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

Courts & crime, 1914

537 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 27

Licensing Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

An application for a renewal of the license of the Forbes Hotel, by Captain Sinclair, was postponed for a week. The license for the year does…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

Daniel Tassell Herbert, of Bogan. Gate, sought, to have the valuation placed on his property, portion of Burrawang subdivision, reduced from,…

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Licensing Court Matters

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

The quarterly Licensing Court was held this morning before Messrs. H. Holcombe, P.M., and W. G. Dowliug and Wallace Hunter,…

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Forbes Pouge Court. Tuesday, April 21

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 2

Before Mr H. Holcombe, P.M., at. Morbos Police Court this morning, Laurence Wallace was fined £2 for allowing a man on his licensed…

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Suicide Not Murder

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Walter Edwards, who was found dead in his camp near Bimbi the previous Saturday night, the…

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Women As Police

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 4

Chicago is greatly satisfied with its experiment with the police women, ten of whom were appointed last August to assist in reforming the morals and…

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Wheat Exhibits. a Farrer Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

The wheat exhibits this year came from all parts of the wheat be[?]t. A grower has to furnish with each entry particulars as to variety, locality in…

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Gold Stealing

Western Champion · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 22

An ingenious method of gold stealing was brought to light on Golden Horseshoe mine (Kalgoorlie) a few days ago. The gold-bearing solution…

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Murder of Mrs. Millard

Western Champion · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 11

Jack Kong, the Chinese servant who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Millard, wife of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s. agent at…

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Forbes Police Court. Thursday, April 23

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

John Buckley was before the court on a charge of insanity. The evidence showed that Buckley, who is manager of a cordial factory at…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

JOHN REID MOORE, alleged stealing one brown gelding, the property of Eugene Ernest William Herborn. Evidence of the arresting detective in…

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Court Doing. Cudal

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 7

Before Mr T. Marriott, P.M., at Cudal, on Wednesday, the 15th, J. R. Worrall applied exparte for an order nisi, calling upon Councillors…

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Municipal Appeals. Court at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 1

Several appeals against assessments made by Forbes municipality were lodged at the appeal court, held at Forbes on Tuesday afternoon, Mr…

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Shire Appeal Court. an Assessment Upheld

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 1

At the Jemalong Shire Appeal Court on Tuesday, Daniel Tassell Herbert asked for a reduction on the assessment on his land near Bogan Gate…

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Grewfell District Court Tuesday. Before his Honor Judge Scholes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 2

Alfred Averne v. W, R. Pearson—Claim £500 This was an action in which plaintiff claimed £500 damages for injury received owing to alleged negligence of defendant in the carrying…

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Police Court Thursday. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.)

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 3

An additional bar license for the lounge bar at the Imperial Hotel was granted to Charles Harry Percy Russell…

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Forres Police Court. Tuesday, April 28

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

Edward Danaher, who had been remanded for a week for medical attention, was declared to be in his right mind again by Dr M'Donnell,…

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A Licensing Court Matter. Proposal to Increase Annual, Assessment

Forbes Times · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

At the local Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. H. Holcombe, P M., and Wallace Hunter, J.P., the postponed application of…

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Ligensing Court. (Before Messrs H. Holcombe, P.M., and Wallace Hunter, Licensing Magistrates)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

William Sinclair applied for a renewal of the license of the Forbes Hotel. The assessment last year was £4/10/- a week. It was proposed…

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Little Girl's Travels. Mother's Right to See Her Child. Uncle Sent to Gaol

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 9

A little blue-eyed girl of seven or eight, with flaxen curis and a large hat with blue ribbons, was brought into Mr. Justice. Astbury's Court in the Chancery Division,…

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