Long Bay Gaol last night. In 1920, she was sentenced to life imprisonment for the…

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Delectable Melbourne Maniac Apparently at Large Third Brutal Assault in Week Melbourne, this afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 1

Marjorie Cox, of Ravenswood, was the victim of a brutal attack, last night. She was struck on the head in her home with a blunt instrument…

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Murder of Mena Griffiths McMAHON Released Without Trial Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 1

The Crown Law Department has entered a nolli prosequi in the case in which Robert McMahon is charged with the murder of Mena Griffiths at…

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Police and Chinese. Alleged Brutal Attack Sergeant and Constable Charged Sequel to Opium Raid Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 2

At the Central Summons Court to-day before Mr. McDougall, S.M., Sergeant William Patrick Jennings, a member of No. 2 police station and…

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