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

Courts & crime, 1909

183 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 10

Wardens Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

The Brookmans United applied for suspension and there was the usual objection by the A.M.A but as a telegram was read out in court stating…

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Small Debts Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

Mr H Gardner was appointed Bailiff and Sheriffs Officer…

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Police Court Before Mr. Jeffreys

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

JOHN JOHNSON and JOHN FRANKS—charged with being found in an enclosed yard for an unlawful purpose—pleaded not, guilty. Mr [?] for Franks…

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Small Debts Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

C[?]im by Terence James Brady against Timothy Minehan for £10 doma[?]s for breaking and entering lands and depasturing thereon sheep…

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The Local Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

On several occasions, some mouths ago the LACHLANDER voiced a series of bitter complaints regarding the method of conducting cases at the…

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Police Court. February 12th 1909. Before Messrs W, J. O'Hanlon and T, Tasker J.P.'s

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

George Harris was charged with not being under proper control and was discharged. Henry Weeks was proceeded against…

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H. E. Holland in Gaol. Charged with Sedition. He Wanted More "Ginger."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 1

SOME excitement prevailed at Broken Hill on Saturday morning when the news of the arrest of H. E. Holland (secretary of the Socialist Federation of Australia) was…

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Warden's Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 2

Before the Warden, on Monday morning, the Homeward Bound applied for a partial suspensio[?] of labour conditions for 3 months…

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The Queensland station Murder Another Coneession by "Billy Wilson,"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

A telegram from Georgetown states that the town is excited over the disclosure of the third confession of the aboriginal "Billy Wilson" in…

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Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 2

Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M. W. HUGHES, drunkenness, fined 5s or 48 hours. John A. Keir and Charles Clifton, on…

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Curious Brixton Story. Magistrate Dismisses Charges. Brought by Music Hall Artist

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 3

A remarkable tale was told at Lambeth Police Court on December 8, when Dudley Stevens, 31, a draughtsman, appeared to answer the charge of being…

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Police Court Friday Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 1

Albert Axam v Norman McClymont, assault. Defendant pleaded guilty under provocation, but on advice of the P.M. pleaded not guilty…

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A Pawnbroker's Verses. Poetic Love Letters Read in Court. The Sweetest Words

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 6

The love letters of a pawnbroker's assistant who, in addition to the diary habit. was afflicted with a tendency to drop in[?] poetry, supplied amusement in the King's…

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The Magistrate's Dllemma

Western Champion · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 17

A man had been brought up in court charged with travelling on a train without a ticket. "Where were you?" asked the…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 12

At the Warden's Court on Wednesday before Warden Jennings, Henry Wilson was granted permission to occupy 2 acres on the Molong road,…

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THE Western Champion and Markes and Forbes Representative Friday, March 5. Small Dobts Court

Western Champion · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 12

At the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before Mr C Jennings, P.M., and Mr H P Miller, J.P., verdicts were given for the plantiffs in the following…

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Famous Magistrate. Some Stories About Him

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 6

The death occurred on December 13 of Mr James Shell, who was a London magistrate for tweuty-five years, at the age of seventy-nine. He retired from…

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Ordered From the Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

When the case from Grenfell of an alleged serious offence came before the Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, his Honor, Judge Docker, ordered that all females and boys under 21…

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The Whiteley Murder. Man Who Killed Him at the Stores says, "I Shot my Father." An Extraordinary Crime

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. William Whiteley whose, sobriquet, "The Universal Provider, " is familiar all over the civilised world, was murdered on Thursday, at his office door, in rthe…

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Police Court. (Before, Mr Gibson, P. M.

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

Several paren [?]s appeared to answer charges of neglecting to send their children to school the required number of days. In several cases…

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