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

Courts & crime, 1912

515 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 26

Waiting for the Magistrate

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday before Messrs. J. H. Hassall and J. W. Mills J's.P., Edward Taylor summoned C. S. Nettelback on charges of unlawful assault…

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Garrotters Sentenced to the Lash

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

In Melbourne two men were found guilty of garrotting, and each was ordered to be lashed, and was sentenced to six months'…

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Land Appeal Court Case. DAVIS V. McGIRR

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

In the Land Appeal Court in Sydney on Wednesday, an appeal was heard by Ebenezer Ernest Davis against the finding of the local Land Board in respect of his…

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Forbes Police Court. Friday, March 22. (Before Mr E. Marriott, Acting P.M.)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 2

C. S. Nettleback was charged on the information of Edward Taylor with assault and using insulting language on 3rd March…

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Scene at a Murder Trial Judge Thanked for Death Sentence

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 5

At Durham Assizes on Saturday, 16th July, George Breeze, a young Durham miner, was indicted for the murder of Margaret Chisholm, at whose house at…

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A Marsdens Sensation. Fire in Police Quarters. Three Persons Much Burnt

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 5

The usual placidity of Marsdens received a rude shock at any early hour yesterday morning, when the alarm spread of a fire at the local police…

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An Assault Summons

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

Edward Taylor proceeded against C. S. Nettelback on charges of unlawful assault, and of having used insulting words to him on the…

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Chapter Iii. Murder!

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2
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It was the evening of a day in August that the first disturbance began. The child, Reginald BIundell, was missing. In a few…

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A Queensland Murder Case

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

At Mackay (Queensland) George David Silva has been found guilty of having wilfully murdered Maud Ching at Alligator Crock. He was…

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Forbes Police Court. Friday, March 22nd. Before Mr. E. Marriott, P.M. Failure to Destroy Rabbits

Forbes Times · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

W. G. Dowling, rabbit inspector v. Henry James Radnedge for failing to fully destroy rabbits on his holding in October-last.: Mr…

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Licensing Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

A special Licensing Court was held in the Courthouse to-day, before Messrs W. G. Dowling and R. E. Rawlins, when renewals of wine licenses…

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Forbes Police Court. Friday, March 22. (Before Mr E. Marriott, P.m.). Rabbit Cases

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 1

W. G. Dowling, Stock and Rabbit Inspector, proceeded against Henry Jones Radnedge and F. Hodgskiss for failing to take proper and adequate…

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The Record Murder Country of Europe

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

The "Frosty, serene, ineffably peaceful Cau[?]" as a Muscovite poet calls it, is the scene of Russia's second and never-ending war. It is the land of Ararat, the…

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Audacious Murder and Robbery

Forbes Times · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Five masked men boarded a motor car near Chantilly, in France, and murdered the chaffeur. They then seized the auto, and drove into the town, where they…

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Wyalong Police Court. Before Mr H. Giles Shaw P.M Wednesday, March, 19th

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

MS. H. MOODY, Forest Ranger, asked to be given possession of 885 split pine posts, now lying on Scrub Lease, Back Creek road, and…

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The Police Magistrates Absence

Forbes Times · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

Mr, J. P. Lynch, M.L.A., forwards a formal acknowledgment he has received from the Department of the Attorney General and of Justice of a cutting from…

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Police Court. Monday, March 25th. (Before Messrs H. R. Helyar and P. J. Lynch, J's.P.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

PATRICK Flanagan v William Chas. Hanson—£ 1 wages due. Mr Coonan for plaintiff, and Mr Evans for defendant who pleaded…

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Forbes Police Court. Friday, March 22nd. (Before Mr. E. Marriott, P.M.) (Coutinued from last Issue.) A Municipal Summons

Forbes Times · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

William Rath, inspector of nuisances, proceeded against Edward Nock, of the Victoria Hotel, for allowing soap suds to flow from…

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After Twenty-three Years. Confession of Bygone Murder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Considerable sensation was caused in Durham on 5th April, when it became known that a man named Appleton, who at Yarmouth confessed to the murder of…

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