Police Court Assault on Sergeant
Before Mr. G. Wood, J.P., at the local police court on 30th ultimo, Allen Joseph McFadyen, was charged with having assaulted Sergeant Johnston…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
727 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 37
Skull Fractured Husband Charged (By Wire) Sydney
At Ballarat yesterday John Patrick Murphy, 37, was charged with having occasioned grievous bodily harm to his wife, who now lies in the local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trips Abroad Police Exchange System
Encouraged by the success of the present system of inter-State exchange of detectives, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, is considering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police "Raid" Stone Throwers Disturbed
In almost every community the promiscuous stone-throwing "joke" is carried to extreme by the smaller fry, backed up, very often, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hard Labor ''Two Men with Four Names! Metropolitan" Hotel Stealing Case
Remanded from December 20 unti Thursday last, December 29, on a charge of being in an outhouse of the Metropolitan [?], Forbes, with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Murder in Court Street."
What promises to be one of the most sensational bargain events in the history of Parkes will be staged on Saturday, when Arnolds commence…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Increase in Law Breaking. Young Police Return for 1927. More Drunkenness, Less Stealing and Assaulting
There was more drunkenness in Young in 1927 than in the preceding year, the increase being from 56 to S3 cases. Offences against the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. (Before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.m.) Wednesday, 4th January. Motor Traffic
The following defendants, who pleaded guilty, were fined 5/- and 8/- costs for various minor breaches of the Motor Traffic Act: John Collison, E. I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General Licensing Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr. Arnott.)
Gus McNamara applied for a license for the Bland Hotel, at Quandialla. Mr. Kinsey (Messrs. Frank Taylor and Kinsey, Cootamundra) appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Men Arrested at Gundagai. Charged With Stealing Hudson Car. SYDNEY
Following on the amazing story reported to the police yesterday by a driver of a taxi-cab, five men have been arrested in Gundagai and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Here and There FINED £5 for Stealing a Sheep
At the Police Court at Woodstock to-day before Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M., Cleve Freeman was fined £5, with 8/ costs, for stealing a sheep the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →(Published by Arrangement) Murder and More Gaols
In its report of the laying of the foundation stone of a new gaol the Chicago "Daily Journal" reports Mr. ermak, chairman at the gathering,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Will Watch for Road Hogs
Motorists who attempt to break records anywhere in N.S.W. are likely to find themselves in trouble in future if their speeds are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"He Threatened to Kill Me." Wife Gives Husband in Charge. Defendant Bound Over for Twelve Months Queer Case at Forbes Police Court
"I'll do for you," were the words used by Sydney William Smith to his wife, and they made her send post haste for the police that she might…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Taxi Terror Driver Gagged and Bound Motor Theft Follows Amazing Story of Crime at Dawn
Threatened with a razor, bound and gagged, driven in his own taxi until it stalled, and then robbed and left huddled like a sack on the back…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Raid Alleged Gambling House. Excitement in Orange on
The news of a police raid on premises in Anson-street, Orange, occupied by H. D. O’Brien, on Saturday night at about 10.30 spread…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young Girl Missing Left Home Thursday Morning Police Find No Traces
The police are searching the country-side for a girl, 21 years of age, of Forbes, who has been missing from her home since 7 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struggle on Gap Woman Attempts Suicide Police to Rescue (By Wire) Sydney
A young woman made a desperate attempt to hurl herself over The Gap last night, and was only prevented from succeeding in her attempt by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court To-morrow
After a spell of several weeks, the Petty Sessions Court at Forbes will be re-opened to-morrow, when Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M.. will be on the bench. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tragedy Mrs. Parker Is Killed. "Purely Accidental," Say the Police
Returning from church on Sunday' night, along the Parkes Road,at about 8.30 p.m., Mrs. Eva Maud Parker, a well-known Forbes resident, was…
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