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

Courts & crime, 1909

183 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 10

Equity Court. (Before Mr Justice Street) Claim for Rates

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 5

The council of the municipality of Condobolin sued Richard Whitehead, of Melbourne, in regard to rates claimed to be due, the case commencing[?]…

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Plowman Case. Appeal to the Full Court

Western Champion · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 14

George Plowman, a bankrupt, who having declined to answer questions before Mr Justice Street the other day on the ground that he was wrongfully…

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Boys' Burglary Club. Influence of "Penny Horribles."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 3

Two schoolboys, Edgar Matthias, 12, and Frank Maynard, 11, of Ravenscroft road, Plaistow, were charged on remand at West Ham (London) on September 3…

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Boys' Burglary Club. Influence Op "Penny Horribles."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 1

Two schoolboys, Edgar Matthias, 12, and. Frank Maynard, 11, of Ravenscroft road, Plaistow, were charged on remand at West Ham (London) on September 3…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 10 (Before Mr R. M. Gibson, P.M.

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

William Higginson was charged with stealing a hamper basket, valued 4s 6d, the property of John Meagher and Co…

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Riots at Pittsburg. Mounted Police Charge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 1

Serious rioting has taken place in Pittsburg at the works of the Tressed Steel Car Company, as the result of a quarrel between unionist strikers and…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 10Th, 09. Before C. Jennings, Esq., P.m

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 1

Robert Gibson proceeded against C. [?]. Des[?]e, for unlawfully assaulting him; for using insulting language, and requesting that he should be…

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Forbes District Court

Western Champion · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 15

Only one case was setdown for hearing at the Forbes District Court which opened Tuesday morning before his Honor Judge Docker. When this was…

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Police Spy Unmasked. a Woman's Career

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 2

M. Bourtzeff, who was the author of the famous exposures of Azeff and Harting, and has recently begun the publication of the "Czar's Journal," a…

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Police Court. Monday, November 22. (Before R. M. Gibson, Esq., P.m.) Early Closing Act

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

Matilda Hew Ting was charged with unlawfully keeping her shop open after hours on November 2. Senior Constable Quail stated…

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District Court

Western Champion · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

The November sittings of the District Court were held on Saturday, before His Honor Jadge Docker, the legal profession being represented by…

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Murder Will Out. Confession After Eleven Years

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

Emile Rossberg, now undergoing a sentence of 12 years' penal servitude for burglary at Siegburg, has confessed to a crime which horrified Berlin some…

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The Camberley Murder. a Coroner's Methods. Journalists Excluded. Lecture to the Press

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

Inquiry was resumed on June 28th, writes the London "Daily news," into the circumstances of the death of Miss Mary Ann Hogg, found murdered at…

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Great Burglary Conspiracy. Constable's Confession

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 4

Philadelphia, where housewives and children have been living in terror for some time past owing to an epidemic of burglaries, was in a state of panic to-day…

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Youths in Trouble. Sons of a Surgeon-major. Charged with Coining. Complete Mint in a Shed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 4

Three young men of good social position and good education, the eldest only 23, stood in the dock at Bristo[?] Police Court on March 2nd,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, December 8, 1909

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 1

(Before C. Jennings, Esq. P.M.) Elizabeth H. Randall proceeded against her husband, George Randall, for support of her two children…

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Police Court Monday. Before Messrs Taylor and Jeffries

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 2

Joseph Rigg—Drunkenness on the railway. Fined 10s, or 48 hours ; for indecent language, same time and place, £1 or 7 days ; damaging Government property,…

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Police Court. SATURDAY, 11th DEC (Before R M. Gibson Esq. P.M.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 2

Albert Fraser (on bail) was charged with assaulting Nonstable Caflin, on the 10th inst. Constable Catlin said the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, December 15Th. (Before Mr C Jennings P.m.) Liquor Cases

Western Champion · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 14

Joseph Dunn, charged with procuring liquor for John Boyle, a prohibited person, pleaded nob guilty, declaring that he had no knowledge of the…

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Divorce for £5. Bogus Lawyer Sent to Gaol. Sir John Madden on Public Protection

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

An application was made to the Chief Justice in Melbourne the other day by Mr. Starke, on behalf of the Law lustitute, for an order has…

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