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

Courts & crime, 1936

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Police Court Big List of Cases

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 2

Police Magistrate M. J. Ryan had a full day last Wednesday, with many decisions to make. We here give the principal cases of interest…

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Police Court Many Trespass Cases Richard Wootton Wins Many Others Fined

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 5

The case against Mr. Wootton was for the trespassing of horses on Reserve 54826, parish Kiagarthur, and was practically decided on technical…

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Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Albert Ernest Bladen deposed: Was a laborer, residing at Grenfell; lived within 50 yards of Hayes'; on Saturday some boys brought a goat which…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

W. H. Simpson—failing to destroy rabbits. Mr. Moore, for defendant, said the case had been withdrawn…

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Enticed Away Moss [?] Arrest by Police

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 9

Consternation was caused in Moss Vale on Saturday evening last, when the parent of a young public school girl, aged 8…

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General News Won His Appeal. Against Conviction for Horse Stealing Case of R. D. Jeffries

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 2

The only matter to engage the attention of his Honor Judge Barton in the Forbes Quarter Sessions on Monday morning was the appeal of…

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General News Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Bromhead)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Application by Sergeant Buchan for renovations to Shamrock Hotel, Greenethorpe. Order made in terms of…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Bromhoad, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Application by Israel Berg for suspension of labor conditions on gold leases 4248, 4262, 4300, 4301 and 4362, parish Brundab, county Monteagle…

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Girl Victim Makes Statement. Milvale Assault and Shooting. Nothing Between Her and De Britt. Date of Inquest Uncertain

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 9

Now on the road to recovery, after being in a critical condition for several days, Jessie Mclllhatton (18½), the victim of…

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Wagga Murder Youth on Trial Death of C. J. Bolzer (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

The trial was commenced in the Central Criminal Court to-day before Mr. Justice Milner Stephen, of Roy Malcolm Souter, aged 17 years, on a…

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Girl's Revenge Refused to obey Father's Code 25 Years for Murder

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 7

Whipped by her father because she stayed out late with her 'boy friend,' a 21-year-old school teacher, of Wise, Virginia (N.Y.) attacked him with…

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What is a Street? Court Argues the Question. £20 Betting Fine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 6

'When is a street not a street?' might have been a conundrum debated at the Orange Court on Monday, when an Interesting…

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Wagga Murder Youth's Death Sentence

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, Roy Malcolm Souter, aged 17 was found guilty of having murdered Christopher James Bolger,…

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Defence Fails "Third Degree" Methods Rejected by Magistrate Case at Young

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 12

Rejecting the "third degree" defence raised by two youths, Cecil Thomas Costello and William Ricketts, in the Young Court of Ps[?]y…

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Man with Record Asks P.M. for Leniency To Make Another Start Sentenced to Three Months

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Wm. Coffey, a young man still in his twenties, pleaded guilty at the local Police Court on Tuesday morning to a charge…

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Warden's Court Mining Near Goolagong Authorities to Enter

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. M. J. Ryan, in the local Warden's Court on Tuesday afternoon, granted two authorities to enter and mine for gold in the…

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A Police Sergeants View

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 6

During an address before the Albury Rotary Club, in defence of the Boy Scout Movement, Sergeant J. Pe Blackman, of the Albury police force…

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Court Shorts

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

For failing to return his expired motor driver’s license in the prescribed time, Norman Wardman was yesterday fined 2/6 wiht 8/…

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Our Racing Letter They Can Close the Gates If Occurrences Such As These Are Allowed. Three of the Best-backed , Horses in C[?] Tatter- Sall’s Cl[?]put Out of Court."regal Star the Greatest Certainty Said Owner and Jockey, When His Injury Occurred

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 2

If the stewards don’t take drastic steps to stop the sort of happenings which occurred in Citty Tattersall's Cup at Randwick on Saturday…

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Six Young Men Sentenced to Death Parramatta Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

Six of the seven youths concerned in a criminal assault upon an Italian girl in Parramatta Park, on January were, at the Centrl Criminal Court…

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