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

Courts & crime, 1935

1,592 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 80

Paltry Theft Railway Man Convicted 17 Years' Honorable Record Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 3

William Patrick McGrath (62), a railway employee, who appeared before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, S.M., in the Bathurst Police Court yesterday…

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Racehorse Stolen Woman Assaulted Three Men Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 2

The sequel to the alleged wrongful removal of the New Zealand racehorse Supreme Court from stables during the weekend was the appearance at…

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Settled Out of Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 2

Just as Mr. W. S. Bromhead S.M. was about to declare that a case would be struck our owing to the nonappearance of parties, an the…

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Conditions in Papua Police Chief' s Experience Interesting Interview

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 3

The thoughts of two men in Bathurst at the moment turn to Papua. Those interested aret Messrs. S. Elliott-Smith, whose home is in the…

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Orange Bicycle Thief Sentenced

Leader · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

Walter Jeffrey Rawlings (20), at the Dubbo Court on Monday, vas sentenced to three months' hard labor in Bathurst Gaol, on a charge of…

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Warden’s Court

Leader · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

Authority to enter was g[?]anted Call, John Allan Powell, Eg[?]ond Grimson Cyril Clande Dean and Roy R. Taylor by Mr. M. J. Ryan P.M.,…

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Parkes Farmer Threatened With Gaol Action by Judge in Bankruptcy Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

The Judge in Bankruptcy, Mr Justice Lukin, to-day issued a warrant committing John Fence, a bankrupt Parkes farmer, to gaol for contempt…

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Tallarook Murder Jones on Trial Admission of Accused Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice McFarlane and jury in the Criminal Court to-day, Charles Geoffrey Jones. 24, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having…

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Conditions in Papua Police Chief's Experience Interesting Interview

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

The thoughts of two men in Bathurst at the moment turn to Papua. Those interested aret Messrs. S. Elliott-Smith, whose home is in the…

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Police Regulations Bill Important Amendment Passed Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

When the amendments by the Legislative Council to the Police Regulations (Amendment) Bill came before the Legislative Assembly this…

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Admiral for Court- Martial Aftermath of Hood-renown Collision London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 2

As a result of the collision between H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Renown last month Rear-Admiral Bailey and Capt. Tower of the Hood and Capt…

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Mining Court Sitting At Lithgow (Before the Warden. A. N. Graham)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

A sitting of the court was held yesterday at the court house. S. J. Miller and W. Leach, of Sydney, who did not appear, failed in an…

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Ten Years' Gaol Melbourne, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 1

At the Criminal Court to-day Charles Jones, who was convicted of the manslaughter of James Ross, whose body, weighted with stones…

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Warden's Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 4

HARRY Hazeil, of Buckaroo, successfully applied at the Mudgee Warden's Court on Monday for an authority to enter for…

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Tallarook Murder Jones Guilty of Manslaughter MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 3

A finding, not guilty of murder, but of manslaughter, was recorded against Charles Geoffrey Jones, charged with the murder of James Albert…

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Naval Collision Court-martial London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 2

Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the recent collision between H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Renown and the pending court-martial…

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"A Nuisance" Young Man Effore Court Fined and Bound Over

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 2

STATED by the police to be a nuisance in the town and to have threatened to blow a man's brains out, William Wall…

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Battleships in Collision Admiral and Captain to Face Court Martial First Since War LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 2

As a result of the collision between H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Renown, Hear Admiral Bailey and Captain Tower, of the Hood, and Captain…

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10 Years Gaol Murder of Lubra Two Blacks Sentenced Alice Springs

National Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 7

Two aboriginals, Numberin and Nangee, who had killed Kaiumen, a member of their tribe because he showed a secret of the tribe to his…

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Two Years' Gaol Aborigines Sentenced Alice Springs

Leader · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 5

Found guilty of murdering the native Kafumen, the two aborigines. [?] and Nangee, were to-day sentenced to two years' Imprisonment…

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