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

Courts & crime, 1906

407 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 21

Warden's Court Tuesday, March 18th. (Before Mr Warden Dove.)

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

Prince of Wales Co. v. H. Tally. Claim for calls, £12. Mr Evans for plaintiff, and Mr Coonan for defendant, who did not appear…

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War Stores Scandals. Court-martial at Chelsea. Accused's Statement. the Meyer Rebate of £20,323

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Staff-Sergeant Major Arthur Mansfield Hilton, of the 11th Company, Army Service Corps, who was arrested at Queenstown during Christmas week, Just as he…

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Attempted Murder

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 1

Robert Mills, a railway employee at Narrabri was arrested yesterday on a charge of attempting to shoot his wife. Mrs Mills had refused to live with him…

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Police Court. Thursday March 16Th, 1906. (Before Messrs W. Maitland and R. J. Parker J's.P

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

James Scott on remand was charged with assaulting at Fifield on March 5th last, James Meldrum and causing him grievious bodily harm…

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Sentenced to Death

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 13

ONE of the most extraordinary criminal trials heard in a Sydney Court has just been concluded, when the boy Thomas John Quinlan, aged…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 21Se March. (Before Mr J. McKenney, P.M.)

Western Champion · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 13

POLICE V PIDDING—Fred. Pidding, on remand from the 7th instant, was charged with refusing to give his name and address when demanded under the…

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Late Police Inquiry

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 1

IN last week's issue it was stated that the police inquiry was in connection with complaints lodged by members of the local police force against each…

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Small Debts Court

Western Champion · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 13

MCGLYNN V. JONES.—This case was a claim for goods supplied to the value of £11 9s 8d. Mr Commins for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant…

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Christmas Dat Murder. a Family Quarrel. Death of a Guardsman

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 6

George Long, aged 20, of Princelet street. Spitalfields, was charged on 26th December at the Worship-street Police Court with the wilful murder of Private…

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Wyalong Police Court. Tuesday, March 20Th. (Before Mr. W. R. Dove, P.m.) Alleged Sunday Selling. Charges Under the Liquor Act

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

James Murdock (Hospital Wardsman), James Collins, Patrick Gately, Arthur Hare and William Ryan (miners), were charged jointly with being found on the hotel…

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Small Debts' Court. Tuesday, March 20, 1906. (Before Mr W. R. Dove, P.M.)

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

W. D Tucker v. W. Gunn. Goods supplied, £5 5s 10d. Mr Coonan for plaintiff. Mr Evans for defendant, who pleaded not indebted and…

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Murder of a Baby. Artist's Wife Charged

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

Beatrice Noble Young, the wife of an ArtIst living in the village of Normandy, between Farnham and Guildford. was charged before a Farnham magistrate…

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In a Berlin Police Court. a Veritable Jeremiah

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

Jeremiah Douglas, a pure-bred West Indian negro, got into trouble the other day in Berlin. At the police court he vastly amused his hearers by his…

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Another Tunnel Murder. Kursaal Manager Killed. Robbed of L14,000. Two Arrests

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

According to the London "Daily Telepraph," M. Durel, manager of the Geneva Kursaal, was robbed and murdered in an express between Lyons and…

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Divorce Court, Baptismal Infelicities.. Names with a Fatality About Them

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 1

I the Divorce Court on Thursday last before Air Justice Simpson, John [?] a farmer and grazier of [?] petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with…

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Alleged Stealing

Western Champion · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 13

At the local Police Court on Monday before Messrs W T Nicholson and W Metcalfe, J's.P., Joseph Thomas was charged with having stolen the sum of…

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Murder and Romance

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 9

As a bridal party were going into the parish, church at Sassari, Italy, on February 7, a woman ran out from among the spectators and stabbed the…

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Canowindra Police Court. MONDAY,MARCH 26. (Before J. Boyd, Esq., J.P.)

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

Owen Daley pleaded guilty to a charge of a drunk and disorderly on the night of the 25th inst, and was admonished and discharged…

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Wyalong Police Court. Thursday, March 27, 1906. (Before Mr. W. R. Dove, P.M.)

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

C. Morris, on two charges of being drunk and using profane language, pleaded guilty and was fined 2s 6d for the first offence and the second 30s, expenses 6s, or…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 3

"Having in his possession, and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, live ingots of gold and some scrap gold, valued at Ls09."…

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