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

Courts & crime, 1916

446 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 23

Alleged Unlawful Assault

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 5

At the Wyalong Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. W. S. Arnott. P. M., and Mr. D. A. Gagie, J.P.,—…

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Police Control in Mexico

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

In Mexico City each of the five thousand police who made it the most thoroughly patrolled city in the world, before the present chaotic…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, May 2nd. Before Mr. W. S. Arnott P M. (Chairman), and Mr. D. A. Gagie, J.P. (member of theLicensing Board.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

Application by Henry Aiken for lenewal of license for Australia Hotel. Application granted. Premises…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

At the Parkes police court, on Wednesday last Malcolm Dodd was charged with stealiang four bags of wheat, valued at £3, the property of the Chief…

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Forbes Court Matters. Bag Buyers Fined. Charge of Assault

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

At the Forbes Court this morning, Bagration White was fined £5, and 6/- costs, for buying bags from children under 14 years of age…

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Assault and Indecent Langauage

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

Chas. Henry Dean, charged with unInwfully assaulting his wife at Forbes the previous day was fined £5 on two months' hard labor…

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Forbes Police Court. Monday, May 8th. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.) Drunkenness

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

Frank Skelly pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place and was fined 10/ or seven days…

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A Family Quarrel. North Hill Man Fined. Magistrate's Warning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

Charles Dean was charged at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday with assaulting Elizabeth Dean, at their residence on North Hill…

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Latest Telegraphic. English Conscripts. a Dastardly Assault. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

The military authorities have decided to give an undertaking to parents who desire it, that youths of 18 who are allowed to enlist, will not be…

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Our New Police. the Picturesque Side of a War Patrol

Forbes Times · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

We slipped out of harbour at the darkening, picking our way like a girl crossing a muddy street, for we showed no lights, and our big brothers were…

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Our New Police. the Picturesque Side of a War Patrol

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

We slipped out of harbour at the darkening, picking our way like a girl crossing a muddy street, for we showed no lights, and our big brothers were…

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Revision Court

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

A court to revise the Ashburnham electoral roll in connection with the forthcoming liquor referendum was held at Forbes yesterday at noon, Mr. H…

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Forbes Police Court. Saturday, May 13th. (Before Mr. W. G. Dowling, J.p.) Drunkenness

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

Patrick Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty to being drunk. It was stated by the police that he had been before the court several times…

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Electoral Revision Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

A court to hear objections or otherwise to persons' names on the supplemental roll of Ashburnham electorate in connection with the…

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Prisons Report for 1915. Comptroller-general's Statement. the Forbes Gaol

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

We are in receipt of the annual report of the Comptroller-General of Prisons for the year 1915, in which it is stated that the outstanding features of the…

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Forbes Court Matters. Cases This Morning. Constable Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

At the Forbes Court this morning William White, of South Forbes, wap granted a collector's license. Henry Connell applied for a…

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Our New Police. the Picturesque Side of a War Patrol

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 10

We slipped out of harbour at the darkening, picking our way like a girl crossing a muddy street, for we showed no lights, and our big brothers were…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 17th. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.)

Western Champion · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 22

In this case John Charles Hartley sued John Walsh for alleged insulting language to his wife, Sarah Alice Hartley…

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Alleged Theft

Forbes Times · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

At the local police court yesterday morning before Mr. H[?]zel, J.P., Robt. Radcliffe Norris, aged 33, appeared on three charges of stealing at Forbes on…

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