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

Courts & crime, 1936

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MR. J. A. S. BALMAIN Popular Police Magistrate Holds Last Court Here

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 3

Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., who is recognised by the legal profession, police and press, in the many towns in the…

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­Stealing Charge Accused Remanded

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 19 November 1936 · page 2

Raymond Donovan (26) was charged before Mr. K. R. Waddell, J.P., at the local Police Court last Saturday, with breaking and entering the shop of…

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By Summons Mt. Hope Stealing Case Adjournment Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 1

At the local Police Court on Tuesday morning the case was called in which Hubert Charles Dixon and James Dickson were…

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Sergt. L. L. Blanchard Active Police Officer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

Sergeant L. L. Blanchard of Forbes and formerly of Ungarie, has been in the public eye since his transfer from Ungarie about four…

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MR. J. A. S. BALMAIN Holds Last Court Farewell at Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

When Mr J. A. S Balmain, Police Magistrate, who has adjudicated at Vngarie Police Court for the past four years, look his plice on the…

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Six Months Gaol Nurse Floyd Defrauded

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

"In my opinion it was an extremely heartless thing to get money from a working woman. I sentence him to six months…

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Mystery Man at St. Ives. Not Layers, Police Believe

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

Although a circumstantial report was received that the missing Glenelg storekeeper, William Henry Lavers, might be wandering about the…

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Banned Play. Production at Collingwood Prevented. Police Prevent Mayor Entering Hall

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

More than 2000 people who went to the Collingwood Hall, Melbourne, on Wednesday night to see the performance of the anti-Fascist play…

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Man Said He Was Layers. Strange Story From French's Forest. Police Searching

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

Forty police scoured French's Forest, near Sydney, for a man who is stated to have told another man on Thursday night that he was Henry…

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Penalties for Wheat Stealing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 5

Dear Sir,—Referring to your communication of the 13th instant, respecting resolution carried at the last aunual conference of your…

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Charge of Murder Laborer in Court C.P. Outlines Case (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court of Harry Barker, aged 25 years, a laborer, who was charged with having murdered…

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Six Months' Gaol Fob Cargelligo Resident Country Woman Defrauded

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 4

"In my opinion it was an extremely heartless thing to get money from a working woman. I sentence him to six months' imprisonefit."…

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Revision Court Meeting of Justices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

The annual Revision Court will be held at Wyalong Court House on Wednesday, 8th December, at 3 p.m. for the purpose of revising the Jury…

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Sentenced to Death Germans in Moscow Admissions of Sabotage (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

A cable from Moscow on Sunday states:—A German Morning Engineer, (Heir Slickling) and eight others, who were accusal with him of…

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Goods in Custody Charge at Forbes Court Remand Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

A case in which Dudley Mervyn Hamilton, 28, was charged with having a hat in his custody reasonably suspected of having…

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Search for Henry Layers ? Strange Story Told to Police French's Forest Scoured

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

An extensive search through French's Forest was conducted on Friday by 40 policemen for a man who is credited with having told…

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In Critical Condition Man Admitted to Hospital Police Make Arrest (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

James Weeks, aged 53 years, a resident of Buladallah, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital suffering with a incised wound which…

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The Hockley Murder

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 26 November 1936 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Sydney to-day, Thomas Ryan (30) and his brother, Dennis Martin Ryan (22), were charged…

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Heavy Senten Ces for Gay Sydney-ite Series of Crimes End in Police Court Cowraa Joy Car and “Ehrnimy” Cheques

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 26 November 1936 · page 5

“T[?] been a very foolish man. I got in with a .crowd of people, ant| the dlri[?] caused all this. I had never . had a drink until a month or five weeks ago. Drink doesn’t pay.” This was part cjf a dramatic statement that George…

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Police Court Traffic Breaches P.M. Transferred QUANDIALLA, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 8

On Thursday last at the local court only minor breaches of traffic regulations were dealt with by P.M. J. A. S. Balmain, Esq…

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