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

Courts & crime, 1928

727 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 20 of 37

Licensing Court Hint from P.M.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

At the West Wyalong Licensing Court on Wednesday, before Mr E. Harrison (Chairman) the Licensing Inspector (Sergeant T. Johnston)…

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Assault Alleged Police Doubt Girl's Story Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

A seventeen-year old girl informed the police that a man dragged her on to a vacant allotment at, Mascow and brutally assaulted her…

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West Wyalong 'Adboract' Tuesday, July 17, 1928. Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

The 12th inst was a "field day" at the Ungarie Police Court, when quite a number of cases were heard by Mr.. E. Harrison, P.M. A lengthy…

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Cash Missing Constable Charged £85 Bail Granted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

Griffith Saturday.—Constable Edward John Dwyer, aged 25,who had been attached to the Griffith police for several years, was charged at the local…

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Alleged Car Stealing Two Men Arrested Remanded From Broken Hill

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 8

Three days after they were alleged to have stolen a car belonging to Mr. Fred Cowle, of Parkes, two men, one of whom is said to have been only…

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Claim for Commission District Court Case Defendent Wins

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 8

At the Forbes District Court sitting on Tuesday, before His Honor, Judge Thomson, Ernest Clarence Pascoe and Edward Facey, commission agents, of…

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Ungarie Police Court (Before Mr. E. Harrison, R. M)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 9

At the Court of Petty Sessions, held at [?]ngarie on the 12th inst., several landholders were proceeded against [?]er failure to destroys rabbits…

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Missionary Charged Serious Offences Alleged (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 1

An Anglican city missionary, T. F. Taylor, has been remanded at Wellington (New Zealand) police court on a charge of having…

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Wyalng Court Defendant Fined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

At the Wyalong police court on Wednesday, 18th inst., Win. Ryan pleaded not guilty to a charge of having stolen a pair of paint brushes…

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Police "Haul" Over the Week-end

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 8

The West Wyalong police—whose ranks have recently been augmented by the services of Constable Harvey, from Newtown—made quite a…

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When Is a Man Drunk? Expert Evidence at Cowra Police Court The Aftermath of an anti-Prohibition Meeting Charge of Drunkenness Dismissed, But Defendant Convicted of Offensive Behaviour

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

Considerable Interest was taken in the adjourned case at the Police Court on Wednesday before Colonel Chapman, S.M., when Ernest Martin appeared to answer charges of drunkenness and offensive behaviour…

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Car Stolen Three Men Charged

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 4

Some people travelled to Broken Hill for the annual racing carnival by train, some in their own motor cars, and some oven by aeroplane, but…

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Shows Improvement Mr. Wm. Styles' Condition Victim of Cowardly Assault

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 1

Mr. Wm. Styles, a resident of Forbes, who was the victim of a murderous attack in Sydney during the weekend, was last night reported…

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Small Debts Court Garage Proprietor Wins

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court, at Forbes Court House yesterday, before Mr. Arnold, P.M., G. T. White sued Mrs. Willard, of Forbes, for the sum of…

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Police Raid On Hotel Premises Two Young Men Caught Host Did Not Know They Were There

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 8

A police raid was made on the Royal Hotel, Forbes, on July 7, at 9 p.m. The results of the official…

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Taylor Trapped! Story of Capture of Burglar Told in Police Court. Arrested Man Blames Over Indulgence in “Pinky.” Committed for Trial at Cowra Quarter Sessions

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 1

On Wednesday morning a man named Sidney Herbert Taylor (40) was charged before Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M., with breaking…

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Alleged Assault Mother Charges Son Terrible Bruises "Bashed with Walking Stick"

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 4

A harrowing story of an alleged assault by a son against his aged mother was told in the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions this…

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About a Bicycle. Clancy Charged with Stealing. and Found Not Guilty

Western Champion · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 18

At the Parkes Quarter Sessions on Tuesday John Clancy was charged be fore Judge Thomson with receiving a bicycle well knowing it to be stolen,…

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Umpleby's Appeal Police Magistrate's Decision Upheld, Long Legal Argument

Western Champion · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 19

In November last before Mr. C. A, Arnold, P.M., at the Parkes Police Court' Albert Thomas Umpleby was found guilty on a charge of receiving"…

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District court. (Before Judge Thomson.)

Western Champion · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 11

At the District Court, held in Parkes yesterday, a fairly long list of cases was listed but the following cases. were struck out:—B. A. Ileraglity v…

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