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

Courts & crime, 1908

253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 13

Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 12

At the Police Court on Tuesday last Alberts Zukunft, charged with obtaining goods to the value of £3 by moans of false pretences, to wit, a valueless…

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Pearl As Murder Club. the Arvedi Mystery. Who Stabbed Him ?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

Our Rome correspondent telegraphs that a strange clue has come to light' in the Foligno train murder. On the arrival of the Rome-Verona express at…

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Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 12

At the Police Court on Tuesday Thomas Curran and William Watson, for indecent behaviour, were each fined 10s or 3 days. Edward Paterson,…

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Bankruptcy Court

Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 15

At this Court at Sydney on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Street, the following local case re G Plowman was heard…

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Police Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

Cnarles Heber charged with having used profane langaa[?]e, pleaded guilty, and was fined [?] 3 days Wyalong gaol…

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Sale of Dine Dine. the High Court Case. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, Mr Justice Barton, Mr Justice O'Connor, and Mr Justice Isaacs, last week in the High Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

Appeal was made from a deres of the Chief Judge in Equity, in an action with respect to the sale of a station property near Condobolin…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and [?] Representative Friday, May, 8. Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 12

At the Police Courton Wednesday, before Mr T. H. Lane J.P., Thomas Dunn, for drunkneness was fined 1s or of the Court. Bridget Foster for…

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Indian Murder Gang. Eight Crimes at Bangalore

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

A terrible series of murderg in the town of Bangalore to the south-east of Mysore have been traced (according to a cable dated 29th Febraury) to a…

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Police and Press. Latter's Aid Invoked

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

On the 14th February the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— The Berlin police headquarters request the "Daily Mail" to give…

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King Manoel's Firmness. Censures the Court Doctor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

King Manoel and the Government, continue with a firm hand to reestablish constitutional legality, wrote the "Daily Mail" correspondent…

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Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 10

At tha Police Court on the, 11th inst Robert Donovan and Jane Walsh, for drunkenness, were each fined [?] or imprisonment till the rising of the Court…

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Warden's Court WEDNESDAY Before Mr Warden Treatt

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 2

THE vicinity of the Court-house presented an unusual appearance on Wednesday morning, caused by the influx of a large number of the mining population of…

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Police Court. (Continued.)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 1

incorrectly drawn out. This being upheld by the P.M., the case was withdrawn. Same v. E. Milledge, non-destruction of a dead animal. Withdrawn…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 13, 1908. (Before C. Jennings, Esq., P.M.)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 1

Police versus Edwin Hemsworth, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, Condobolin, supplying drinks on Sunday, March 15th. Mr Cummins appeared for the defence,…

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Warden's Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 1

Catherine Brady applied for suspension [?] labor conditions on a mineral lease, parish Condobolin. Granted for three months. T. Taster applied for authority to enter…

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Police Court

Western Champion · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 13

At the Police Court on Saturday last Patrick Geuriu pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent language, and was fined 10s or three days.—On…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 12

At the Warden's Court on Wednesday, before Mr Jennings, the appli cation of T. Woodgate for a mining tenenent was approved.—The…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 20Th. (Before Mr C. Jennings, P.m.) Alleged Chaff Stealing

Western Champion · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 4

Charles T. Mobbs was charged with breaking into a chaff shed at McGuigan's Lead, and stealing therefrom a quantity of chaff valned at 18s, the property of…

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An Amusing Scene. a Great Dane in Court. Makes Friends with the Judge He Wins the Day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 7

According to "Lloyd's Weekly" of the 29th March, a Great Dane sat beside Judge Selfe at the Marylebone County Court on the previous Wednesday, and…

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The Local Police Force

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

The parsimony of the Justices Chief Secretarys Department is fully exempli fied in the totally inadiquate police protection afforced West Wyalong…

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