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

Courts & crime, 1933

516 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 26

Five Fires Police Probe Farm Mysteries

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

Five mysterious fires, which have caused considerable damage, are being inestigated by the Harden police…

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Park Murder Draper Arrested A Young Married Man SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

A 26-year-old draper, suspected of having murdered May Miller, also known as Iris Marrioti, aged 30 years in Queen's Park, Waverley, one of…

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A Metho Drinker Goes to Gaol for Four Days. Threatens to Cut the People. Throats of Calls Them Police Pimps

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

A metho drinker named William Thompson (32) presented a sorry looking spectacle when he appeared before Mr. Travers…

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Forbes Men Sentenced to Gaol Bottle Clue Leads to Early Arrests Stealing Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 9

THE finding of a methylated spirits bottle near the doorway of a Forbes slaughter-house that had been forced and entered led to the conviction for stealing of Bert Egan and Joseph Bozeat at the Forbes Police Court last Tuesday. They were…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with at the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. A. S. [?]almain, P.M., the newly appointed…

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Two Arrests. Alleged Stealing. Defendants Remanded

Western Champion · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 12

Complaints have been received by the police of wheat stealing in different localities and last Friday it was reported that 13 bags of…

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Police Swoop Down on Alleged Beer Sellers Country Dance Incident Heavy Fines for Forbes Men Magistrate's Warning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 3

FOR carrying about in a car at a dance at Bedgerabong 24 bottles of lager beer, which was allegedly peddled for sale, two young Forbes men, Elwin Hugo and Frank Buttriss, were heavily fined at the Forbes Police Court by Magistrate Arnold…

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Man Sentenced Fire Out of Control (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

At Mossvale yesterday a man was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for allowing a fire to become out of control…

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Ungarie News Public Meeting To be Held at Ungarie Protest to Police Dept

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 7

A public meeting of town and district citizens will be held in the Lyceum Hall on Tuesday, 17th January, to protest against the action…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing Local Carrier Charged Discharged by Police Magistrate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

A case that aroused considerable interest throughout the district was heard before Mr. J. A S. Balmain, P.M., at the West Wyalong Police…

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Three Months' Gaol On Two Charges Stranger Sentenced

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P M., at the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday last, John Sullivan a stranger to town—was charged with…

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Police Court MONDAY. (Before Messrs. Scott and Moffatt.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 3

Ernest Alfred Phillips, haying in this custody one leather overcoat, which may be reasonably suspected of being stolen…

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An Unsavory Case Man Charged with Obscene Exposure. Remanded for Medical Examination

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 8

Judged by the demean or of Arthur Watson in the dock yesterday morning when he was called on to answer…

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Indecent Language [?] Says It Was His Mate Who Sued the Words with Which He Was Charged. Although Ge Did Use Others Language. a Xmas Eve Disturbance

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

It will be remembered that a man named William James Eady when arrested charged with using indecent language during…

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Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Before Mr. Henry C. Dryden, J.P., at the Ungarie Police Court Daniel Peters, a resident of Weja, was charged with, being drunk and…

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Ungarie Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

The[?]usual monthly sitting of the Ungarie Police Court, over which Mr, J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., will preside will be held on Friday, 3rd February,…

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District Farmers Discharged in Stealing Case Discharged Two, District Farmers. Charged with Stealing Wheat. Alectown West Siding Incident

Western Champion · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr C A Arnold, P.M., Charles Jesse Blgnell and Cyril Parker, farmers of Harvey Park, were proceeded agalnst on two charges: (1) Stealing, six bags of wheat, th'e property of Paul Unger; (2) having In…

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Stealing Charge Defendants Remanded

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

Before Mr. B.L. Baxter, J.P., at the West Wyalong Police Court 0n Tuesday afternoon, William Thomas beayer and George Henry Broad, both…

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FLOGGING. Assaults on Police. Magistrates Blamed

Western Champion · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 15

"Magistrates are doing very little less than encouraging assaults on policemen by their lenience to the men convicted for these offences,"…

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Technical Legal Point in Alleged Stealing Case Forbes Men Discharged Second Charge Preferred

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

When three Forbes men, Leslie Charles Hedges, William Henry Booth, and Alfred Hulley, were charged with stealing…

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