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

Courts & crime, 1937

482 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 25

Goods in Custody Two Defendants Charged Remands Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

Two eases of having goods in custody, reasonably suspected of having been stolen, were mentioned at the local Police Court, on…

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Bound Over for Three Years Youths Who Committed Assault in Company Victim Had His Hands Tied Behind His Back Further Threatened if He went to Police

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

A CASE of two young men (one slightly over 18 years of age) who were charged at the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday morning with having carried out an assault in company last Saturday night had some serious aspects. It transpired that…

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Unlicensed Driver Operates Unregistered Car Forbes Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

The case of a man without a license who took a risk with the driving of an unlicensed car and said he thought he might pet away…

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Police Court on Wednesday Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

When Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. takes his seat on the Bench at West [?] long Police Court on Wednesday next, he will be faced with a big [?]…

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Sooner Eat Paint Police Court Statement

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 7

A defendant in the Leeton Court last week told the Magistrate that be would sooner eat the paint off the wall than work. He was candid,…

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Stealing Calves Burrowa Man Bound Over

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

Before Mr. F. Britz, P.M. at Berrowa Police Court. George Hoskins was charged with stealing five [?] ves, valued at £5 and the property…

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Coatless Court Reporters. Police. Clerk. Solicitors THEN P.M. Removes His

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

In days gone by five reporters were ordered from a police court in Cairns, for appearing in the press gallery without coats. Times have…

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Human Arm and Leg Washed Up At Bondi Police Investigating SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

Police are endeavoring to unravel the mystery surrounding the finding on the Bondi beach on Sunday of a human arm and leg. The limbs,…

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Is a "Busker" Man with One Leg So He Told Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

Colin McCaw. a stranger to West Wyalong, who has lost one leg. told Mr. Alan Hall, J.P., in the West Wyalong Police Court during the…

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Alleged Assault Police Constable Charged. Case Dismissed. Crowded Court Hears Case

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 7

All the available seating accommodation— and it is very limited—was taken up at the Canowindra Police Court on Tuesday morning last…

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Driver Who Went to Police. Following Car Crash. Young Resident Fined at Cootamundra

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 3

A fine of £3, with 8/- costs, was imposed on Loftus Bernard Oliver, of Young, on a charge of negligent driving, by Mr. H. V. Wells,…

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Man for Trial Wheat Stealing Charge Alleged Threat to Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 9

After a hearing that lasted all day at the Griffith Police Court the P.M. (Mr. Harris) committed Hubert Langman, a Ballandry farmer, for…

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Found with Wrists Cut "Bimibi" Gordon in Gaol Sensation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

In Dubbo gaol awaiting trial at the Supremo Coust in April, on a charge of having allegedly com the Supreme Court in April, on a…

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Order Reversed Bail Fees Not Forfeited Local Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

The case in which Mr. H. L. Pelham, J.P., required the attendance of Patrick Shanahan, charged with drunkenness and offensive…

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Police Court

Cowra Free Press · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 1

John Fox (60) with 45 previous convictions, was on Friday fined 5/- cr 6 hours, on a charge of drunkenness. He was allowed 2…

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Stranger Runs Amok Resisted and Assaulted Police Struggle Viewed by Hundreds of People Sentenced to One Month's Gaol

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

JOSEPH MURRAY, 24, a diminutive but pugnacious young man, who appeared in the dock in an athletic singlet and wearing the scars of his battle with the police, in the form of cuts and abrasions to the left side of the face and gravel rash on…

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Court Cases Drunkenness and Language

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

Messrs. H. L. Pelham and H. Webster, J's.P., occupied the Bench at the local Police Court on Saturday morning, when…

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Maximum Fine For Indecent Language Forbes Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

A one-legged man with a wooden stump who regaled the people of Forbes with some mouth-or-gan music on Saturday figured in…

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Weethalle Man Committed for Trial Alleged Theft of 330 SHEEP West Wyalong Dealer Says He Bought Them Alleged Confession by Defendant to Grazier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

District wide interest was displayed in proceedings in the West Wyalong Police Court, when Thomas Leslie Nicholson, a well known resident of Weethalle, appeared before Mr. Wells,P.M., charged with the alleged theft of 330 ewes and 61 lambs, the…

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Straying Stock Owners Before Court Fines inflicted in Each Case Solicitor States Council's View

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

Some months ago Bland Shire Council carried a resolution thai owners of straying stock be prosecuted after a certain date and the…

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