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

Courts & crime, 1928

727 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 37

Missing Man Police Mystified. No Traces Discovered

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 4

The police are completely mystified by the disappearance of the user of the Chevrolet car found on the river bank recently. A search has been…

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To Pay £2 Small Debts Court Claim. Smith V. LEAHY

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 5

A claim for £2 in payment of work done, was entered by George Patrick Smith against John Leahy at Forbes Police Court yesterday. Mr. Moloney…

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Streets Not Speedways Police Should Control

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the circumstances concerning the death of Mrs. Jim Parker, Mr. Arthur Sam, J.P., coroner, made…

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Police Precautions Execution of Rowlands and Driscoll (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

A cable from London states that extraordinary police precautions have been taken at Cardiff for to-day's execution of Rowlands and Driscoll for…

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Stealing Vegetables

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

At, the Forbes Police Court this morning, before Mr. T.A. Garnsey, J.P., Tracey Joseph Buckley was charged with stealing vegetables…

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Escaped From Gaol But Re-captured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

James Atkin, 26, and Lionel Horton, 32, were released from Wollongong goal yesterday with the aid of an accomplice…

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No Police Court

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

Yesterday being the fifth Tuesday in the month, no Petty Sessions Court was held at Forbes. This phenomenon occurs every time there are five…

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Alleged Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

A man named Harry Harlow was before Mr. T. G. Flynn, C.P.S., this morning, charged with stealing one horse, sulky and harness, the property…

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Police Court Extra Big List of Cases

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

The Court last Wednesday and Thursday provided one of the heaviest monthly sittings on record for Condobolin. Police Magistrate C. A. Arnold…

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Davey Gets 12 Months South Forbes Assault. Deportation Recommended

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

Several pleas of guilty were entered at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions yesterday, and in consequence evidence was not tendered in any such,…

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Crime in the West Police Statistics

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 7

Serious crime in the west has been a negligible quantity during 1927, while offences of a minor character and breaches showed a distinct upward…

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Gaol Escapes Peep Into the Past

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 10

The escape by two prisoners from Wollongong gaol the other day, recalls, to mind a few incidents that occurred in the days before the…

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Youth Arrested Alleged Assault on Girl (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Detectives arrested a youth in a house at Marrickville last night and charged him in connection with an assault on Miss Dorothy Hynds…

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Young Man in Trouble Bench Gives Him a Chance. Work or Gaol

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4

When Walter Henry LeBrocque came before Messrs. Mays and Meagher. J'sP., at the Forbes Police Court yesterday the tale of a young man's sad…

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Murder Charge Against Minister in Vic. (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Rev. Donald Griggs, Methodist Minister, who has been charged with the murder of his wife, was brought before the Omeo police court,…

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Murder? Chiristchurch

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

The body of Charles James Mahan, 55, of Timaru, stock buyer, was found in Lyttleton Harbor on Saturday morning. His head was badly battered…

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Grim Tragedy Murder and Suicide

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

"I have just shot my wife. I am going to shoot myself—watch!" With these words Lewis Holden Maynard, aged 67, of Bundaberg, greeted James…

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No Room for Prisoner in Young’s New Court House. Police Inspector Is Puzzled

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

In Young’s new Court House is there is room for everybody except the defendant, or prisoner, who is, after all, the…

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DISMISSED From Public Service Result of Bankruptcy Court (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

F. W. Gabriel, of the Home and Territories Departmnt, is to be dismissed from the Federal Public Service. If will be remembered that during…

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Serum Tragedy A.L.P. Decision Appoint Supreme Court Judges (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

The Bundaberg branch of the A.L.P. have decided to ask the Prime Minister to appoint two Supreme Court judges to the Commission in…

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