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

Courts & crime, 1932

522 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 20 of 27

REMANDED. Alleged Burglary

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 11

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M. Alfred Patrick Riley, on remand, was presented on a charge of breaking and…

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Dirty Premises. Butcher Fined. Case at Police Court

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. A. Arnold, Bemjamin Wallace, a Parkes butcher, was heavily fined for failing…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

Charles M. McDonald smoking in public hall. Mr. Harney, for defendant, pleading guilty…

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Seven Days. Mendicant Sentenced; Previous Convictions

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 12

At the Police Court yesterday Edward John Smith, who had been remanded from last week, appearde to answer a charge of begging…

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Kept Pigs. But kept them Badly. Lenient Magistrate

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

Owing to the poor circumstances of the defendant, the P.M., Mr. C. A. Arnold, at the Police Court yesterday, inflicted…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 8

At the Municipal Appeal Court this morning Mr. C. A. Arnold, P.M., ruled that he had no jurisdiction in the appeals lodged by Toohey's Ltd.,…

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General News Licensing Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. Bromhead, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

John Norton, transfer of Bimbi Hotel license to his son, John Francis Norton. Mr. Weaver for applicant…

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REMANDED On Stealing Charge The Vanished Suitcase

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 3

Charged with stealing a suitcase and contents valued at £19 10, the property of George Snook James Joseph Clarke, an elderly…

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Hold Up Over Booth Licenses for the Show and Races. Granting of License Opposed by the Police

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 8

When a application was before Mr. Bromhead P.M. sitting as a Licensing Magistrate on Wednesday in which Mrs. Annie…

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What Was Wrong with Wheat Which Went to Westman ? Farmers Wrangle Over Quality of Seed Court Case Results in Plaintiff Being Non-Suited

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 1

A case of a very interesting nature was heard in the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, when a Goolagong man on the land named Ernest Idiens proceeded against Alexander Westman [?] Billimari farmer, claiming £32/19/2, being the value of certain…

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Workers Wrangle Wildly at Wyangala Both Fight a Losing Bodily Battle and Also in Court An Unsympathic Bench Says They Behaved Like Two Schoolboys Tales of Tossing of Tea and Tins and Throwing Tent Pegs

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 7

According to the evidence adduced in the Police Court here Wednesday tea hour at the bachelor’s quarters or rec. room at Wyangala must have been a wild one on July 6th, several of the men becoming mixed up in an argument over cards, which…

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FRUITLESS. Police Activity

Western Champion · Monday 12 September 1932 · page 1

There was an unusual spurt of activity among the police on Saturday afternoon, and a number of business places where men are…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. B. L. Baxter, J.P., at the West Wyalong Police Court Robert White and John Dee, were charged with being found drunk in Main…

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Police Pay Reduction Rumored (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 1

It is reported in police circles that Members of the force take the view that they have suffered their share in the lowering of Government…

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Car Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 3

In his annual report on crime in 1931 the Commissioner of London Police said he was hopeful that the motor Industry would before long…

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Revision Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 4

A revision court for the Municipality of Forbes and the Shire of Jemalong was held at Forbes Court House last Tuesday, Mr. C. A. Arnold…

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Heavier Penalties In Rabbit Prosecutions Magistrate's Warning Eight Landholders Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 2

Imposing fines on eight Forbes district landholders for failing to destroy rabbits, Magistrate C. A. Arnold uttered a further warning…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

Rupert Heidtan was charged with using indecent language in the yard of the White Tank Hotel on the 22nd Of August 1932…

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POLICE v GALVIN Receiving Charge Adjourned Next Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. Johnston P.M. at the Wyalong Police Court on Thursday, Michael Galvin, a well known butcher, was charged with having received…

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Girl Wounded Attempted Murder Charge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

John George O'Sullivan, 20, assistant postmaster at Hartley, near Rockhampton, was charged with attempting to kill Violet Baird, 19, waitress, who…

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