Molong Robberies Well-known Women Charged
Sensational developments occurred on Tuesday night of last week in connection with the robbery from Burgess Brothers' store, in the main street…
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Courts & crime, 1931
510 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 26
Cattle Stealing Young Man Before Court. Heavy Fined Imposed
John Hubert Brown, a Herculean young man, 19 years of age, with badly sunburnt arms penetrating [?]m his well-worn sweater, sat in the dock at the Police Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to two charges of cattle-stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Bromhead, P.M.)
Frederick James Watson, drunk. Pleaded guilty. Fined £2 or 14 days, 21 days allowed to pay. Arthur Traill, found on licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Bromhead)
Mr. Weaver appeared for applicants, Messrs. Hill and Halls Ltd., for transfer of wine and spirit merchants' license and colonial wine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Stealing McCARROLL and His Ponies. Given the Benefit of the Doubt
An old black pony grazed contentedly in the yard at the rear of the Police Court yesterday while a case was waged concerning it. Edward James McCarroll was charged with stealing the animal, and the case fasted for several hours. After hearing evidence, Mr. Arnold,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Annuai Re-union. Court Ashburnham. Ancient Order of Foresters
The annual re-union and Installation of officers of Court Ashburnham of the Ancient Order of Foresters was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Daring Theft Horse Robbed of Harness In Open Lane
Perhaps the quickest and most daring theft ever reported in Forbes occurred about 2.30 p.m. yesterday, when a law-breaker…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bogan Gate Another Early Fire Extinguished by Police
The grasshopper pest continues. The insects are making inroads on all good green fodder. The farmer has a lot to put up with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Police Informer
On Saturday last the police raided a shop where it was' suspected that s.p. betting was carried on, but drew a blank. Apparently the information…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wages Cut. Arbitration Court. Suspension Requested
The Full Arbitration Court on Thursday dismissed the Commonwealth Government's application for the suspension for three months of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Without Food for Three Days.old Man Found by Burrowa Police
Edward Croft, a brickmaker, who was reported missing to the Burrowa Police on Wednesday of last week, was found by Sergt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ungarie Police Court
Before Mr. H. C. Dryden at the Ung[?]. Police Court yesterday Patrick Purcell was charged with being found drunk in a public place on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wilkening Wins Again Magistrate Signifies His Opinion Are Police Harassing Citizen?
OWEN Gerard Wilkening, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Forbes, who in the words of his solicitor, seems to have been "unduly harassed by the police," gained a tactical victory over his "harassers" at Tuesday's Court, when he was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Impudent Theft" Horse Stripped Naked Perpetrator Fined
Charged with what Magistrate Arnold termed us "one of the most impudent thefts I have ever heard of," Reuben Field, a young Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutal Assault Constable the Victim (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Evening
When Constable Maizey had occasion to speak to two men in a small park adjoining the City Bowling Green last night, they brutally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daring Theft £1000 Worth of Watches (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Evening
A daring theft was perpetrated in Brisbane last night, when a man entered Bishop's jewellery shop and stole watches valued at £1,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Methods In Forbes Officers Going Too Far? Procuring Offences To Gain Court Cases What Will Public Do?
ONCE again "The Advocate," watching the public interests in Forbes, is impelled to voice a protest against the activities of the police in this town. At the outset let it be understood that this is not an attack on the junior officers here, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault Between Woodstock and Wyangala Man Now in Hospital at Woodstock
At Woodstock a well known resident bf Wyangala, named Walter Henry Pagett, was before the Police Court charged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Police Violence Not Believed by Jury
Amazing suggsetions that a statement was extorted from him by Sydney Police by means of threats, punches and kicks, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ormond Murder McMahon's Alibi (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Evening
The view is expressed by the Secretary of the Victorian Crown Law Department that notwithstanding the alibi set up Robert James…
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