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

Courts & crime, 1933

516 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 26

G.f.s. Tennis Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 3

The members of the Girls' Friendly Society have now a "tennis court of their own," having secured the use of court belonging to Mr. D. S…

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Assault Charge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 1

Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., at foe West Wyalong Police Court, Kenneth Swan was charged with assaulting Kenneth Kennedy…

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Heavy Penalty Local Carpenter Fined £20 On Stealing Charge Appeal Mentioned

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 2

Police Court proceedings of Considerable interest were hoard at the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, over which Mr, J. A. S…

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Secret Race Meeting Held on Sunday Police Make Arrests (By Wire) Sysney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 1

During a secretly organised race meeting at Luddenham, 12 miles from Penrith, on Sunday, the police arrested five men alleged to be…

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Police Court Stealing Case

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 3

Convicted of stealing a tarpaulin valued at £9 from Alfred Bruce Bembrick, a Grenfell farmer, two nomads, Patrick Harold Jones. (42)…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 6

There were no parties in the adjourned case of Forbes P.P. Board v. John Hyde, for failing to destroy rabbits, when it was called on here…

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Motor Collision Aftermath P. M. Finds in Favor of Plaintiff. Conflicting Evidence in Court Case

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 3

On the morning of January 31, there was a motor collision at the intersection of Kendall and Macquarie streets between cars…

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Egge Fined. For Dirty Premises. Magistrate's Warning

Western Champion · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 6

The dirty condition of William Egge's pig fafm on the Forbes road resulted in him being fined for the third time in 12 months…

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Relieved the Police

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 2

In England and Wales the installation of traffic light signals has up to the present released 553 constables from traffic duty…

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Six Months For Old Offender Companion Get One Month Theft of Tarpaulin

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 9

Convicted of the theft of a tarpaulin valued at £9, the property of Alfred Bruce Bembrick, a Grenfell farmer, two nomads,…

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Fireman Witness Interrogated by Police Jemalong Club Fire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 9

A Forbes fireman, John W. J. Girdham, was put on the inquisitorial rack yesterday morning by Sergt. Arentz when Coroner A…

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General News Quandialla. Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 2

On Thursday last at Quandialla Police Court the police referred to the magistrate the question of the ownership of the sheep which were…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. B. L. Baxter, at the West Wyalong Police Court Harry Robert Williams was charged with being found drunk and using indecent…

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Quandialla Police Court Case. a Correction

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 2

In our issue of the 22nd inst., in reporting a police court case heard at Quandialla on tho 18th inst., we regret that a very serious [?] and…

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Hotel Till Robbed Excitement at Temora. Two Canowindra Men Charged

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 8

There was excitement at Temora on Sunday when two Canowindra men (not footballers) were arrested on a charge of robbing the till in the…

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“Took the Risk” Drove Footballers in Unregistered Car. Canowindra Man Cught by Young Police

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 8

“I put the Number Plate on and took the rish,” stated Albert Edward Croucher, 24, of Canowindra, who was arrested at Young on Sunday night…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Ungarie Police Court over which Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., will preside will be held on Wednesday, 31st…

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Theft Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 1

Pleading not guilty to a charge of stealing an overcoat from the Regal dance hall on April 19, Leslie Turner, a youth, was remanded for a fortnight…

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Quandialla Police Court Travelling Stock Fines

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 3

William McLeod was fitted 11/5, with costs 8/ and expenses 3/4 for having been the owner of travelling sheep not legibly branded with the…

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Gaol for Railway Thieves

Western Champion · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 11

By the conviction of two men, Bathurst police believe that they have eliminated railway robbery on a wholesale scale. At the Police Court…

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