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

Courts & crime, 1916

446 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 23

Forbes Police Court. Saturday, September 16. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.) Drunk

Forbes Times · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 3

Wm. Joseph Ryan, for being drunk, was fined 2/6 or 24 hours…

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Forbes Court Matters. Riotous Behaviour

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 4

Before Mr Holcombe, P.M., at the Forbes Police Court yesterday morning, two men, Wm. J. Ryan and Wm. Hamifton, were charged with…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 17

At the Warden's Court on Wednesday an enquiry directed to the Warden by the Minister for Mines, into the matter of C. T. Woodward's mining…

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Forbes Police Court. Tuesday, September 19. (Before Mr. H. [?] [?]

Forbes Times · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 3

Vincent (or Victor) Wilson pleaded not guilty to being driu[?] in Bathurst Street, South Forbes, on 19th instant. He also Pleaded not guilty to using…

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Bankruptcy Court. Arthur Rousell's Case

Forbes Times · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 6

At the Court House, Forbes, on Tuesday last, the public examination of Arthur Rousell, bankrupt, was taken by Mr. H. [?]combe, P.M…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, September 10, 1916. Before Messrs. H. Holcombe and W. G. Dowling, [?]

Forbes Times · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 6

Goorge Dunn was grunted a renewal of his license for Tattersall's Hotel. George Rath was granted a renewal of his second-hand dealer's license…

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Forbes Police Court. Tuesday, September 26. (Before Mr. H Holcombe, P.M.) Drunkenness

Forbes Times · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 2

John P. Hustings and Geo. A. Brown pl[?] guilty to being drunkuiud were lined 5/- and 10/- respectively…

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Forbes Court Matters

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

Before Mr Holeombe, P.M., at the Forbes Police Court, on Monday morning, James Kelly (36) was charged with being drunk and disorderly…

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Trouble at Broken Hill. Police Charge Crowd. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 2

Three men, were fined £5, in default, a month's imprisonment, at Broken Hill yesterday, for using abusive language at an…

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Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5

A case which attracted considerable interest was heard before Mr Holcombe, P.M., at the local court on Wednesday last, viz., Reardon and…

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Chapter Xxviii. the Voice at the Back of the Court

Forbes Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

OLLIE Hills was accompanied into court by a constable. He kept…

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Chapter Xxviii. the Voice at the Back of the Court

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 6

COLLIE Hills was accompanied into court by a constable. He kept…

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Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

Mr. Treatt extended a welcome to Mr. Gordon Grenenger, hoping he would have a long and prosperous career…

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The Tottenham Murder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

Up to the present no arrest has been made in connection with the murder of Constable Duncan. Sydney detectives are at present engaged in trying…

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Tottenham Murder. Three Men Arrested

Forbes Times · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

Inspector Whitfield, who left Forbes last Wednesday for Tottenham in connection with the murder of Constable George Joss Duncan, has not so far…

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Forbes Police Court Monday, October 2nd. (Before Mr. H. Holcombo, P.M.) Discharged

Forbes Times · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

Ernest Jones was charged with assaulting Emily Potter at Forbos on Saturday. The prosecutrix did not appear, and…

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Forbes Court Matters

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

At the Forbes Police Court this morning, before Mr Holcombe, P.M., Peter Buckley sued Hugh Williams, for using indecent language to him…

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Small Debts Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

G. W. Brownhill v. Thomas Green, for the recovery of £ 1/12/6, subscription. Defendant denied any indebtedness, and the plaintiff was…

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Murder at Tottenham

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 12

The whole district received quite a shock on Wednesday as the news spread that Constable Duncan had been shot dead at Tottenham the…

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The Tottenham Murder

Forbes Times · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 4

At the Coroner 's inquest into the death of Mounted Constable Duncan at Tottenham, the three men before the Court—Frank Franz, Roland Kennedy,…

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