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

Courts & crime, 1934

489 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 25

Man Charged with River Murder. Wagga

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 2

Edward Henry Morey, 36, a laborer was charged at Wagga Police Station last night with the murder of Percy Smith, at…

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Police Court at Canowindra

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 7

Before Mr. Bromhead, S.M., at the Canowindra Court on Tuesday, Arthur Grant was charged with using indecent language. He was fined £5…

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That £6,000 Prize Bathurst Gaol Prisoner’s Claim

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 10

Whether Ronnie Reynolds, better known as “Dar[?]ie,” and otherwise as Ronnie Renshaw, the prisoner in Bathurst gaol, has won an…

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Found Guilty Of Sheep Stealing Young Man Bound Over Other Charges Postponed Case At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

THE ownership of five sheep which were found in a paddock off the Parkes Road, Forbes, was the subject of several charges at the local court last Tuesday The Police Magistrate, Mr. M. J. Ryan, found William O'Connor, 19 years, guilty of…

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Arrest Made Wagga Murder Case WAGGA

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

There was a small crowd at the Wagga Police Court today when Edward Henry Moray, 38, trapper, was charged with murder…

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Disorderly Person No Visible Means of Support Sentenced to Three Months

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

At the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, Mark John Fryer, aged 40, charged with being an Idle and disorderly person, having…

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Daring Burglary Hunters’ Boot Store Broken Into. Safe Removed Bodily and Taken Away in Motor Lorry. Between £30 and £40 in Cash and Cheques Missing

Cowra Free Press · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

At the week end Hunters’ Boot Store, which is situated right in the heart of Cowra, was the scene of a particularly daring…

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Murder Charge Against Henry Morey. Murrumbidgee River Mystery. Accused Remanded to Next Wednesday.how the Finger Print Clues Were Found

Cowra Free Press · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 3

Police investigations, which will go down in the crime annals of this State as among the most exhaustive and arduous on record, were shown…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed Under Section 556a

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

Donald Frederick Morris, a local youth, was charged before Mr. T. P. Meagher, J.p. at the West Wyalong Police Court to-day (Monday), with…

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Release from Gaol on Sanuary. 27

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

Roy Governor, brother of the bushrangers Jimmy and Joe Governor, will be veleased from Bathur[?] gaol on January 27. He will be senttp the…

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Stealing Charge No Appearance of Principal Witness Information Dismissed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

Although Henry Aiken, a local farmer, was the principal witness in a stealing charge against two local men, he failed to appear at…

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Bankruptcy Court Public Examinations

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

At the West Wyalong Bankruptcy Court, over which Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., presided, Alfred. Henry Will, grain and produce merchant of…

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"Merest Chance" Taking of Fingerprints at Young Linking Up Wagga Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 2

When the Victim of the Murrutubidgee River murder, Perfcival Smith, was arrested at Young in October. 1932, and charged with notions…

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The Wagga Murder

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

Police investigations have established that the body of the man mand found in the Murrumbidgee river on Xmas Day was that of…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

When the case of [?] Grant Robinson v John [?] claiming £10 damages [?] on in the Small Debts [?]…

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Wagga Murder Accused Again Remanded Wagga

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

At the police court to-day Edward Henry Morey, who was charged with the murder of Percy Smith, was again…

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A Police Charge Fail’s Two Young Men Charged with Having Goods in Their Possession Reasonably Suspected to Have Been Stolen. Goods Ordered to be Returned to Them

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

Somewhat length evidence was heard at the Police Court yesterday in connection with charge of having goods in their…

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Wholesale Stealing in the Koorawatha District Aboriginal Gets Six Months While His Juvenile; Accomplice Is Handed Over to His Father

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

At the Police Court yesterday Fred Phillips, a 23 year old aborigine, appeared to answer several charges of breaking and…

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Cowra Man Charged With Wagga Murder

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 3

The man, Edward Henry Morey (38), who has been charged at Wagga with the murder of Percival Smith, whose body was…

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Police Court Cases Disposed of

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

Mr. J. B. Scobie, Police Magistrate presided over the monthly sitting o[?] the Ungarie Police Court, which was held in the Court House last week…

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