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

Courts & crime, 1934

489 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 21 of 25

"In the Blue" Defendant's Charge Against Constable Forbes Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 7

When Joseph Murphy and Leonard Charles Appleby were charged before Mr. Ryan, P.M., at the local Police Court on Tuesday,…

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A Field Day Many Cases at the Police Court

Cowra Free Press · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 9

Messrs. Travers Brooke and Hal Ryall Js.P., were called on to deal with a varied assortment of offenders this morning, included in the…

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Humor in the Court

Cowra Free Press · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 6

Mr. Berne: How-fast would you say he was going? Witness: In between 20 and 20. Mr. [?] What a 1923 Buick…

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The Kangaroo by Tragedy Five Years Gaol For Mrs. Meagher for Manslaughter

Cowra Free Press · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 5

The full story of the [?] circumstances surrounding the Kangaroo by tragedy were unfolded at the Bathurst Circuit Court last week when Mrs. Elleen Frances Meagher (35) was charged with having murdered her husband, John James Meagher (46) at…

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Sale of Woodstock Shop Causes Litigation in the District Court

Cowra Free Press · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 9

A good deal of time was occupied in the District Court here last week, in hearing a claim by Constantine Bousgas, of Glen…

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Costly Car Smash Ends in a Court Case. Evidence Heard After Lunch Veridiict for Defendant

Cowra Free Press · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 7

Held over from last sittings of the District Court at Cowra a case in which John Dowdle, a mail contractor, claimed £400…

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Justified Police Shooting Coroner's Verdict

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 1

A verdict of justifiable homicide was returned at the inquest at Walcha, into the death of Paul Alexander Romnick, who was shot by…

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A Dear Meal Two Young Men Get a Month’s Gaol. for Stealing Sheep

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 10

Two young travellers paid dearly for killing a sheep, which was not their property at the Police Court yesterday, when Mr. D. F…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 10

When a case was called on in the Small Debts Court yesterday after noon, Mr. Phillips, who appeared for the applicant, Mrs. M. Burnett, and…

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A Warning to Those Who Ill Treat Stock. Police Court Case at Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 1

A case, which should act as a warning to those associated with stock came on for hearing at the Police Court yesterday, when…

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Committed for Trial Two Youths Plead Guilty to Stealing. Six Tins of Herrings, the Property of the Railway Commissioner

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 5

Still in their early ‘teens,’ two young travellers faced a charge of stealing six tins of herrings in tomato sauce at the Police Court…

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Sheep Stealing Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 4

The sheep stealing charge against George Limbers, of "Innisfail" Station, Forbes, which was to have been heard at the Eugowra Police Court…

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Warden's Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 6

In the Forbes Warden's Court on Tuesday, Carl Dean, of Wirri[?]ya, applied for permission to mine for gold on the properties of Edgar Bush and…

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Illegally Using Car Parkes Man Fined Brothers-in-law in Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 1

At the Forbes Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. H. K. Ford and N. Rhodes, J's.P., Jas. Alfred [?]ffland was…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 4

When a week end happens to be very hot there are natural consequences bound to follow. Take, for instance, the case of Ted Craig (52)…

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Released Mrs. Meagher Leaves Gaol. Taken, to Children

Cowra Free Press · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 5

The curtain was rung down on Friday afternoon on the final scene of a drama of grim and poignant domestic tragedy, when Mrs. Elleen Fran…

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Causes in No. 1 COURT (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and Jury). Breach of Covenant Alleged Marsden and Another v. LIMBERS

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 1

The hearing was concluded of the action in which Claire Annie Marsden and the Perpetual Trustee Co. Ltd., sued George Limbers, a grazier,…

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20 Years' Gaol Lilian Anderson's Appeal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 4

Mr. T. P. MacMahon, counsel for Li[?]an Anderson, who was sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude last month for the manslaughter of her…

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Albury Murder Letter-Writer Sought

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

Detective Wllks, McDermott, Crosbie and O'Neill of the C.I.B. make a special request that a man who wrote a letter signed "Pro Bono Publico"…

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Savage Assault Victims Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 1

Maxwell Muriell, aged 38 years was the victim of a savage assaula last night, when six men brutally attacked him in his bedroom on the top of the…

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