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

Courts & crime, 1914

537 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 18 of 27

The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, July 11, 1914. Local and General. Warden's Court

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. Warden Treatt an application for right to enter private lands for minerals had been made by William Crowe. The application was…

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Shunters Sentenced. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

Two Melbourne shunters have each been sentenced to two years' gaol for pilfering from the railways and wharves…

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Licensing Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

In the Licensing Court, Edward Henry Twogood and Bagration White were granted second hand dealers' licenses…

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Forbes Police Court. Monday, July 13th. Before Mr. H. Holeombe, P.M. DRUNKENNESS

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

George Henry Woods pleaded guilty to being drunk the previous day. Senior-Constable Kammel said…

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Forbes Court Matters. on Licensed Premises

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

At the Forbes Police Court this morning Charles Cox pleaded guilty to being on the licensed premises of the Royal Hotel on Sunday week, for…

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Baron As Blackmailer. Stealing Countess's Diary

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 4

The sensational, Vienna society case of Countess Vera Esterhazy's stolen diary ended with, the conviction of Baron Strallendorff, who was sentenced to one year's hard, labor for theft and attempted…

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Born Criminals. Gaol Doctor on Instinct. Constitutional Immorality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 9

That persons exist, not insane nor otherwise abnormal, who simply are unable to refrain from crime because of defective nervous organisation, is asserted by Dr. Paul…

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Forbes Police Court. Stealing A. Tent

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

Before Mr J. W. Mills, at the Forbes Police Court this morning, Morgan Vincent Kelly was charged with stealing one tent, the property of…

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Alleged Stealing

Forbes Times · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 3

Morgan Vincent Kelly, a stranger to Forbes, was alao fined 5s or "the rising" for being drunk the previous day, and on a second…

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The Stealing of a Tent

Forbes Times · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

Morgan Vincent Kelly, on remand from the previous day, was charged with stealing one calico tent, valued at 10s, the property of…

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Forbes Police Court. Friday, July 17th. Before Mr J. W. Mills, J.P. Drunkenness

Forbes Times · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

John James Barry pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined 5s or "the rising." Indecent Language…

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Forbes Police Court. Thursday, July 16Th. Before Mr. A. S. Wickham, J.P. a Sad Case

Forbes Times · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 3

Rooney Toohey pleaded guilty to being drunk in Rankin-street the previous day. Senior-Constable Kammel said…

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Police Court Felicitations. Sub-inspector Whitfield Welcomed

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

At the opening of the local police court this morning Mr. D. J. Moloney said that as that was practically Sub-Inspector Whitfield's first…

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Darlinghurst Gaol. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

Many thousands of sightseers visited Darlinghurst Gaol yesterday, when it was thrown open for public inspection prior to being…

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Eugowra Police Court. Friday, Juiyy 17Th. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.)

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

Sidney Maher was fined 10s and 6s costs on a charge of indecent language. The following persons were fined…

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Forbes Court Matters. Tuesday, July 21

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

James Pascoe was granted a renewal of the license of the South Forbes Hotel. Mr Moloney applied for a…

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Koorawatha. Police Court

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 22 July 1914 · page 1

At the Police Court on Tuesday, 14th inst, before Messrs. F. B. Treatt, P.M., and M. J.Maher, D. Lynch, and P. Cass J's.P., Hector Huckel. James…

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Wee Jasper Murder. Norman McBean's Suicide

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

The mystery in connection with the murder of a girl named Gertrude McAlister at Wee Jasper, near Vass, was cleared up on…

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Stealing a Coat. Police Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 1

Before Mr Harcourt Holcombe, [?]M., at the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday morning, William Austin was charged with stealing an overcoat,…

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Police Court

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 6

A cate of riotous behaviour was dealt with in the police court on Saturday morning last, the offenders being each fined 2s 6d. Two cases of…

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