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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

407 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 19 of 21

The Towns Police Act

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

The local police notify that after Saturday 17th (to morrow) the above Act will be applied strictly in regard to wandering stuck within the boundaries…

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Obley Court News

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 12

AT the Obley Police Court on 10th instant the case W. Barber v. A. J. Lovett (agent for Wright, Heaton & Co.), alleged detention of a horse, was…

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Society "Raffles." Robberies in Millionaires Homes. Police Watching a House Party

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 4

From New York, on 5th September, [?] "Daily Mail" correspondent writes— Recently cases of robl[?]ry have taken place among the fashionable colony [?]…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 14th INSTANT. (Before Mr. Byrnes, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 5

James Pullen was fined 2/6 and 6/- costs for neglecting to semi his child to school. A similar charge against Frederick Moxom was postponed till the 27th instant…

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Mansion Outrage. Assault and Robbery. Hunt for the Robber

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 9

The London "Express" of 8th September, reports that a daring daylight robbery, accompanied by a murderous assault was perpetrated at Coombe House,…

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Police Court. Tuesday November 13th. Before Mr W. R. Dove, P.M. Public School Cases

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 2

The pupils revenue was assisted by the inflietion of lines on parents for not sending their children to either the West Wyalong, Wyalong,…

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Licening Court. Tuesday November 13th. Before Mr Warden Dove P., and Mr Fred Neeld Sen L.M. Applications for Removal of Hotel License

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 2

Minnie Curry Lisensee of Royal Hotel, Marsden, deposed. Pay £30 per annum as rent. The premises are owned by Mr Carter. Have…

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Wardens Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 2

A case that caused a considerable amount of interest in mining circles was heard before Mr McKensey, Mining Warden, at the local Court on…

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Police Court. Breach of the Masters and Servants Act. S. J. WAITE v ROBT. McKESZIE

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 8

S. J. Waite, grazier, stated--The defendant is a shearer who started to shear at my place, Bimbella, on Oct. 13 and shore 13 sheep altogether. He…

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Facts Established at Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 4

In an action, the cause of which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentations by an imitating company which was tried before his Honor…

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Facts Established at Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1906 · page 7

In an action, the cause of which, was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentations by an imitating company which was tried before his Honor…

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Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 13

At the Police Court on the 19th inst Henry Case was fined 20s for being drunk in Clarinda street—On the 20th Waiter Sterling, on suspicion of being,…

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Sensation in a Gaol

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 9

A SENSATIONAL occurrence took place in Parramatta Gaol on Friday. It appears that the Deputy-Governor, Mr. Quaine, had all the prisoners lined…

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Lady's Necklace. Count Charged with Theft

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 4

From Paris on 18th September the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Count Hubert Cahen d'Auvers, a…

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Masked Poisoners. Street Murder at Rheims. I

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 7

A strange affair, the circumstances [?] which recall the times of the Borglas, is reported from Rheims. A man named Cholsy, living in the…

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The London Police. Do Children Fear Them ? Answers in Essays. Quaint Opinions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 3

London's children's true opinions of policemen have just been revealed in an interesting series of essays written by boys and girls attending…

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German Creek Murder

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 4

THE Cabinet has decided that the law shall take its course in the case of the lad John Raymond Brown, sentenced to death at the recent sittings of the…

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Court Day. Monday, November 26Th., 1906. Police Court. (Before H. Byrnes, Esq., P.M.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 2

The following were fined 10/- and 6/- costs each for Laving failed to register dogs—Messrs Leonard (2 dogs), Fong Kwong Sing, William Ryan, Geo…

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Changes in the Police

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 19

As the passage of the Police Pension Bill, now before the New South Wales Parliament, is regarded as a foregone conclusion, there is considerable…

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In the Marquis' Orchard. Strange Charge of Theft. Case Dismissed

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 4

A shilling's worth of fruit belonging tr the Marquis of Winchester was the subject of an extraordinary charge of theft at Andover recently…

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