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

Courts & crime, 1925

369 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 18 of 19

Stealing From a Dwelling Spicer and Sutton Acquitted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 6

Hubert Benjamin Spicer and Gordon Commonwealth Sutton were charged with stealing a saddle and a quantity of other articles, the…

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Woman Brutally Assaulted Man Arrested on Murder Charge. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 10

When Mrs. Dorothy Barratt, of Paddington, told a boarder to leave her house, he tried to cut her throat with a razor and inflicted severe gashes on…

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Parkes Quarter Sessions (Continued on another page). Alleged Breaking, Entering and Stealing Another Charge Against Sutton Fails

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 7

Gordon Commonwealth Sutton was charged on September 16 with breaking and entering the shop premises of Henry Johnson, baker, Parkes,…

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Forbes Court Matters Tuesday's Cases. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Speedster Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 1

Richard H. Bernard was charged with driving a car at a speed dangerous to the public on Condobolin Road, on October 30th…

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Parkes District Court. Wednesday, November 25 Before His Honor Judge Armstrong a Scrub Cutting Contract

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 12

Victor Cole and John Wilson proceeded against S. C. A. Meers for a balance of £24, work and labor done. Mr. B. V. Stacy, instructed by…

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Mother Charged. with Murder of Children.. Wellington (N.z.), Tuesday

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 3

Ellen Hart, who was charged with murdering her three children at Kaikorai, on November 9, has been committed for trial. The magistrate…

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£5 or a Month for Stealing a Blanket

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

A man named Michael Bourke pleaded guilty on Wednesday, before Mr. [?], J.P., to a charge of stealing a blanket, the property of Mr. Paul…

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Children's Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 10

Two youths were charged in the Children's Court on Tuesday morning with taking and using a bicycle without the consent of the owner. Pleas…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Glen Innes Case

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 1

At Glen Innes on Wednesday, Sidney Hedge was committed for trial at the Glen Innes Police Court on a charge of having attempted to murder…

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The Police Are There Too Many?

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 7

Should our police force be reduced? Mr Hill asked this question in the Legislative Assembly, relative to a claim by the Chief Secretary that…

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Land Court Case Unsworth v. R. T. BOURKE

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

This case, which has been before [?] Local Land Board on two occasions, was re-heard towards the close of last week by the Land Court,…

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Convicted of Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

At the Grenfell Police Court on Wednesday, a man named Richards, travelling via van, was charged with stealing goods from the Ooma school…

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Alleged Intent to Murder Arrest at Wellington N.Z. (By Cable) Wellington, N.Z.

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 1

On the arrival of the "Makura" this morning, William Henry Curtis, aged 43, was arrested and charged with having wounded with intent to…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

Western Champion · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 11

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, the following defendants, who pleaded guilty, were fined the amounts…

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Police Court. P.m. As Peacemaker

Western Champion · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 13

At the Police Court yesterday before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M. Walter John Sanders pleaded not guilty to a charge of offensive behaviour…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. W. Scott, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 2

VINCENT O'BRIEN— assaulting Constable Rochford, occasioning actual bodily harm. Inspector Byrne (Forbes) for…

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Dubbo Murder

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 7

A verdict of wilful murder was recorded against Alice Newdean by the Coroner, Mr. Scobie, P.M., at Dubbo on Monday, at an Inquest Into…

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Theft From School Traveller Convicted

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 2

At the Grenfell Police Court on Wednesday, a man named Richards, travelling via van, was charged with stealing goods from the Ooma school…

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Assault and Language Case from Tullibigeal

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court on the 7th inst., before Messrs A. Emmett and H. R. Helyar, J's.P., John Herbert McKay, aged 19, was charged…

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To Cost £5,282 New Court House and Police Station at Ardlethan

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 2

Mr. P. J. Kelly was the lowest tendered for the erection of police station and court house to be erected at Ardlethan. He secured the contract…

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