(Published by Arrangement) Colossal Scandal Police and Prohibition
The worst prohibition scandal since Amrica's dry era began" cables the special correspondent of the London "Daily Despatch" to his paper. "is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1925
369 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 19
Dispute Between Shires As to Which Owns Noxious Weeds. Magistrate Endeavors to Pour Oil on Troubled Waters. Case Adjourned for a Month
On Tuesday last a case set down for hearing was a complaint by Murrungal Shire Council against Waugoola Shire Council for failing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Short Story “Such Is Fate.” “To wreck a ship, no matter how decrepit, why, ’twas murder.”
She was only an old tramp, a thing of no beauty, ungainly, unpainted, disreputable, floundering, nosing, jerking along, no polished brass adorned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forbes Court Matters Pawsen's Paucity of Cash. Ended in Stealing Skins
Albert Pawsen, 22, was charged at the Forbes Police Court this morning with stealing eight fox skins and a quantity of rabbit skins, worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. Debt Collector Sued
Henry Gilbert Styles sued E. A. De all for recovery of £14- a debt allegedly incurred for car hire. Mr. Meillon appeared for Styles,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Stealing
The postponed charges against Wm. Martin Cridland, Margaret Cridland and Patrick Canfell, having goods in a house occupied by them at South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Wednesday, July 8th. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Cridland Gases Dismissed
William Martin Cridland was charged with knowingly having in a house occupied by himself goods reasonably suspected of being stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Police Court (Before Mr. Walter Scott, S.M.)
For not driving on the correct side of the street Vincent [?] lined 20/, with 8/ costs. In the Children’s Court a lad was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes Court Matters To-day's Cases. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Failed to Pay Board. Stockinbingal Men Convicted
Charles Henry Bell was charged with falling to pay for his board and accommodation at the Stockinbingal Hotel, Stockinbingal, Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(Published by Arrangement) Prohibition and Police
Mr. Avery Hopwood, the American playwright, is amused by the English impression that America is a "dry" country, explains London "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Body in Bag Believed Case of Murder (By Wire) Sydney
Perth.—The dead body of a young Chinese woman, the wife of a fruiterer, was found floating in a bag under Fremantle wharf, with her face…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Serious Charge Young School Teacher Charged with Assault on a Pupil. an Unsavory Case From Godfrey’s Creek
Before His Honor, Judge Bevan, this morning, a young school teacher named Sidney Roy McKenzie was charged with having committed a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
The license of the Hotel Australia. Was transferred from J. J. Flannery to his son Norman. There were no police objections, and the transfer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One-legged Soldier Charged With Stabbing an American (By Wire) Monday Evening
Norman Austin, a one-legged returned Australian soldier, was charged to-day with having stabbed an American sailor in the face on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Court Matters To-day's Cases. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Riotous Behaviour
Stanley Barbe pleaded guilty to, a charge of riotous behaviour in Rankin Street, and was fined £1 and 8- costs Twenty four hours were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Diamond Ring Mystery Young Man with Several Aliases on Trial. Charged with Stealing a Ring
Before His Honor, Judge Beeby, yesterday James Dwyer was charged with on July 11th at Cowra stealing a diamond ring the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor Charged. Monies to Account For. Sydney
A well known Sydney solicitor was arrested yesterday and charged with failing to account for certain monies amounting to £190…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shooting Case From Burrowa a Drover Charged with Wounding a Boy. Round Not Guilty, But Advised to Be More Careful with Firearms
Before His Honor, Judge Beeby, on Wednesday, a middle aged man named Edward Walter Wood was charged with having at Burrawa on June 14th,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Godfrey’s Creek Case Accused Sentenced to Five Years. His Honor Characterises the . Offence As a Most Repellant One. “I Am Resigned to the Will of God !”
When Eric Roy McKenzie, the young Godfrey's Creek School teacher, who was found guilty of a serious offence on a girl named Bridget Wright, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire and Water Mystery House First Submerged by Water and Then Burnt to the Ground. a Woman Who Masqueraded in Man’s Clothes and a Man Charged
Some few weeks back when the flood waters of the Lachlan submerged the lower end of Lachlan Street, one of the buildings affected was a…
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