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

Courts & crime, 1927

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A Miserable Theft

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

A serious robbery has occurred at St. Clement’s Rectory, The Rev. W. M. Holliday and family were away for some days at Weejasper, and…

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Police Court At Lake Cargelligo (Before Mr. W. Reid, P.M.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

Raymond McKay was charged by the police with using indecent language, and was fined 30/ and 8/ costs, in default three days hard labor…

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Murder Verdict Joan Smith's Inquest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

At the conclusion of the inquest on Joan Smithy, the Broken Hill Coronel found that she was feloniously and maliciously murdered by the former…

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Another Victim Typhoid at Goulburn Gaol Not Yet Checked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

The typhoid outbreak at the Goulburn Gaol is not yet under control. Another prisoner has been removed to the district hospital, suffering from…

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After Hours. Three Men Charged. "Going for a Swim?"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

At the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., George Leslie Neilson and Ernest Glenny were charged with being on…

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Local Court Cases Bad Language Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

Charles Levett was before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., on Tuesday, charged with using indecent language in Rankin Street on Friday, January 7…

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Polish Bandits Murder and Pillage 22 Arrested (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

A Paris cable via London states that 20 months were occupied in colating details for the arrest of a gang of Polish bandits who have terrorised…

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Alleged Attack Two Men Captured. Give Police Statements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 8

After a vigil occupying several days, the efforts of the police in connection with the search for the two individuals who made a cowardly…

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Police Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

The usual smooth running arrangements of the Police Court were disorganised to-day on account of the late running of the mail train, on which…

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INCENDIARISM Shopkeeper Charged (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 1

Edwin Laffin, 21, was before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a shop of which he was in…

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Tuesday's Court Cases Noisy Motor Bikes. Magistrate's Warning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 3

"About ninety per cent, of the motor bikes should not be allowed on the streets until a more efficient and quieter engine is made," said Mr. C…

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A Busy Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 6

No less than forty-five cases are set down for hearing at the local Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday next. Twenty-five of them are Federal…

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Coursing Scandal Alleged “Ring-in” at Bathurst. Daley Charged with Conspiracy

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

Perce Daley (34), a laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, yesterday with having conspired with others to cheat and…

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Murder Alleged Natives in W.A. Royal Commission Appointed (By Wire), Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

The West Australian Government has appointed a Royal Commission to investigate the alleged murder and burying of several natives in…

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To-Day's '"Court Cases Taylor Again. Another Three Months

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

Alexander George Robert Taylor, the man who it is alleged hit Harold Powter over the head with an iron bar, on the Parkes Road recently, was…

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Charged by Cow

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 4

Whilst alternating to yard a' cow with a young calf at Mt. Horeb, Thomas Whitley, a dairyman, was badly gored." The cow charged him,…

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Trouble Over Bull. Was Shooting Cruel? Magistrate Says "Yes"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

Grievances over a bull were ventilated at the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., when Mark Newell proceeded against…

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Tin Trunk for Bank Alleged Theft at Quandialla Farm Hand Committed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

Frederick Alfonso Anderson, a farm hand in the Quandialla. district, was committed for trial at Grenfell Court on a charge of stealing £51…

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To-Day's Court Cases False Pretences

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

John Austin was, at the Police Court this morning, charged with false pretences. The case was remanded until Tuesday. Ball was not applied…

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A Wages Claim Against a Hotelkeeper.who Says He Will Appeal Against Magistrate’s Decision. Twenty-one Days Allowed to Pay

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 3

Before Mr. Scobie in the Industrial Court this morning Mary Margaret Homann proceeded against John Ryan, licensee of the Railway Hotel,…

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