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

Courts & crime, 1936

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Warden's Court Suspension of Labor Conditions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 8

Dud Smith, boot repairer, Forbes, has interested himself in a mining venture within the parish of Boyd for the past 12 months,…

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Albury Murder Mystery

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 1

Although it was announced about two months ago that the police had abandoned the search for the murderer of the girl found in a culvert on…

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Trouble Over Sheep Relatives in Court. Carcoar Cases

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 3

At the Carcoar Police Court, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, S.M., Donald Ramus Mitchell was acquitted of unlawfully…

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Man Hanged For Murder of Natives RABAUL

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

Ludwig Schmidt, a white man, who was sentenced to death for the murder of three natives, was hanged at 5.30 o'clock this morning. Death was…

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Traffic Court Several Cases Heard

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

Messrs J. T. Knight and H. A. Hayes, J.sP., presided over the Ungarie Traffic Court last week, when a number of town and district…

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BOATING On Wyangala Dam Navigation Act Brings Man to Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 9

Don. Elliott, the man who pioneered the Wyangala Dam scheme and who has figured in many prominent roles in the Cowra…

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Sentenced to Death Murdered Wife and Mother-in-Law

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 4

Convicted at the Central Criminal Court. Sydney, of having murdered his wife and moterinlaw. Percival Henry Thomson. 53. was sentenced…

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What Is a Store? Problem for Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 5

Whether a structure mounted on a lorry for the storage of oils and tools constituted a store within the meaning of the Crimes Act was raised at…

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Landholder Failed with Charge Against Rab[?]biter for Stealing Rabbits

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

A point of law determined, in favor of the defendant, an unusual case conducted in the Rockley Police Court on Friday week…

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FINED £40 Drink at Dance Police Magistrate's Comment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 9

E. H. Brown, 53, of Ulmara, (North Coast) who pleaded guilty, was fined £40 on a charge of selling liquor, without a licence…

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Goolagong Darky Three Months' Gaol Stole Wedding Ring

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

The banker's wife at Goolagong lost a ring. Soon after dusky-skinned Bella Goolagong started to display a ring at her homo on the aborigines'…

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Death Sentence Two Found Guilty Murder at Garage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

Sentence of death was passed by Mr. Justice Street at the Central Criminal Court on Monday on James Leighton Massey, 22, motor mechanic,…

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12 Months' Gaol Guilty of Manslaughter (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

Richard Geddes, who was convicted of the manslaughter of Leslie Arthur Paterson, was to-day at the Criminal Court, sentenced to 12…

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Train Murder Man Charged at Melbourne Court Alleged Statement (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states:—At the City Court to-day Herbert Kopet, aged 23 years a labourer, was charged with…

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Gold Stealing Charge Men for Trial

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Richard Brooking, 48, miner, Herbert Edwin Wright, 37, miner, and William Ernest Smith, 35, painter, were committed for trial at Orange…

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Tender Accepted New Courthouse And Police Building

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Hon. E. A. Butteshow, M.L A., Minister for Lands is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. H. E. Street, Under Secretary, Department…

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Sodeman Will Hang High Court Refuses Appeal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

The High Court of Australia to-day refused the appeal in Melbourne, of Arthur Sodeman), who was sentenced to death for the [?] of the 6½…

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No Ownership in Rabbits Cannot be Claimed Court Case Fails

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

An unusual case was heard in Rockley Police Court, when Daniel Nightingale, of Rockley, proceeded against Bernard Mullins…

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Sensational Chase Police and Six Youths Car Crashed Into Post (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

A seusational chase took place early this morning. when a police car started in pursuit of another car con taining six youths, which, it was…

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"Murder Pie."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 4

A little over a year ago Miss J. L. Ranken and Mrs. Jane Clunies Ross asked fourteen well known Australian writers to join with them in writing…

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