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

Courts & crime, 1932

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Family Squabble Settled in the Police Court. Articles Claimed After Seventeen Years

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

There were many peculiar features In connection with a claim for detention of property, which came before Mr…

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Dairying Breach Two Brothers Fined Magistrate and Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

Two brothers named Harris, farmers, incurred the displeasure of Forbes Court last Tuesday, when they were fined by…

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Collapsed in Court

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

Alfred Byfield had just concluded giving evidence at the Mudgee Court, on Monday, when he fell on to the side of the box…

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Court Sensation Defendant's Sudden Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

While he was defending an eject ment case at the Mudgee Police Cour the defendant, Alfred Byfield, fainted under cross examination. He was…

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Missing Horse Found by Police Man Arrested

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

On Election Night (December 19), Mr. Alf. Clothier, who was wheat carting at Forbes, turned his horses out on the Forbes…

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Two Fires On Tuesday Night Police Inquiry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

At about 11. 30. p.m. on Tuesday night Mr. R. M. Wright discovered that the West Wyalong Public School was on fire, and despite the fact that…

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Farmers in Court Alleged Malicious Damage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

At the Ariah Park Police Court on the 28th ultimo, before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., Henry William Brown proceeded against Arthur Robert Clark…

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False Pretences and Forgery Man with New Zealand Record Pleads Guilty to Three Charges His Three Sentences of Six Months in Each Instance Are Made Concurrent. Police Evidence Reveals Cunningly Arranged Plot

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

A well known local resident named Reginald Lewis, appeared at the Police Court on Wednesday, to answer a charge of false pretences and two charges of forgery, and in each instance the accused, who was without legal assistance,…

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McCARROLL. Further Arrests. Alleged Horse Stealing

Western Champion · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

James McCarroll, who, at last Wednesday's Police Court was committed for trial on three charges of horse-stealing and two of…

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Escaped Gallows 24-Year-Old Murder Recalled

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 1

Melbourne.—Standing in the dock at the City Court on a minor coarge. William Williams. 47, admitted that 24 years ago he had been sentenced to…

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Papers Seized By Adelaide Police (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 1

Adelaide police, acting under regulations issued under the Public Safety Preservation Act, selzed a number of Communist newspapers, wrich were…

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Justice of Peace Fined by Magistrate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 3

At the East Maitland Police Court Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., urged that persons who were made justices of the peace should possess…

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Lubeck Tragedy Two Doctors Sent to Gaol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 3

Judgment has been given at Lubeck (Germany) in the case in which three doctors and a laboratory assistan-were charged with criminal neglect…

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Storekeeper Charged Alleged Selling of Poison Case Dismissed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

At the West Wyalong Police Court out Wednesday last before M. E. Harrison P.M. James Thom. Ltd. Charles Edward Lambert deposed:…

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Attack on Priests Domain Orator Charged. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

When Charles Reeves appeared at the Central Summdns Court to-day on a charge of having used unseemly language in an address at the…

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Small Debts Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

Several smal ldebts cases were listed for hearing at the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, but in each case an adjournment was granted…

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Forbes Youth Alleged Accessory In Horse Stealing Was Employed By McCarroll Remanded on Serious Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

WHEN JAMES McCARROLL, a Parkes man, was committed for trial from Parkes Court on three charges of horse stealing and two of false representation; and was later re-arrested on a charge of stealing a black mare from George…

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A Salonola Court Order Made Struggle Against Debt

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 9

At last Tuesday's Court, Home Recreations, Ltd., (in Liquidation) made an application to re-possess a Salonala instrument from…

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Brennan Appeals at Young Airy Tales of Thousands Leonard Washington Brennan Appeals. Echo of Vagrancy Conviction. Came From Goal to Attend Court

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

Airy tales of transactions in real estate involving thousands of pounds, of easy money made by commission in selling motor…

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BURGLARY. Baker's Shop Entered

Western Champion · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 1

Laffan's baker's shop, in Church Street, was broken into yesterday afternoon, between 3 and 6 p.m. and a sum of approximately 30/…

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