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

Courts & crime, 1920

390 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 20

Small Debts Court Tuesday, May 4, 1920. (Before Mr Helm, P.M.)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 5

George Nine v. George Doyle, claim for £7/7/8, goods sold and delivered. Mr Moloney appeared for the…

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Alleged Motor Thieves. "A Regular [?]ang." Four Men Charged, Said to Have Visited Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 5

F[?]ed[?]k Irvine Steel[?], aged 23, George Brown, aged 22, motor drivers, Ronald William Ford, age 19, [?] coach builder, and Robert Charles Warren,…

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Forbes Court Matters Cases This Morning

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

The case, W. H. Skinner, v. L. J. Fell, breach of the Apprentices' Act, was struck out, as same was settled. Sydney W. Barnett was lined £2 and…

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Military Trainees Charged And Sent to Middle Head

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

Five youths, named Frederick Richard Leggatt, William Edward Copson, Francis Norbert Derwin, Hugh [?] Alfonse Henry and Francis…

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Alleged Furious Driving. Police Case Fails

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

Reginald Edmonds was charged before Major Crane, S.M., on Tuesday, with having driven a motor car furiously and recklessly in Kendall…

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Police Court Proceedings

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 7

An interesting case took place at the local Court on Thursday last, when the P.M., Mr Helm, presided. A. Showman charged H. Holswich…

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Theft of Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

Petty thieving has been particularly rife at Forbes of late, and the police have had innumerable complaints made to them in this respect…

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Alleged Assault Case From Ungarie

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 8

At the Westb Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Hugh Malone, P.M.:—Herbert F. Becker proceeded…

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Small Debts Court Wednesday, May 12. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 6

Hilton Rae v W. Conway—claim for £5 goods sold and delivered. There was no appearance of defendant…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday, May 11, 1920. (Before Mr Helm. P.M.)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 1

Harold Holmes v. Henry Smedley, claim for £10, damages for breach of contract, in respect of his share of 50 acres in a 450 acre crop…

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Forbes Court Matters Tuesday, May 11, 1920. (Befora Mr Helm, P.m.) Settled

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

In the case W. H. Skinner v. L. J. Fell, alleged breach of the Apprentices' Act, it was announced that a settlement had been arrived at on…

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Postmaster Charged

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 6

Robert Roy Bruee, aged 21, late postmaster at Ardlethan, was remanded from Sydney to Ardlethan on a charge of embezzling £327 of public…

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Sterling an Overcoat Case at Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 1

At the local Police Court on Saturday last, before Mr Wallace Hunter, J.P., Hilton Ryan was charged with stealing an overcoat, valued at 30/-,…

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Forbes Court Matters Monday, May 17, 1920

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

Before Mr Arnold, J.P., Samuel Buckley was fined 5/- or 24 hours for being drunk in Rankin Street on Saturday afternoon and £1 or 14…

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Wha' For! Chinamen in Court—and Outside. a Charge of Steaing that Failed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 1

There was a Celestial air about matters at the Forbes Court on Tuesday last, when a well-known market gardener, Tommy Ah Wang, was the…

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Alleged Stealing in Company Three Youths Charged Pennies Stolen and Spent at the Pictures

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 3

At the police court yester[?] three youths, named Isaac Wolfe (aboriginal), Lachlan Ingram (half-caste) and Reuben C. Newton were charged…

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Police Court Wednesday, May 19th. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Alleged Burglary

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 10

James Joseph Kinsela, Joha, Irvine and William Mitchell, on remand, were charged with breaking, entering and stealing at Bushell and Judge's…

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Land Appeal Court

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 13

The Land Appeal Court—Messrs. Curry, Houston and Rennie—sat at Parkes on Wednesday. Mrs. Ivy G. Kalms appealed against the appraised…

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Police Changes

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

Constable Archibald Kennedy, who has been located in Canowindra for some time, has been removed to Braidwood. The citizens state he was a…

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Forbes Police Court Tuesday, May 18th. (Before Mr Helm, P.m.) Vagrancy Cases

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 3

In the case Police v. Kenneth Doyle being an idle and disorderly person without lawful visible means of support, Inspector Cupitt intimated that…

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