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

Courts & crime, 1907

394 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 20

Small Debts Court

Western Champion · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 13

At the sitting of the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before the Police Magistrate, verdicts were given for the plaintiff in each of the following…

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Queensland Sensation. Murder by a Mad Afghan

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 15

NEWS received from Richmond, North Queensland, states that on Saturday night Champter, an Afghan hawker, went mad, and from his caravan shot…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, July 3Rd. Before Messrs J McKensey, P.M. (Chairman) and J G Lackey L.M.

Western Champion · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 11

RENEWAL.—The application of F Mazoudier (for whom Mr Commins appeared) for a renewal of his license for the Occidental Hotel was granted,…

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Shocking Murder. An Alleged Confession

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 7

A SHOCKING murder took place at Enmore either on Sunday night or early on Monday morning, an old lady named Mary Macnamara (73)…

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"Pedlar" Palmer. Faints in Court

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 6

Thomas ("Pedlar") Palmer, the well-known pugilist, was on May 3th. at Croydon. committed for trial at the Guilford Assizes on a charge of the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 10Th Instant. (Before Mr. Byrnes, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

John Hays for being drunk was fined 10/-Patrick Noton for unlawfully assaulting John Hays was fined 20/- or 7 days. Constable Rowe was the arresting…

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The Police of the Coast

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 3

Now that thre is little or no smuggling, there is an impression that coastguards have very easy lives. the summer months, when the…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, July 9th

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

Before Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.M. and A. Smith and F. Neeld, [?], Js.P RENEWALS OF LICENSES William Wheeler applied for…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday 10Th Inst. (Before Mr Byrnes, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

Hannah M. Deeley v. Chas Gwilliam Claim £3/7/3,. goods sold and cash lent. Messrs Phillips and Finn appeared for…

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Police Court Wednesday, July 8. (Before Mr J. MeKensey, P.M.)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 5

Police v Major Smith, being on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Smith pleaded guilty and was fined £1, 6s costs…

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Police Court. Wednesday, July 17Th. (Before Mr J McKensey. P.M.)

Western Champion · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 15

MAINTENANCE.—In the application of the Master in Lunacy for an order against W L Clarke for the maintenance of a patient in the Callan Park…

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Facts Established at Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 7

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

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Cold Blooded Murder

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 3

Charged with the murder of hie 7-year-old step-son, a man named Thoussean has confessed at Chinon in France, that he threw the boy into…

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Police Court. Wednesday 24Th Inst. (Before Mr Byrnes, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

Robert Whittaker and Norman Armstrong were each fined 1/- and 6/- costs for riotous behaviour. Constable Wilson stated the facts of the cases…

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Police Responsible

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 8

The police were the defendants in a case of an unusual character at the Southwark County Court yesterday, 28th January…

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Over the Garden Wail. Wisdom From a Magistrate

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

A lady complained to Mr Fordham, at the North London Police Court on the 8th of May, that some young men from a neighboring house came…

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Over the Garden Wall. Wisdom From a Magistrate

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 6

A lady complained to Mr Fordham, at the North London Police Court on the 8th of May that some young men from a neighboring house came…

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The Crumpe Murder. Further Details. "A Lost Inheritance."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 5
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

A dramatic tale was told by the police at the Portsmouth Town Hall yesterday (23rd May), when John Langford Crumpe, a feeble old man of aristocratic…

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Blunder in Identity. Seven Against Ten. Police Prove Accused Innocent

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 6

A remarkable instance of mistaken identity was revealed at Clerkenwell Sessions yesterday, April 26th. For the prosecution seven youths and…

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