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

Courts & crime, 1907

394 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 15 of 20

Telephone Murder. Day of Surprises. a Wife's Jealousy of Her Sister

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 5

The correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from Carlsruhe on 18th July:— Dr. Carl Hau, the young Washington…

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Small Debts Court. WEDNESDAY, 25th inst. (Before Mr. Byrnes, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 5

Reid, Smith and Co. versus Jacob Castles. Goods sold and delivered, £7/8/8. Verdict for the plaintiffs and 6/- costs…

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Bribing the Police. Bookmaker Says He Paid £800 to Constables

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 6

The sitting of the Police Commission at roe Westminster Guildhall yesterday (says an English paper of October 19) produced some astounding revelations…

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To the Editor. Extraordinary Doings in the Warden's Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 9

Without apologising in any way for occupying space in your paper I consider it necessary in the interests of the mining community as well as those…

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District Court Before Judge Rogers Daniels v Cattle Claim for £90

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

MR DIBBS, of Temora for plaintiff, Mr G. P Evans for defendant In this case the plaintiff sued for £90 for work and labour done in…

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Police Court. Wednesday, October 2Nd. (Before Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Alleged Assault

Western Champion · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 13

Andrew Kelly was charged at the instance of John W. Paull with assault on the 22nd September. Mr McIntosh appeared for the…

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Sentenced to Death

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 2

AT the Dubbo Circuit Court Reuben Henry Ward, porter at the Nyngan station, was charged with a capital offence on a woman, a waitress, aged…

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Circuit Court

Western Champion · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 13

His Honor the Chief Justice passed the following sentences at the Dubbo Circuit Court:—George Ashby, for maliciously killing a horse, the…

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Licensing Court

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 11

At the Licensing Court yesterday, before The P.M. (Mr. Fletcher), Mr. J. D. Mackay and Dr. Corfe, renewals of publican's licenses were granted to…

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A Startling Confession. Arson and Murder

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 7

AT Glen Innes a man named William Riley has been remanded to Queensland on a charge of having wilfully set fire to a woolshed and murdering a…

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Police Court Thursday, October 3. BEFORE the P.M., Mr. J. W. Fletcher. Children's Protection Act

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 13

Bridget Parker was charged with having received into her custody a child under the age of three years, to wit Edna. Edith May Brodie aged…

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Police Court. Monday, September 29, 1907. (Before Messrs. J. Boyd and C. L. T. McDonagh, Js.P.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 2

Police v Cuthbert King, charged with stealing about 13 lbs. of dead wool valued at 3/-, the property of Ferguson Bros…

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Wife at Court Martial. a French Reservist Trial

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 6

There is a sad side to compulsory military service, as a story from a French provincial town proves. A man with a wife and five children,…

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Lady and Her Child Court of Appeal Story

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 4

The Court of Appeal on Saturday, 13th March, had before it an appeal by a lady named Mrs Pinckney from an order of the Divisional Court affirming an order of the…

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Famous Gaol-breaker. Braves the Police. Visits His Home

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 4
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

James Lynchehaun, the most famous prison-breaker of the past decade, whose extradition from America on a charge of being a fugitive after conviction for…

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£100 or Murder. Mr. Samuel Hordern Threatened

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 15

SOME time ago Mr. Samuel Hordern, the well-known Sydney merchant, received a threatening letter from a man in Brisbane. Mr. Hordern…

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Police Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 4

Wednesday.—Before Mr Dave, P.M. Chas. Dempsey, who looked very much damaged, was up on several charges. He was fined 10[?] for…

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Worth the Risk. Cashier's Remarkable Comment When Arrested for Theft

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 7

"I have been expecting this." said Percy Ferguson, when he was arrested in Brixton road on 2nd August. They have been a long time making up their…

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Small Debts Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 9

W. H. Wheatley v T. Tasker and Brewer, claim of £20 133 10d commission on sale of stock. Briefly stated, the case put forth by…

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