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

Courts & crime, 1928

727 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 23 of 37

Air Was Turned Blue When Leslie Looked For Fight Trouble in Court Street Ends in Court

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

If air can be turned blue, with curses, the air in Court Street, Forbes, was certainly azure one day last week, when Leslie…

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One of the W0rkless In Forbes Court Could Not Find Work

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

Just one of the workless ! Weary, decrepit, haggard, and with the light of despair in his eyes. a man stood in the dock at Forbes Police…

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Love at First Sight "Caveman" Stunt With Camera Young Stranger at Court Happenings at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

When George McCracken took a smiling photo of Frederick Ritchie, his room mate at the Club House Hotel, Forbes, recently,…

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Police Sergeant's Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 6

Sergeant Cooper, of the Dubbo police, looks like having a long spell off duty, owing to having broken his leg very simply. The officer was…

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Saturday's Court

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 3 September 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. A. A. Mays, J.P., at the Forbes Police Court on Saturday, Herbert Wise, an elderly man, was charged with having behaved in an offensive…

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Two Men And A Kit Bag. Police Effect Arrests

Western Champion · Monday 3 September 1928 · page 12

On the second night of the Show a resident of the Trundle district, who with some-friends had been on a visit to the Parkes Carnival, was the…

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Referee Ignored Young Man Charged (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

At the Newtown Police court today, Ray Alfred Baliantyne, aged 27, plasterer, was remanded on a charge of having assaulted Bratus O'Grady,…

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Sensations Expected In London Murder Case (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

A London message states that it is persistently reported that there are new and, sensational developments in connection with the Pace case, in…

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Angry Communists Dispersed by Police (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

A large number of unemployed who congregated outside the Communists: Hall, Melbourne, last night threatened to smash the windows and hold…

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Police Court (Before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.m.) Case Against Alfred Moore

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 2

Great interest was centered in the case which was a charge against Alfred Moore, in the employ of the Railway Commissioners and in charge of…

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Magistrate's Outburst Against Some Parents Lack of Control Evident "Pictures Not Wholly to Blame!"

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 6

Mr. C. A. Arnold, Police Magistrate, stated in the Forbes Police Court yesterday morning, that he had not been in any town where…

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Youths in Court Plead Guilty to Taking Car Speed in Glee to Sydney Returned Footsore and Weary

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 9

Two boys, one evidently penitent, the other at times smirking and diffident, appeared at the Forbes Children's Court yesterday morning to answer a charge of using a car without the permission of the owner. Both pleaded guilty…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 2

A. T. Simpson was charged with using indecent language and fined 30/- and costs 8/, in default seven days' hard labor…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 4th SEPTEMBER. (Before Mr. C. Arnold, P.m.) a Quiet Man

Western Champion · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 13

George Dean pleaded guilty, through Mr. Maguire, to charges of being drunk and disorderly and resisting the police…

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Licensing Court. Application for Cancellation. a Trundle Case

Western Champion · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 6

At the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., an application was made by the police for the cancellation of the license of the…

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Two Men and Kit Bag. Defendants before the Court. Plead Guilty to Larceny by Finding

Western Champion · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 11

At the Police Court yesterday The mas Ryan and Frederick Moore, alias Herbert Moore, were charged with stealing a kit bag, the property of A…

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Stock Diseases Pleuro in Forbes Owner Refuses to Destroy Police Aid Sought

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 6

At the P.P. Board meeting this morning, the stock inspector, Mr. Little, told how a farmer in Forbes Had refused to destroy…

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Loaded Dice Hazards Play Stealing Charge Fails

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 4

Joseph Anthony was tried at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on a charge of having stolen £46, the property of Joseph Coon, at Lithgow on…

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They were Seven. Wholesale Stealing Alleged. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 7

The Newcastle police have preferred 133 charges of breaking and entering and stealing against seven youths…

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Daring Robbery Jeweller's Window Broken Valuable Watches Stolen Vain Chase by Police

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 2

An amazingly daring and barefaced robbery was carried out in Rankin Street on Sunday morning, a few minutes before 2 o'clock…

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