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

Courts & crime, 1935

567 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 29

Footballer Charged Wheat Theft Alleged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 4

Sydney Arthur Rich (24). wellknown Western League footballer, was charged at the Dubbo Police Court during the week with having…

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Suspected Stealing Two Men Before Court Remands Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 5

Two strangers to Forbes, John Johnson and James Edward McGowan, were before the local court on Tuesday, on charges of…

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At the Police Court Case Struck Out

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 5

The terrible tragedy in which Walter Ernest Reynolds and his wife, Ethel May Reynolds, were concerned over the week-end, was mentioned at…

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Stealing Charge Local Youth Fined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday morning before Mr. L. J. McCann J.P. Francis Philip Buckman, 20, was charged with…

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Another Remand Horse Stealing Charges Alleged Against Local Men Remanded on £100 Bail

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 2

There was a rush for seats at the West Wyalong Police Court on Tuesday last, when two local men, on remand, appeared to…

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Given Benefit of Doubt "Constable's Possible Mistake," says P.M. Two Young Men Charged

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 5

JOHN RICHARD BARTON and Wm. Edward Grinsted appeared before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., at the local Police Court on Tuesday, the former charged with using indecent language and the latter with riotous behavior and indecent language…

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Tracked by Police Young Man Arrested Fined on Stealing Charge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 2

Boot, tracks which were followed by the police led to the arrest of a West Wyalong youth and subsequent conviction on a…

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Woman Sentenced Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 2

In the Criminal Court Mary Alice Clara Stevens, 23, of Albury was found guilty of having murdered her]3-months-old son, and was…

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Rush of Calls Police Chief is Busy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 5

Representatives of Government, civic and professional and commercial life paid courtesy calls on Monday on the new Commissioner of…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Bromhead, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Arthur Wilkinson-stealing £5/18/3 from A. W. Dunkley. Pleaded guilty. Constable Snaps (Greenethorpe)…

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Licensing Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Sydney Arthur Thame applied for transfer of Royal Hotel at Caragabal from Andrew Harvey. Mr. Moore appeared for both…

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General News Warden's Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Peter Stapleton.-Application suspension labour conditions on G.L. 31, Parish of Bumbaldry (lease No. 4270). Granted for 6 months…

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Cootamundra Solicitor. Wins Full Court Appeal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Judgment was delivered by the Full Court last week in the appeal by Herbert Leslie Kinsey, solicitor, of Cootamundra, regarding the…

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"Man Tracks." with the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 1

This new Idriess book tells of stirring episodes in the pursuit of lawbreakers in the primitive lands. Every chapter is authentic. Patrols…

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“I Will Strangle You Here !” Woodstock Man’s Threat to His Wife. Joe Charnock Committed for Trial on a Charge of Attempted Murder. P.m. Bromhead Refuses Bail

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 1

IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME SENSATIONAL HAPPENINGS AT WOODSTOCK ON THE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY LAST…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 1

The monthly sitting of the West Wyuloiig Police Court, over Which Mr; J. A. S. Balmain, P.M. will preside will be held on Wednesday next…

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Another Murder

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 10

The following morning at breakfast, as Gooffrey settled down to read the newspaper account of Roger Morden's visit to the police regarding the body…

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Suspected Stealing Quantity of Horse Feed Explanation Not Accepted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 11

The explanation of John Johnson that he had traded an aged horse for a quantity of feed found in his possession, reasonably…

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Our New Police Super

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 5

"Superintendent Winter, of Broken Hill, has been appointed to supersede Superintendent P. J. Dunne, as charge d'affaires of the Bathurst…

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Bank Clerk Gaoled Theft of £1,650 2[?] Years Sentence (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 1

A message from Adelaide states that at the Central Criminal Court William James Reed, 38 years, a bank clerk, was sentenced to two…

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