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

Courts & crime, 1908

253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 13

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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[?]Murder Trial. Prisoner's Mother's Dramatic Story of Her Son's Infatuation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 8

During the first two days of the week's proceedings in the great murder trial in New York all Mr. Jerome's efforts were concentrated on the endeavors to get…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 3Rd June. (Before Mr C. Jennings, P.M.)

Western Champion · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 8

DRUNKENNESS—Henry Flanagau and Timothy Murphy were each fined 5s or three hours for drunkenness, the former being warned that his next appearance…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 7

At the Warden's Court on Wednesday, before Mr C Jennings, P J Mullaly's application for the uspension of labor conditions on portion 424 was…

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An Alpine Murder. a Death Trap. at the Summit of a Pass

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Sentence of imprisonment for life was passed at Martigny last evening (14th March) on the shepherd Joseph Michaud, who committed a murder on the…

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Alleged Murder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 4

At the Cootamundra Court, last week, Amy Stephen and Griffith Stephen were charged with the murder, at Barmedman in May, 1908, of Charles Boyd…

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Gruesome Discovery at Mandamah. Alleged Tragic Happenings. Charge of Murder

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The West reports concerning the discovery of human remains, in a charred state at Mandamah, suggest a story that is fall of tragic…

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Grenfell Land Appeal Court Cases. Cleary V Mccarthy. Hurley V Lloyd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 1

THESE cases, which are of much interest and importance to persons who may be applying for C.Ps., came before the Land…

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Wyalong Police Court. (Before the P.M.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Frederick Smith, charged with using obscence language in [?]-. street. Wyalong. Pleaded guilty. Fined £1 and…

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Sentenced to Death. Murderers Who Loved Their Victims

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

When William Alfred Hancocks was sentenced to death at Chester Assizes on July 1, for the murder of his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, aged fifteen, he saluted…

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Licensing Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Renewals of licenses granted— M. Butler and F. Marshall, Barmedman; and C. Hanson and Jas Bullman, West Wyalong…

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Police Trapped. Gambling Scandal in New York

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from New York on 22nd March:— An illegal gambling saloon…

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Nurses Charged with Cruelty. Alleged Ill-treatment of an Asylum Patient. Screams from Padded Room

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 6

Some amazing allegations were made against two nurses at Woking on Saturday, when Norah Claire Griffiths and Maud Mary Donman were accused of…

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Palace Murder. Maid's Story of the Plot to Kill a Russian Count. Countess's Perfidy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 6

Elise Perrier, Countess Tarnowska's maid, has thrown complete light on the Venice murder drama in her police examination. The substance of her…

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Girls Locked Out Hand-to-hand Fights with the Police. Paisley Mills Besieged

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 6

About 12,000 cotton thread hands, mostly girls, are idle at Paisley through the closing of the thread mills there, but a large section of them who had remained…

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Police Court. Wednesday, June 17Th. (Before Mr C Jounings, P.M.)

Western Champion · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 14

WAGES CASE.—John Brodie sought to recover the sum of £4 from E A Judd as wages for work and labor dono. Mr Commins appeared for…

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Childrens' Court

Western Champion · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 12

At the Children's Court on Wednesday, before Mr C Jennings, P M, a lad of 14 pleaded guilty to three charges of uttering spurious coins to John…

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Licensing Court

Western Champion · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 12

At a special sitting of the Licensing Court on Wednesday (before Messrs C Jennings P.M., and H H Balcombe, L.M.) the following renewals were…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 12

At the Warden's Court on Wednesday, before Mr C. Jennings, P M, the objection lodged by James McKimm against the registration of E Willacy as…

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Mother and Daughter. Tn a London Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

At the West London Police Court on July [?]4th, a pathetic little figure stood in the dock—a girl of 13, charged by her own mother with the theft of 10d.,…

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