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

Courts & crime, 1929

753 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 32 of 38

Manildra Bank Manager Charged

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1929 · page 7

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Monday, Ivor Carrington Longley (43), bank manager, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Police Court FRIDAY.(Before Mr. F. Grugeon, J.P.)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 11

In the above Court, Cecil George Luckman, on remand, was charged with having, at Webb’s Siding, near Narromine, on September 16th, 1927,…

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Grazier Charged Sheep Marks Case Adjourned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 12

Herbert John Gibson, of "Riversleigh," Forbes, was charged at Forbes Court this week with having wilfully defaced the earmarks…

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Wyangala Assault Case Appeal Dismissed But Charge Reduced

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 9

At the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, his Honor, Judge Thomson, dismissed Joseph Mc-Cormck’s appeal again his recent…

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Gaol Escapee's Last Words of Defiance Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 6

An inquiry was held to-day by the Parramatta District Coroner, into the death of Chas. Thomas Aiken, 22, a laborer, who was shot at Rooty Hill…

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N.s.w. Police Force

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 5

Interesting statistics regarding the New South Wales Police Force were quoted by Supt. Packer at the annual dinner and smoke social of the…

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Boxing or Two-up What Police Found

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 14

The Canowindra police made a raid last Sunday on a supposed two up school and arrested about a dozen men The alleged school was being car…

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Wild Driving Man Heavily Fined Police Chase

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 8

Thomas Waterson, alias McGrath, 32, was convicted and fined £20 at Forbes Court on Wednesday, for driving a car whilst…

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Alleged Unlawful Assault Jury Believe Accused and Discharge Young Burrowa Man The Story of a Walk Home

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 8

A case from Burrowa was heard at the Cowra Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last, before his Honor, Judge Thomson, when Patrick James Howard was charged with that he did, at Burrowa, on September 24th, unlawfully assault Ellen Phyllis Mary…

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Police Court

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 3

At the Cowra Police Court on Monday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, J.P., Otto Olsen was fined 5/, or 24 hours, for having been drunk in Kendall…

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Police Sergeant Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 2

While a party of police officials were returning to Mudgee from Rylstone, their car ran into a deep gutter on the side of the road, and…

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Three Years' Gaol the Men Who Went Astray

Western Champion · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 11

Sentences of three years' imprisonment was passed at the Darlinghurst sessions yesterday on Herbert Edward James Lloyd (59), formerly manager…

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Paris Police. Brutal Methods

Western Champion · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 11

Public opinion in Paris is disturbed by amazing charges of brutality against the police by Almazoff, an Armenian, who is charged with…

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Wholesale Executions. Priests and Churchmen Amongst Victims. Announcement by Soviet Police

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 5

The O.G.P.U. (Secret Police) announce that there were 18 executions on Sunday, including two priests and four churchmen for…

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Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 3

At the Ungarie Police Court, before Mr. Joseph Lee, J.P., James Dawson was fined 10/ for drunkenness in Ungarie Street on the previous Saturday…

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Police Court Wednesday. (Before Mr. Bromhead, P.M.)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 3

Harold C. Corry was charged with having conducted a, bookmaker’s business at the Cowra racecourse on September 14th, without being able…

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Brutal Assault On Elderly Timber Worker Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

George Shoesmith, an elderly timberworker, wag brutally assaulted by two unknown men at Petersham last night…

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Brutal Treatment Alleged At Parramatta Gaol Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

At a meeting of the Howard Reform League an ex-convict told a sensational story of the alleged brutal treatment received while serving…

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Reading Murder Barratt Released Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

A cable from London stages that Har ratt, who surrendered himself to the police in connection with the Reading murder, has been released…

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Grenfell Carpenter Gets Cowra Court Decision

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

In the Industrial Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., George J. Reynolds. of Grenfell, claimed £53/7/ as balance of wages…

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