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

Courts & crime, 1931

510 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 22 of 26

District Court Claim for Money Due. Defendant Alleges Commission "Set-off."

Western Champion · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 9

In the District Court yesterday before His Honor Judge Thomson, McGlynn and Co., storekeepers Parkes proceeded against Allan Cleveland Burke, salesman, to recover £45/14/ 10, due to the firm for money advanced for purchase of a motor…

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EXPOSURE Youth Charged

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 1

During the week a Forbes youth was charged with wilful exposure before some school girls of tender years. It is understood that the girls…

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District Court Case Under Moratorium Act

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 3

A the Wyalong District Court, before his Honor Judge Coyle, the Gemmel Power Company claimed £320 from A. T. Franke in respect to a…

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A Midnight Squabble Is Settled in Court. with Mr. Bromhead, P.m., As Adjudicator

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

On Wednesday, at the Police Court, before Mr. Bromhead, P.M., Harold Stibbard, who was represented by, Mr. R. B…

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Hide and Seek Between After Hours Drinkers and the Police in Which the Latter Prove the Victors

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

When Sergts, Burke and Hinchey were passing the Royal Hotel at about 8.15 p.m. on September 30th they saw a…

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For Police Bashings A.w.u. Branch Secretary’s Self-exposure. J. J. Lynch at Wyangala Dam

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 1

If ever a trade bureaucrat discredited himself, A.W.U. R.W.I. Branch Secretary J. J. Lynch did when addressing workers at Wyangala Dam…

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Carried to Gaol. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 26 October 1931 · page 1

A well-known Newcastle boxer, when arrested for drunkenness in Watt Street yesterday, threw himself on the ground and refused to…

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Miscellaneous Late Henry Chew's Will. Tore Signature From Codicil. Court Accepts Explanation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1931 · page 2

In probate (before Mr. Justice Harvey) in Sydney, application was made for probate of the will and codicil thereto, of the late Henry…

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12 Months' Gaol Breaking and Entering

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Thompson, at the Condobolin Quarter Sessions Arthur McLaughlin (25) who was commltted for trial 23rd September last…

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Basement Murder Coroner's Finding

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 2

Evidence was given during the Cororner's inquiry into the Phillip Street basement murder on Friday, that She ila Gililagan confessed having met a…

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11 Years' Gaol For Al Capone (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 1

A cable from Chicago states that the amous gangster, Scarface A1 Capone, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonnent and fined 50,000 dollars for…

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Nine Months’ Gaol For Breaking and Entering Judge Thomson Recommends That It Be Serve on a Prison Farm

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 2

A young man named Cecil Robert Leighton (23), who is at present serving a sentence of four months in Bathurst Gaol,…

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The Old Days. Long Court Sittings at Mudgee. Some Interesting Cases

Western Champion · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 14

In the days long past it was a common occurrence for the Mudgee Circuit Court to sit at least three, four and sometimes five…

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Must Appear If Bail Allowed Magistrate Tells

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 7

Magistrate C. A. Arnold felt called upon last Tuesday to repeat information he has frequently given out in Court regarding…

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Strange Case Magistrate is Puzzled Law of Estoppal

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 7

Arthur Heber Williams, a Forbes furniture dealer, sold furniture to Emily Lawler, a married woman, in 1926. There was…

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Moratorium Case Fails on Fatal Point Magistrate Expects Much Litigation From Act

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 1

CASES under the Moratorium Act are an almost weekly occurrence at Forbes Court lately and each of them seems to be cursed with tediousness, dryness, and inordinate length. Such a one was that in which Frederick J. Short, Forbes,…

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Death of Quarry Worker Claim Against Lyndhurst Shire Council. Full Court Decides Against Widow

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 7

In the Full Court, before Mr. Justice Harvey, Mr. Justice Davidson and Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, the hearing was concluded of an appeal…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 2

Police v. Raymond William McClelland, stealing. Mr. Harney for defendant, who pleaded guilty…

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Warden's Court

Western Champion · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 9

At the Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., a large number of applications for authority to enter was dealt with…

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Sale of Car. Small Debts Court. Verdict for Plaintiff

Western Champion · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 6

At the Small Debts Court, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., yesterday, Leonard Joseph Harrison proceeded against Arthur…

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