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

Courts & crime, 1932

522 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 27

POLICE v HOPKINS

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Constable Collier deposed: On the evening of the 7th February I was standing behind a car when I saw defendant and a man named O'Shea walk…

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POLICE v HANNA

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

David Hanna was charged With using language in a public place in West Wyalong. There was no appearance of defendant, and the [?] was…

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POLICE v O'SHEA

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Constable Collier deposed: On the evening of the 7th January I was in Barnardo Street behind a motor car and previous to standing behind the…

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£10 FINE For Trespassing Sheep Thought It "Hot" Magistrate's Threat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 6

Pleading guilty to a charge of allowing sheep to trespass on a Travelling Stock Reserve, near Eugowra, Arthur Morton, their…

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Police Assaulted Crowd Looked On

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

Not one in a crowd of 390 people offered to help two policemen who were badly assaulted while trying to make arrests in Cestlereagh Street,…

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State Lottery Appeal to Victorian Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 6

The Chief Commissioner of Police (Major, General T. A. Blarney) stated on Saturday that he had received from the Director of the New South…

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44 Men Fined Dubbo Court Harvest

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 8

At the Dubbo Police Court 40 men, mostly visitors, were fined for having been on licensed premises on Christmas Day. Four hotelkeepers were…

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Threats of Gun and Axe Camp Hill Contenders Come to Court Australia and Palestine and Italy

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 3

TOWARDS the close of the old year international relations became severely strained in that rugged country which is embraced by the Camp Hill Alps and known to explorers of the night as South Forbes. Over the border fence between…

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“Jumping the Rattler” Three Young Men Fined at the Police Court. One of Whom Shows Fight

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 1

On Saturday morning, at the Police Court, before Messrs. U. W. Muggridge and J. Mitchell, Js.P., three young men, who had…

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Editorial Notes Our Police Force

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

Speaking recently to a public officer who has had considerable experience with the police force, be expressed the opinion that the reason…

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W.W. COURT Annual Return Of Business 1931

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 5

Mr. B. L. Baxter, C.P.S. and Registrar at West Wyalong, has kindly supplied us with particulars of the business transacted at the West Wyalong…

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Stealing Charge Youth Before Court. Theft of Stiletto

Western Champion · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 9

A well-known local youth, Mervyn Patrick Thomas Tanks, appeared before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M. at the Police Court…

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Expensive Wine Six Bottles: £35. Three Youths Convicted of Stealing

Western Champion · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 2

It would have been much more profitable for Cecil Charles Miller, Alfred Charles Salt and Francis Salt, to have purchased Moet and Chandon than to have used the six bottles of wine mentioned in a case at the Police Court yesterday before Mr…

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New Guard Leader Before Court. Bitter Attack on Mr. Lang. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 11

Great interest was taken in the hearing of the case of Eric Campbell, the leader of the New Guard, who was yesterday charged by summons at the Central Police Court with having at Lane Cove used insulting words. A body of police were stationed at the entrance to…

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Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

The usual Police Court, over which Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., presided, was set down for Thursday last, hut there were no cases listed for hearing. The…

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Burglary at Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

On Tuesday night the premises of I. J. Stidwill were broken into anda quantity of oil stolen. Constable Randall is making…

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After Hours Two Men Guilty In Magistrate's Opinion

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

At Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, before Magistrate Atkinson, Denis Grogan and John Crisp were charged with being on…

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Ungarie Court House Yearly Return

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

First-Class Constable A. C. Randall Acting Clerk of Petty Sessions at Ungarie, has supplied us with the following "returns in connection with…

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Minor Cases Heard at Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

The following minor cases were heard at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday:-- TRAFFIC BREACHES…

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“Bit the Hand That Fed Him” Young Man is Given Bed by Local Hotelkeeper After Being Released From Gaol He Then Continues on and Works for His Benefactor Whom He Sues for Wages and Is Awarded a Verdict

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

In the Industrial Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday, a young man named George Edward Peters[?] proceeded against Walter G. Freeman, claiming the sum of [?] which he alleged to be due to him for wages…

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