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

Courts & crime, 1929

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A Cheque Crook. Wants Bathurst Gaol. Magistrate's Reminder: "You Are Not Staying at Hotel Australia

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 2

On remand from Wagga Police Court, where he was charged on warrant on October 10 with obtainin money by means of valueless…

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Forbes Wants Supreme Court Sittings

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 2

Because Forbes is thought to be the biggest suitable town in the central west for a District Supreme Court, steps are being taken to…

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Police Court Wednesday's Cases

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

Before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., at the local police court on Wednesday, the following cases were dealt with: —DISORDERLY CONDUCT…

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Assault with Intent to Rob

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

Bertie John Clayton on remand was charged with having at West Wyalong on 12th inst assaulted John Connelly with intent to rob…

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Police Court Wednesday. [Before Messrs. F. Grugeon and J. J. Sullivan, J’s.P.]

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 7

Robert William Holmes (21) was charged with having been found drunk in Kendall street, and also with having maliciously broken a phonograph…

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Alleged Wool Stealing Narromine to Hear Two Years Old Case

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 9

In the Cowra Police Court on Friday before Mr. F. Grugeon, J.P., Cecil George Luckman, on remand, was charged with having, at…

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A New Bill Theft of Electricity (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

A Bill, read the first time, makes the theft of electricity punishable by five years imprisonment. The Attorney-General says that…

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Modern Police Methods Fords Assist in Keeping Law and Order

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 9

The progress of modern times towards the highest efficiency in all things is extending in many interesting ways, a striking instance of which…

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Assault Case. Daughter V. Father

Western Champion · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 9

Sensational evidence was given at the Hornsby Court on Thursday by Edith May Winton, a young married woman, who charged her father…

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Modern Police Methods. Ford Assist in Keeping Law and Order

Western Champion · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 4

The progress of modern times towards the highest efficiency in all things is extending in many interesting ways, a striking instance of which…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

Apart from the number of "drunks" rounded up by the local police on Saturday evening there were two whose outbursts of "wild" talk got…

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Case Dismissed At Local Police Court Disturbing Public Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 5

At the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., Samuel George Pettersen, on remand, was charged with behaving in a…

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Pilot Charged Civil Aviation 'Plane

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 1

Captain Young, the western air pilot, has been cited to appear at the Cowra Police Court next Wednesday on a charge of piloting an aeroplane…

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A Cheque Crook Wants Bathurst Gaol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 5

On remand from Wagga Police Court, where he was charged on warrant on October 10 with obtaining money by means of valueless cheques…

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Death Sentence Murder at Coolamon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 5

At the Wagga Supreme Court on Wednesday, Frank Nolan was charged with having murdered Henry Skinner at Collamon on August S. The…

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Betting by Phone Not an Offence Magistrate's Decision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

An interesting point with regard to helling by telephone was raised successfully at the North Sydney Police Court, at which Tom Brocklebank, of…

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Killed by Car Man Charged SYDNEY, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 1

At the Central Police Court John O'Brien, 84, described as a bookmaker, was remanded on a charge of having felouiously slain Thomas Steward,…

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Those Cheque Cases Defendant Before the Police Court Closely Cross-Examines the Various Witnesses

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 1

The case against Frederick Marshall, or Marsden, who is alleged to have passed a number of valueless cheques in Cowra, was given a…

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Police Court Monday. Before Messrs. F. Grugeon and U. W. Muggridge, J’s.P.)

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

James Woods was charged with having been found drunk in Lachlan street on Saturday evening. He pleaded guilty and was fined…

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Unlawful Assault Case at West Wyalong Hotel Yard Incident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

Before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., at the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, Bertie John Clayton, on remand, was charged with having on 12th…

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