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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 6 of 85

Policeman Before Court Charges of Drunkenness and Language Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day charges of alleged drunkenness and indecent language were preferred against Constable Arthur Edmunds…

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"Shining Eyes" Girls' Slumbers Disturbed Intruder Charged at Police Court Committed for Trial

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

When a daughter of Mr. Hilton Sherman of 29 Rankin Street, was awakened from her slumbers at 2 o'clock on Thursday. morning last she…

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The Unemployed Demonstrators in Melbourne. Charged by Mounted Police. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

Mounted police were forced to charge on several occasions to disperse unemployed demonstrators to-day and several people were knocked over. 14…

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Was He Drunk? a Constable Charged Sydney Monday

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

Police officials and public crowded No. 2 Central Police Court to-day to hear charges of alleged drunkenness and indecent language preferred…

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"Menace to Society" Man's Behaviour in Machattie Park Sentenced to Six Months

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

William Thomas Collins, a middle aged man and a returned soldier was sentenced to six months' hard labor by Mr. W. S. Bromhead, at the…

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Poker and Punch Row at Local Hotel. Police Charge Fails

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

Chrismas Eve amenities at the Globe' Hotel, William Street where a boarder entertained some friends at a card party had a sequel at the Bathurst…

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Alleged Gold Makers German Swindlers Sentenced MUNICH

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The trial was begun to-day of an emulator of Heinrich Kurgschligden, who was sentenced to eighteen months for fraud, after he had claimed he…

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Railway Frauds a Laborer Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Albert Wiggins (28) a laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on ten charges of forgery and uttering in connection with railway…

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Domain Stabbing a Waiter Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Charged with, having on January 18 assaulted Oliver McCauley, occasioning actual bodily harm, Arthur Vincent Stuckey (22), a walter, was remanded…

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Melbourne Communists Have Clash with Police

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

In Melbourne a procession of Communists, some of whom were armed with batons, was broken up by the police. Mounted troopers, and foot…

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ALLEGED S.P. SHOP Raid at Orange Father and Son Charged ORANGE

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

At the Orange Police Court Thomas Gardener was charged with having kept a room in Piesley Street, for the purpose of betting, and his son…

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Council Abolition Appeal Application to High Court

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Before the Full Court of the High Court hearing began in Melbourne yesterday of the appeal by the Government of New South Wales against…

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Betting Alleged. (Two Men in Court Solicitor’s Point Overruled

Leader · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

As a sequel to a visit made by the [?] to [?] known as [?] room to Pelsley [?] two well-known men appeared…

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Upper House Question of Abolition Appeal to High Court MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

The New South Wales Government's appeal against the decision of the State Pull Court restraining it from presenting for Royal Assent the bills…

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AVALANCHE Police Buried BERLIN

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 2

An avalanche engulfed a squad of Bavarian police when ski-practising in the Badoelz Mountains. Two hundred rescuers were…

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Buckley's Beard Removed by Authority the Murder Story

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 4

Richard Buckley, who is serving a life sentence at Pentridge for the murder of Mr. T. R. V. Berriman at Glenferrie in 1923, has been obliged…

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Mountain Avalanche Engulfs Police Squad. Berlin

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

An avalanche engulfed a squad of Bavarian police, while undergoing skiing practice in the mountains of Badoltz. Two hundred rescuers…

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Good Men and True Return Remarkable Verdict Following Murder Admission Paris

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

The proverbial uncertainty of the jury system was illustrated at the Seine Assizes to-day, when a stonemason named Thill was charged with…

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Upper House High Court Reserves Judgment Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 2

The High Court to-day reserved judgment in the case in which the New South Wales Government is appealing against the decision of the…

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Refusing Duty Seamen Sentenced London

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

After hearing evidence similar to that offered at yesterday's court-martial of the seamen from the submarine depot ship Lucia for refusing duty,…

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