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

Courts & crime, 1928

727 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 22 of 37

"Silly Actions" Magistrate's Homily Car Driver Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 5

"It's drivers like you aid others in a hurry who are responsible for so many car accidents. Mr. Arnold, P.M., addressed these…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 4

The public examination of Ernest Effingham Morris, a painter, was concluded in the Bankruptcy Court, at Forbes, yesterday. Morris, who said…

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District Court Interesting Commission Case

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 2

Before Acting Judge Sheridan at the District Court last Thursday week, a case of considerable local interest was that of Pascoe and Facey, agents,…

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Motorist Fined "Attempt to Evade Act" Information Withheld From Police Number-plates Didn't Tally

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 1

"It looks to inc like an attempt to evade the Act." Thus Mr. Arnold, P.M., at Forbes Police Court yesterday, after Thos…

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Rest for Rudd Sentenced on Three Charges

Western Champion · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 11

Frederick. Rudd, a man who owned to several aliases, and was arrested in Parkes last week, on charges of stealing a dog, the property of James…

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Was There Corruption Hospital Committeeman Charged Case Adjourned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

At Dubbo Police Court, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., Arthur Zayok Rogan, a vice president of the Dubbo District Hospital, was charged, under…

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A Friend in Need. Magistrate Pays Woman's Fine

Western Champion · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 12

Jean McKillop, otherwise Mary Fell, who was fined £2, with the alternative of-a month's imprisonment, at the Farkes court last week, on a…

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Wool and Skin Stealing Again Discussed by Graziers. Placed Before Government. Matter of Licensing

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 2

The matter of issuing special licenses to wool and skin buyers was again discussed at the Graziers' Association meeting last…

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Fractured Skull Car Driver Charged (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 1

William Simpson, a coal miner died in Lithgow Hospital from a fractured skull received when a motor car overturned near Newbold Creek…

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Stranger Charged With Stealing at Forbes No Bail Asked

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 7

A young stranger, Frederick Ritchie, 26 years, appeared on several charges before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., at the Forbes Police…

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"Cheek of Him" Lady in Forbes Court Exasperates, Magistrate "Don't Be Silly"

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 7

Learned counsel, the police, and even the Police Magistrate, Mr. Arnold, had to submit for awhile to the biting sarcasm of an angry…

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Police Buildings To Be Electrically Lit

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 2

Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., forwards this duplicate letter, which he received from the Police Department, in connection with electrically lighting the…

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Pulpit and Gaol Analysis

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 5

"The fight against the Prohibition law in U.S.A.," says "The Times," New York, "was carried yesterday into the precincts of Park Avenue,…

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Car Collision. Sequel in Small Debts Court

Western Champion · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 13

At the Small Debts Court yesterday Jo[?] McPhee sought to recover £8 as damages for injury to his Dodge car in a collision with a Buick owned…

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A Motorist’s Jaunt Causes His Appearance at the Police Court. Fined £6 and License Suspended Until Nov. 30th

Cowra Free Press · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 1

Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M., on Wednesday Vincent Stephen Jukes was charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of…

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Marrickville Murder An Arrest made. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 1

A man named Patrick Reynolds, 18, who was arrested by the police on Friday, on a charge of vagrancy, was last night charged with the murder of…

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Fingerprint Cloes Cannot be Obliterated What Police Say

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 6

The prospect of wanted criminals taking a course of dishwashing, or home laundering in order to obliterate their fingerprints is, in the opinion…

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Dulwich Hill Murder Young Man Charged. Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 1

John Patrick Reynolds, aged 18 who was arrested by the police on Friday and charged with vagrancy, was last night charged with the murder of…

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Garden Charged Echo of Cooks' Dispute Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 1

J. S. Garden, Secretary of the Sydney Trades Labor Council, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions with having solicited certain persons to…

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Six Months' Gaol Jacob Johnson Sentenced Lodging Appeal To Day SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

Jacob Johnson, general secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australia, was convicted by Mr. McMalion, S.M., at the Central Police Court upon…

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