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

Courts & crime, 1907

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Warden's Court. Wednesday, Dec. 12. (Before Mr Jim McKensey, Warden)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 7

W. A. Roberts v. T. A, Potter, to Show cause why authority to enter on portion of parish Condobolin should not be cancelled. Warden could not…

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Police Court

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 15

At the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. H. N. Gibson, J.P., Harry Godliman was fined 10s for indecent exposure and £2 for indecent language…

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Police Court MONDAY. Before Messrs Jeffreys and Fisher

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

THOMAS DWYER, (on remand) charged with inflicting grievous bodily havin on Alfred Quirk on 26th December. Mr. Cronnnelin for accused…

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Girl's Revenge. Murder of a Betrayer. " He Deserved to Die."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

On 30th October the correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" wrote from New York :— Another murder trial in which the…

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Cowardly Duellist. a Case of Murder

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 18

On 11th October the Madrid correspondent of the " Daily Mail" wrote from Madrid :—The Minister of Justice has ordered…

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Peak Hill Court

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 10

IN response to an application made by the Council asking that Peak Hill be appointed a place at which exclusive jurisdiction of the Small Debts Court…

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Mesmerism in Court. Girl Defendant Thrown into a Trance

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 8

PARIS.—An extraordinary scene was witnessed before a Judge at St. Quentin yesterday. Mile. Bar, a girl of 25, who is being prosecuted for illegally practising…

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A Traitor's Doom. Thieves Midnight Court Martial. a Scene in Paris

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

From Paris, in October last, the Paris correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" wrote:— An extraordinary case has just…

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Licensing Court, WEDNESDAY. 9th [?] ( Before Masers, Byrnes, P. M., and W. H. WORDSWORTH [?]

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

Mary Ann Hore was grated a renewal of the ileuses for the Royal Exchange Hotel, the license for being reduced to [?] A renewal of his colonial wine license was…

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Police Court. Friday, January 11th Before Mr Gibson, P.M.

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

Henry Murphy, Michael Rimmington, Sydney Pilon were charged with being found on the premises of the Commercial Hotel on Xmas…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 10

William Lowing, alias Smith, alias Midgie, on bail, was charged with indecently assaulting one Annie Elizabeth Brookbanks, a female above the…

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Canowindra Court Day. Police Court. (Before H. Burnes, Esq., P.m.) Under the Liquor Act

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Police v. Patrick Byrnes, charged with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, to wit at 10.30 a.m. on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1906…

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Licensing Court

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 10

AT the Licensing Court yesterday morning, before the Acting P.M., and Dr. Corfe, renewals of licenses were granted to Sidney Wildie, Commercial…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 17. Before the Acting P.M., Mr, H. Roberts. Breach of the Liquor Act

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 10

Albert G. Litchfield was charged with allowing Sidney Wildie to remain on his licensed premises during prohibited hours…

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Warden's Court. (Before Warden Byrnes.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Myring applied for suspension of labor conditions on the Blue Jacket louses for a period of three, months…

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Girl's Revenge. Murder of a Betrayer. "He Deserved to Die."

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 17

[?] 30th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from New York:— Another murder trial in which the…

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Gloucester Gaol-breaker's Recaptured. Tracked by Police

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

A Gloucester correspondent telegraphed to the "Dublin Warder" on 2nd November:—The four convicts who escaped from Gloucester on Thursday…

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Murder Temptations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

Murders of children for the sake of the ornaments with which fond but foolish parents deck them is a crime so common in India that it passes almost…

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Last Assault on Ladysmith

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 7

The decisive moment had arrived. The crisis had come. The day was closing in, and as the sun's rays waxed more dim, so the storm became more terrible…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 15Th Before Mr Gibson, P.M. After Hours

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

A batch of young men named R. Standen, C. Pickering, J. Mulball, Sinclair, Phillpor, Mathews and Smith were charged with being found…

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