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

Courts & crime, 1914

537 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 27

Small, Debts Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 3

W. E. Luthje v. Annie Elizabeth Parsons, balance of work performed, £ 5, The account was for the balance on two funerals. Verdict for…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 17Th. Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.

Forbes Times · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 2

W. E. Luthje v. Annie L. Parsons, claim for £5, balance due on the burial of two children. Mr. Moloney appeared for the…

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Editor Goes to Gaol. Libel on Singer

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 3

The editor of the "Kleines Journal," Berlin, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment because of slanderous allegations concerning. Fraulein Hemple, the opera star, in…

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Court House Acoustics

Western Champion · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 18

Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M., found occasion, during the hearing of a case on Wednesday, to complain of the acoustic properties of the Court…

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Forbes Police Court. Alleged Forging and Uttering

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

An elderly man, Roady Sheedy, alias Jack Sheen, was charged before Mr W. G. Dowling, J.P., at the Forbes Police Court on Wednesday…

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Alleged Forging and Uttering. Forbes Police Court Case. Remanded to Bogan Gate

Forbes Times · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 6

Roady Sheedy, alias Jack Sheen, aged 62, was charged by warrant at the local police court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. U. Dowling,…

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Charge of Murder. Brisbane

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

Jane Nightingale has been committed for trial at Brisbane on a charge of murdering three women, victims of a fire at the Salvation Army Home,…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Where are the Police? (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 2

Sir,—In the course of a Dramatic entertainment in the Centennial Hall on Friday night many people were asking the question: "Where are…

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Forbes Police Court. Monday, February 23

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

William Rose, who was before Mr Holcombe, P.M., pleaded guilty to a charge of furious driving on South Condobolin-road on Saturday night…

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Forbes Police Court. Monday, February 23rd. Before Mr. H Holcombe, Pm. Riotous Behaviour

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

Robert Hynds and Thos. Feeney pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour in Teruplar-street. Constable Fuller said that the…

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A Full Court Decision. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

The Full Court, in a judgment delivered yesterday, held that a man reclining with his arm outside a railway carriage window was…

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Boy Besieged. Keeps Police at Bay for Hours

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 9

Stanley Luppi, the 18-year-old boy who was arrested on December 6 after keeping the police at bay for hours with a revolver, was charged at Newcastle (England) with…

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Beihnd the Veil. Secrets of Russian Court. Book by Count Vassili

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 9

To many unsophisticated people such a book as "Behind the Veil at the Russian Court," just published, suggests all sorts of thrilling possibilities…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 15

Frank Watling was charged at the Adelaide Police Court on Wednesday with attempting to murder Ernest Monument, in Rose-street, Adelaide,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, February 18th. (Before Mr. H. H[?]mbe, P.m.) Indecent Language

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 7

John F. Murphy fa[?]d to answer a charge of using indecent language on Christmas Eve, and the offence was proved by Constable Bartlett, and a…

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Burglary at Forbes. a Shopbreaker's Work

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

A housebreaker visited the fruit shop of Mr Thomas Tozer of Lachlanstreet, Forbes, on Sunday afternoon and after rifling the cash box in the…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

JOHN JONES V. TIMOTHY BERRY, insulting language. Mr. Bertie for plaintiff. Defendant pleaded guilty and was…

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Rose Bay Murder. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

Late last night a man was arrested at West Maitland on suspicion of his connection with the Rose Bay murder…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

Forbes Times · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

The District Court opens at Forbes on Monday next. Some five cases have been set down for hearing, but it is expected that all…

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Police Court Wednesday. (Before the P.M.

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 3

I.O.N, v. F. Roberts. Adjourned for 14 days on application of Mr. Phillips. Michael Grogan v. J. T. Martin. Alleged unlawful detention…

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