Imprisonment for Life. a Sailor Sentenced. Sydney
Cabinet has commuted the death sentence passed on Alexander Thomson, for the murder of the captain of the schooner, John Campbell, to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1920
390 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 20
Children's Court
In the Children's Court two lads were fined 5/- and 3/- costs of Court, for committing a breach of military discipline whilst on parade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arbitration Court. Alleged Breach of Award
In the Industrial Arbitration Court on Tuesday before Mr C. Helm; Industrial Magistrate, Frederick L. Brown proceeded against James Davison for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forbes Court Matters Too Many Rabbits
William Gibson Dowiing proceeded against A. Beale at Forbes Court on Tuesday, the charge being that he had too many rabbits on his property…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Ticket Forbes Man Charged
At Bathurst Court last week Tracey Joseph Buckley was charged with having travelled from Cookamidgera to Bathurst without a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Murder Case. Verdict of "Not Guilty."
A verdict of "Not Guilty," was returned in the case of Florence Elliott who was charged at Goulburn with murdering her husband at South Gun…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Blaze in Little Court Street
By a fire which occurred in Little. Court Street on Saturday morning about one o'clock the stables attached to Mr E. Clifford's Empire Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Charges. at Temora Police Court
At the Temora Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. Malone, P.M.:—ALLEGED BREAKING AND ENTERING…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Charge of Stealing. Case Dismissed
At the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs H. R. Helyar and E. M. Fraser, J's.P.:—John Frederick Lonsdale was char…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Murder. Strychnine in Stomach. Sydney
May Council was remanded in Melbourne for the alleged murder of her husband, in whose stomach strychnine was found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Court Matters Tuesday, April 27, 1920. (Before Mr H[?]lm, P.m.) Cases Postponed
W. H. Skinner (on behalf of his son Douglas), proceeded against L. J. Fell (late proprietor of the Forbes "Times"), for an alleged breach of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local & General Ardlethan Police Court
At the Ardlethan Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Malone, P.M a man named James Lodding, on bail, charged with unlawfully assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes Court Matters Drunk and Language
Before Mr C. A. Arnold, J.P., at Forbes Court, yesterday, William Leslie Sloane was fined 5/- for being drunk, and £1 for using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Magistrate Welcomed
Major F. W. C. Crane, the new Stipendiary Magistrate for this district, made his first eppearance on the Cowra Bench on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault at Spring Creek
Before Major Crane, S.M., on Tuesday, Willam John Carpenter proceeded against Joseph Carpenter on a charge of assault…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Departure in Court Procedure. Major Crane Will Not Allow Postponements to be Arranged Out of Court
For many years it has been the practice at the local Court for arrangements to be made amongst the various legal gentlemen and the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
At the police court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., G. Watkins, charged, at the instance of the Forbes P.P. Board, with failing to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Barmedman News Police Court
A case that evinced much interest was heard at the Police Court on Thursday last, before Messrs A. H. Collis and H. J. Witts, J's.P., when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Court Matters a Printer's Troubles
The only matter mentioned in the local Police Court on Tuesday last, was the case wherein W. H. Skinner (on behalf of his son Douglas) is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Window Smashing Charge Accused Before the Court
The three men (Aloysius J. Byrnes, J. A. Delaney, and Charles Staines) who had been charged with damaging certain property on April 18, to the…
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