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

Courts & crime, 1934

489 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 25

Should De If Gaol Minister's, Strong Statement To Congregaion (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 1

Addressing the Kempsey Methodist Home Mission Society; the Rev. R H. Campbell said the only difference between members or Ms audience…

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Quandialla Court Detention Charge Dismissed QUANDIALLA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 8

Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., at the Quandialla Police Court last Thursday, Colin G. Caldwell and Walter T. George were each lined 26, and…

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SENSATION In Perth Court "Not Guilty" Verdict PERTH

Western Champion · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 11

Laurence Olive Mollor, charged with the murder of his son, was found not guilty yesterday on the ground that he was of…

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Murder Charge Girl Found Not Guilty [?] Case

Cowra Free Press · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 8

At the Ventral Criminal. Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, Mary Lane, 19, was charged with having at Cowra on April 20…

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Murder Charge Girl Found Not Guilty Cowra Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Friday, before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, Mary Lane, 19, was charged with having, at Cowra, on…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. Bromhead L.M.). Transfer of License of Hotel Canowindra

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Doris Emily de Lisle applied for the transfer of the license of the Hotel Canowindra from herself as administratrix of the Estate of…

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EULOGISED. Retiring Sergeant. Police Court Interlude

Western Champion · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 11

Prior to the commencement at the Parkes Police. Court on Wednesday, Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., said that he believed this would ho the last…

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Smashed Window Man Seeks Gaol (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

A man picked up a stone, and hurled it through a large window of Coote's jewellery shop in George Street, city, last night…

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Licensing Court a Transfer The Club House Hotel

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 2

At the local Licensing Court on Tuesday, M. G. Leader applied for the transfer of the license of the Club House Hotel to Tasman Kidd…

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Electrical Contract Small Debts Claim Verdict for Amount Paid Into Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 10

In a Small Debts case heard at the Forbes Court House on Tuesday, in which M. Heffernan claimed £2313 from Ticehurst Bros…

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Rufe Waylor Barred From Randwick Decision of High Court MELBURNE

Western Champion · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

The Full Court yesterday dismissed the ex-parte application of Rufus Theodore Naylor of Sydney for special leave to appeal…

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Sheep Stealing a Cunning Fraud Two Men Get Gaol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 5

Perpetrators of three sensational thefts of sheep, John Thomas Jordan (24) and Terrence Cusick (20) pleaded guilty before Judge Barton at the…

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Butcher Acquitted Charge of Stealing Cow

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 2

Frederick Stanley Kensitt, master butcher, of Griffith, was acquitted by Mr. Harris, P.M., at the Griffith Police Court on a charge of stealing a…

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Police Raid On Alleged Gamblers (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 1

A number of men who tried to escape from the police during a two-up raid at Drummoyne yesterday dived into blackberry bushes, and received…

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Blayney Murder Man Shot Through Heart Grandson's Discovery Search for Murderer SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 2

Sitting in a chair in his hut at Barry, about nine miles from Blayney, John Ryan, aged 79 years, was yesterday found shot through the…

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Stumps Scores for the Gaol

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 1

In addition to the regular concerts given now, inmates of Fremantle gaol will know cricket stumps scores of the first and succeeding Test…

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Three Month's Gaol on Sheep Stealing Charge Local Man Pleads Not Guilty Portion of Sheep and Skin Found

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 4

As a result of the activities of First-class Sergeant T. R. Schumacher and First-class Constable R. J. Laws, Gino Corso, of West…

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Fascist Meetings Police Intervention. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 7

As the result of a debate in the House of Commons last night regarding the disturbances at Sir Oswald Mosley's meeting at the Crystal…

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Barry Murder Woman Charged with Slaying of John Ryan. Police Allege Discovery of Bullets in House

Cowra Free Press · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 5

Investigations into the death of John Ryan (79), retired farmer [?] and stock dealer, who was found shot at his home at Barry…

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Barry Murder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 3

The most dramatic move in investigations was made about ten o'clock last night, when Charlotte Fowler (50) was…

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