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

Courts & crime, 1933

516 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 14 of 26

Municipal Valuations Most Interesting Appeal Case. Council Satisfied but Appellants Disappointed Talk of Taking the Matter to a Higher Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 4

The Valuation Appeal Court (before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M.) last Wednesday evening commenced the hearing of the appeal of Andrew Farrelly…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 3

Forbes P.P. Board v. W. Jones— failing to destroy rabbits. Mr. Meillon for the Board. Mr. Harney, for defendant…

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General News Sheep Stealing Cases. (Before Mr. Bromhead)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 2

Thomas Calanan—charged with that on 5th June at Ooma he did have in his custody a quantity of mutton which may be reasonably…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 5

There was a very long list set down for hearing at the Police Court yesterday, when the following matters were dealt with before Mr…

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Committed for Trial on a Charge of Causing Bodily Harm and Wanton Driving. Victim Appears in Court Badly Crippled

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 1

Before Mr. Bromhead P.M. on Wednesday William Alfred Hahnes, of Wyangala, appeared to answer charges of by wanton…

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Ungarie Police Court Traffic Cases

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 7

At the monthly sitting of the U[?] garie Police Court, which was hold last week over which Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., presided, the…

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Bogan Gate Police Court Hidden Lamb

Western Champion · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 5

At the Bogan Gate Police Court on May 30, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Waller Gates (29) was charged with having in his…

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Bing Case Drags On Magistrate Re-charges Accused Solicitor's Strong Argument

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 3

THE law is not yet one with William Alan Bing, a Forbes youth who was charged last December with the larceny of £61, the property of his grandfather, and against whom the Attorney-General refused to file a Bill when he was committed…

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Two Now Skeletons at Tichborne Police Investigate

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 7

The report in a recent issue of this paper that a skeleton had been found buried in a rabbit burrow on Mr. M. B. Thurn's…

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Small Debts Court Cullen v Tuckerman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 7

At the Ungarie Police Court last week, over Which Mr. J. A. S. Balmain P.M. presided, Warren Wheatley Cullen, licensee of the Hotel…

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Craig to Hang Jury Convicts of Murder Prisoner Asserts Innocence SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 1

Eric Roland Craig, 36, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court to-night of h[?]g murdered Elizabeth O'Connor at…

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Grazier's Troubles T. M. Dunn in Court Landholder of Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 7

The financial misfortunes of a 79 years old grazier, who was possessed of property worth £60,000 before this onset of the…

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Police Court SATURDAY. (Before Mr. Wellisch and Mr. W. E. Moffatt

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 June 1933 · page 3

John Henry Patterson—on 7th June, 1933, at Holy Camp road, near Grenfell, did steal four bags containing chaff valued at 8/, the property of…

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Craig Guilty Sentenced to Death Murder of Bessie O'Connor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 1

Eric Roland Craig was on Friday night found guilty in the Central Criminal court of the murder of Elizabeth Isobel (Bessie) O'Connor,…

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Three Mortgages on One Farm. Cowra Case in the Supreme Court

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 15 June 1933 · page 7

On Friday before Mr. Justice Street the Perpetual Trustee Co. Ltd. applied to the Court for an order seeking leave to enter into…

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Agent Sentenced Two Years for Fraud Was Given Chance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 9

Believing his story of confused accounts and of his battle with the deression, Judge Coyle, at Young nine months ago, gave Matthew Ernest…

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Murder Charge Italian Committed SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 1

A message from Brisbane stales that in the TownsvilLe Police Court, Francesco Fischera was committed for trial for the alleged wilful murder…

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Wyalong Appeal Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 5

An Appeal Court for the hearing of appeals against assessments by the Wyalong Municipal Council, was held at the Court House,…

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Long Rabbit Case Greenfields Ltd's Grim Fight Magistrate Inflicts Punishment

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 3

FORBES Court was occupied for a considerable time last Tuesday with the case of Forbes Pastures Protection Board versus Greenfields Ltd. (D. C. McKinnon, manager) for failure to destroy rabbits. McKinnon pleaded not guilty, but the…

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General News a Morning in a French Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1933 · page 3

When I was at Noumea I was fortunate to be present one morning at the hearing of several cases in La Cour Corectionelle, a court which…

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