Suspected Stealing Defendant Pleads Guilty Theft From Shire
Some time in April, 1934, the Jemalong Shire Council last about 200ft. of wire rope from its quarry. The lose was reported to the…
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Courts & crime, 1935
567 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 29
Traffic Court Cases at Ungarie "Will Take It Out," Says Defendant
Colin Lindsay, of Girral, was charged before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., at the Ungarie Traffic Court that he did drive a motor vehicle without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£8,000 Damage Collision at Sea Court Martial Mentioned (By Wire) Sydney
A cable from London states:— Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the recent collision between H.M.S. "Hood" and HM.S.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Morey Case Comptroller-general Visits Goulburn Gaol. Murrumbidgee Murder
Edward Morey, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Percy Smith, whose body was found in a chaff-hag in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Transfers
Superintendent Dush has announced the following police transfers in the western district:-Constable (first-class), G. W. Chitty) from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Shorts
The above heading is more than usually applicable to yesterday’s sittings, seeing that the whole of the business of four separate Courts was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Assault Charge At Quandialla Court Cases QUANDIALLA
At the Quandialla Police Court last Tuesday, before Mr. L. C. Onley, J.P., Alex Smith was charged with drunkenness, and was fined 5 or detention…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morey's Claim Riverina Murder Further Investigations Made
After a thorough investigation into statements made by Edward Morey, who was convicted of the murder of Percy Smith, in the Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Court Speedily Dealt With Payments Out of Court
Cases in the Forbes District Court were speedily disposed of at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. In the case, Forbes Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Horse Stealing Carroll Acquitted Also of Receiving Dual Ownership Set Up
THE first defended case at the Forbes Quarter Sessions on Tuesday was that wherein Dudley Edward Carroll was charged before Judge Barton with stealing a trotting mare, the property of Arthur Vivian Gozzard, of Forbes. A second count…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Humor At the Sessions
The atmosphere of the Quarter Sessions Court this week has been particularly dry and dreary, with very few bright…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Not Guilty" Of Horse Stealing Charge But Convicted of Receiving C. V. Amey's Lapse
THE second of the horse stealing charges which engaged the attention of Judge Barton at the Forbes Quarter Sessions on Wednesday was that wherein Clement Victor Amey was charged with stealing one chestnut draught mare, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown Case Again Breaks Down In Alleged Wool Stealing Charge Jemalong Station Case George Chenery Discharged Without Jury Leaving Box
THERE was another sensational ending to a case of alleged wool stealing at Forbes Quarter Sessions yesterday, when George Chenery, who at the lower court was charged under the name of William Francis, was found not guilty before Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday Night Fight Local Men in Court Sergeant Schumacher Indignant
A fight in Barnardo Street, West Wyalong, on Saturday night last led to the appearance of two local men before the Court on…
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At the Quandialla Police Court, before Mr. L. C. Onley, J.P., Alex. Smith was charged with drunkenness and was fined 5/ or detention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escapee From Emu Plains Sentenced to 12 MONTHS. For Assault on Young Girl
Frederick Arthur Hudson, 20, the youth who appeared at the Forbes Court recently charged with escaping from custody at Emu Plains prison…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Career of Crime. Prison Escapee. Sentenced at Forbes Sessions
Frederick Arthur Hudson, 20, told the Forbes Quarter Sessions on Thursday that he had been launched on a career of crime by his father…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court
Alfred Anderson and Raymond Edwards appeared before Mr. A. Hall, J.P., at the West Wyalong Police Court on Monday morning on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary at Ardlethan Goods Valued at £40 Stolen
Some time during Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning P. J. Kirby's store in Mirrool Street, Ardlethan, was entered by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Chained By Leg to Tree Pitiful Police Court Story at Weethalle Muddy Water Left to Quench Thirst Three Months' Gaol for Father "Child Covered with Flies, Ants and Dust," Says Constable Walker
From time to time, tales of cruelty and hardship inflicted on children, are heard in police courts, but perhaps the tale told in the Weethalle Police Court last week was the most pitiful ever heard in that centre…
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