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

Courts & crime, 1936

470 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 24

RENEWED! Government Reward In Forbes Murder Case

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 1

On police advice the Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, has sanctioned a £200 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of…

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Juvenile Crime Causing Police Concern (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 1

The prevalence of juvenile crime is causing police authorities considerable alarm. They attribute it to lack of parental…

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Police Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

said "I have some money to pay you and I won't pay you till I get them"; Applett said, "They are out in the yard"; Channon went out and…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

Carlile S. L. Smithers—driving motor vehicle more than; 8ft. in width. Carlile S.L. Smithers—driving motor vehicle with defective head…

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"Appalling" Growth of S.P. Betting. Says Ex-police Chief

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 5

The admission that starting price betting had increased tremendously in the last 7 or 8 years was made before the…

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Two Tullamore Robberies Railway Goods Shed Entered Mail-box Theft Forbes Police Clear Up Mysteries

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 4

At Tullamore, on the night of April 24, or early on the morning of Anzac Day, the railway goods sheds was entered and a quantity…

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Unlawful Assault Saturday Night Affair Defendant Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 1

What Inspector Loomes described as an unprovoked assault on an inoffensive man was mentioned at the local Police Court on…

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Three Months' Gaol "Very Serious Assault"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 2

Patrick James Sullivan (27), of Jugiong, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Gundagat Police Court on two charges of…

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Man Charged With Illawarra Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 3

Francis Henry Joseph Maudlin, 27, laborer, was charged at Albion Park police court on Thursday with having murdered" Charles Dawson,…

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Twelve Months Gaol. Condobolin Business Men Received Bad Cheques

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 5

At the Condobolin Police Court last Monday, before Messrs Tasker and Geary, Justices of the Peace, Sydney Andrews, aged 21, pleaded guilty on 2…

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Lachlan Shire Council Appeal Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 5

NOTICE is hereby given that a Court for the purpose of hearing objections lodged against the valuations of the above Shire for the year 1936…

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Sandy Creek Man's Peculiar Lapse Has Unblemished Record Then Launches Out in Orgy of Stealing Draught Horse Taken from Blink Bonnie a Six Months' Sentence

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

A PECULIAR lapse on the part of a young man who had apparently lived an existence of 26 years in which there was no suggestion of wrong-doing, was unfolded at the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. N. L .C. Sheridan, who is acting…

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Miscellaneous Inebriates Sentenced. to a Dose of Castor Oil Each. Making the Punishment Pit the Crime

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 4

Seven delinquents in an American court, charged with intoxication in New Year revels, were sentenced to lines with the option of a dose of…

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Three Months' Gaol Stole From Cousin Money Found in Sock Several Previous Convictions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 2

It is one thing to have a cousin, and another thing to steal his money when he is away from home. This much Stanley…

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Police Act Riding Without Lights In West Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 2

At the request of Bland Shire Council West Wyalong, the West Wyalong and Wyalong police have already commenced a campaign…

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At Gun Point Aboriginal Arrested Charqed With Brother's Murder (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 1

A message from Camoweal (Q.), states that Dynamite Joe, air aboriginal, was arrested at revolver point by the police, near the North…

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Police Paddock As Recreation Reserve Ald. Baggott's Proposal "Better for Settlement"

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 1

That the Municipal Council should make application for control of the police paddock of 60 acres, in the event of the Crown…

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Mining Dispute Claim for Wages Interesting Evidence Heard in Warden's Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 4

More than usual interest was attached to proceedings in the Warden's Court at West' Wyalong, over which the District…

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New Trial Court's Order Parramatta Case Six Youths Implicated (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 1

Application was made before the Appeal Court against the death sentence passed, upon six youths for allegedly criminally…

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Police Court MONDAY. (Before Messrs. E. J. Smith and V. Charles, Js.P.). a Window Specialist. Prefers Meat to Poultry

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 4

Albert James Harper, on remand, Aged 33, charged that on 11th May, 1936, he did at Grenfell, maliciously damage one plate glass window, the…

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