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

Courts & crime, 1932

522 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 27

New Guard Headquarters Raided By Police Suburban Homes Visited

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

A squad of detectives under the Metropolitan Superintendent (Mr. Mackay) on Saturday detained the secretary of the New Guard (Mr. L…

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Mrs. Saywell Will Live But Police No Nearer Arrest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 1

The detectives investigating the murder of Victor Claudo Saywell, at nis Bellevue Hill home have been informed by doctors that Mrs. Saywell…

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Without Precedent. Attack on High Court By State Attorney General

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 1

There was an uproar in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday when the Attorney-General (Mr. Lamaro), in reply to Mr. Henry, said the saddest…

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NEW GUARliSMEN Sentenced to Gaol Assault on Mr.Garden

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Eight, men, who admitted that they were members of the New Guard, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court on Monday to three charges of…

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Captain Lancaster Charged With Murder

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Captain Lancaster, the airman, has been indicted on a charge of first degree murder of the airman Haden Clarke, fiance of Mrs. Keith Miller…

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Police V Smith

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Leslie Smith, of Sydney, was Procarded against for using language near the Masonic Hall West Wyadang, a public place…

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Police V Heiotman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Rupert Heldtman was also charged' with using indecent language in the same clace on the same night. Defendant pleaded guilty, and after…

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Licensing Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

At the West Wyalong Licensing Court held on Wednesday last, the Magistrate Mr. E.Harrison granted Thomas Benedist Dwyer of West…

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REMANDED On Railway Robbery Charge Two Men Charged

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Two men, Noel Denton and John Anderson, the former a youth and the latter middle-aged, were charged at Forbes Court on…

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Rent Reduction Court Refuses It Anglesey Flats Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

A case under the Rent Reduction Act, embracing the well-known Anglesey, Flats building in Templar Street, was heard at…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 3

Before Mr. B. L. Baxter[?], at the West Wyalong Police Court on Monday morning, the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Appeal in Murder Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

Salvatore Timarchi, an Italian who was convicted at Narandera on April 16 last, on a charge of having murdered his father, Rocco Trimarchi,…

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N.Z. RIOTS 12 Men Sentenced. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

A cable from Wellington, N. Z., states that twelve men were sentenced to terms of up to 12 months imprisonment for offences in connection with the…

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Murder Charge Man Arrested At Lake Cargelligo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

On Friday afternoon last Detective-Sergeant Comans from C.I.B. Headquarters, Sydney, arrested a man named Patrick James Condell…

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Wages Claim Fails in District Court

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 3

Allan Cavanagh to-day sued James D. Nelligan, in the District Court, before Judge Thomson. claiming [?] wages…

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One Month Guthrie Sentenced to Gaol. But the P.M. Relents. Assaults on Police and Relatives

Western Champion · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 7

Frederick Guthrie, a Parkes painter, had a hectic month of May, Added to a disturbance at the home of his mother in-law, when he assaulted his brother-in-law, Ronald Bawden, a 17-year-old lad, he went to a dance at West's Hall. Outside the hall he used…

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Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. E. Harrison P.M. at the Ungarie Police Court on Wednesday last, John Weir, Baden. Flack, Albert H. Evans John Quilty were each [?]…

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Eugowra Court Farmer Faces Charge Stealing Conviction

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 4

At the Eugowra Police Court, last week, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., a fanner named Frederick Laws appeared on a charge of having in his…

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Long Bay Gaol How Sunday is Spent

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

To-day we were awakened later. It is usually six. On Sundays it is seven. Then down in the yard the bell rang. It keens on ringing for…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 6

When a case was called on in the District Court on Tuesday in which Ernest Edward Frost claimed [?] on a dishonored…

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