Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

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

Courts & crime, 1930

659 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 33 of 33

DARING. Audacious Theft. Missing Watches

Western Champion · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 12

Just before 6 o'clock on Friday evening Mr. Leo. Stevens of the Commercial Hotel, was going upstairs, when he met a stranger…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Over a Betting Ticket Western Boxer Charged Committed for Trial

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

Keith Kennedy (31), a well-known western boxer, and who on two occasions fought Bill Maisey, at Cowra, was committed for trial at the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Remedies to Beat Depression Advice by Young M.l.a. to Court

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

Mr. Clarence Edward Martin, M. L. A. for Young, gave the Federal Arbitration Court the benefit of his views on the current depression…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Stealing Charge Tunney "Knocked Out" for Six Weeks. Discharged on Vagrancy Charge

Western Champion · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 13

James Tunney—a "fighting man," according to himself, but not identical with the ex-heavyweight champion—was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment at the Police Court, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., yesterday on a charge of stealing. On a charge of being a…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Bogan Gate 55 lbs. Wheat at Silos Stranger at Court Stealing Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 10

Another wet week-end. It gets monotonous reporting the same each week; 121 points of rain were registered on Sunday night…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Brutal Assault On Aged Woman SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

Mrs. Julia Gerschel, 87, was attacked by a thief while she was walking along Wright Road, Drummoyne, yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Traffic Police on Camels

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 7

Speed cops mounted on camels is the novel spectacle to be seen in Egypt, where nowadays tourists are taken to King Tut's…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Wages Claim Against Wyangala Boarding House Proprietor Magistrate Upholds Point -Raised by Mr. Kelly

Cowra Free Press · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 4

In the Industrial Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday before Mr. W. S. Bromhead,. a married Woman named Myra McDonald…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A.W.U. REP. Faces Cowra Court Convicted of Embezzlement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

At the Cowra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, S.M., Reginald Anderson (40), was charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Appeal Lodged After Court Conviction Trouble Over Payment Of Hotel Account

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 11

At the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, an elderly well-dressed man, George Staplee, faced a charge before Magistrate C. A…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

APPOINTMENTS Two to High Court Bench Evatt and McTiernan CANBERRA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton, has announced the appointment of Doctor H. V. Evatt, K.C., and Mr. A. E. McTiernan, to the High…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Union Official Charged in Connection with Failing to Ac- Count for Membership Fees Collected and Is Ordered to Pay Same Over and Also Pay Heavy Expenses

Cowra Free Press · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

When Reginald Anderson pleaded guilty to a charge of having embezzled the sum of 25/, the property of the Railway Workers’ Union he stated that he had not used the money, but had neglected to forward it [?] and immediately on the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Grazier's End. Murder and Suicide. Temporary Insanity? Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 7

Believed to have suddenly become demented Oswald Sharwood (56) a grazier, of Laggan, near Crookwell, is said to have shot his wife and then…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Brothers Sent to Gaol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 4

Pleading guilty to charges of assault on Constables Boyd and Lord at Parkes, early this month, Bertie Charles Littler and Walter Harold…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

High Court Tow New Judges

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 4

Afer a meeting of the Federal Cabi net on Thuesday, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Featon) announced that Dr. H. V. Evatt, K.C., and Mr. E. A…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

£32 Said to Stolen Have Been Man Charged With the The Theft Says That He Is Innocent

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 9

On Wednesday last the local Police were apprised that a robbery had been committed at Sun Sing’s vegetable garden the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Shot Himself. Attempted Murder. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 7

At Brisbane yesterday Francis McDonald (28) shot himself through the heart, after having made a desperate attempt to kill Miss Audrey Ahnfeldt,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Suicide in Gaol. Hindoo Strangled in Cell Sequel to Yarrobin Shooting

Western Champion · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 4

Found strangled in his cell at the Bathurst Gaol early yesterday morning, Nathoo Khan, a Hindoo storekeeper, of Yarrobin, near Hargraves,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Upper House. Full Court Decision. Referendum Must Be Taken Appeal to High Court. Sydney

Western Champion · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 9

The specially constituted Full Court of five Judges in its reserved judgment to-day decided by a majority of four to one that the bill designed to…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Brutal Assault Death of Victim (By Wire) Sydney Wednesday Morning

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 1

Eileen McNamara, who was the victim of a brutal assault at Wiangaree, near Kyogle, died last night…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →