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

Courts & crime, 1937

482 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 25

Chinese Sent to Gaol

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, last Tuesday, James Gow (or Hoon Sin), aged 42 years, and Choy Hing (or Dung Joe), aged 45 years…

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Marrickville Murder Motor Mechanic Charged (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Patrick Doyle, aged 26 years, a motor mechanic, was charged with having murdered Frederick Hartupp at…

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Mother Charged Alleged Murder of Son (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that, when Mrs. Marion Elizabeth Payne, aged 37 years, of Balw[?]n, was charged at the city Court to-day…

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Man's Death in Perth Wife Charged With Murder (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Harry John Burrows, aged 43 years, died at Perth (Western Australia) from the effects of gunshot wounds in the thigh…

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Safe Blown Up Theft from Bakery (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Thieves who broke into a bakery at North Sydney, carried the office safe nearly half a mile and blew it open securing £8 in cash and a…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Incident at Forbes on Saturday Remand Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

John Clement Hay, a young man, was charged at Forbes Polce Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. V. Quiggin, J.P.,…

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Hotel Improvements Sanctioned by Court Forbes Applications

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

At the local Licensing Court on Tuesday, applications were before the L.M., Mr. Ryan, for approval to the carrying out of…

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Small Debts Court a Defendant Does Not Appear Verdict for Plaintiff

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

The postponed Small Debts case In which Mrs. Morio-Fontes proceeded against Bernard' Fitzgerald for the recovery of £9…

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Police Raid Palace Seize Pope's Encyclical (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 1

A cable from Berlin states. Berlin Secret Police raided the palace of the Bishop of Berlin and seized copies of the Pope's recent encyclical which…

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"Police Won't or Can't Enforce the Law" Rev. Costello's Protest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 9

"Nobody respects the close season and nobody appears to enforce it I don't care if I offend or not when I say that I saw a policeman shooting…

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Police Court Stealing Charge

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, Police Magistrate, in the Condobolin Court last Wednesday, Henry William Bransgrove (24) was called on to…

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Yarra Mystery Patholoigst's Report to Police "Human Glove" Fingerprint's MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

The police have received the pathologists' report on the examination of the arms and legs of a woman which were found in a sugar bag in…

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Clerk Charged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 5

In the Police Court at Brisbane, on Wednesday, Mr. J. Stewart Berge, P.M., ordered William Scott, 48, manager, to be returned to Sydney in…

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Police Re-instated

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

Dismissed from the Force following Judge Markell's S.P. report, Sergt. J. Chuck and Constable Bailey were last week reinstated by the…

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Theft From Car

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

Mr. Edwin Watts, of Trundle, reported to the Parkes police on Saturday night that three rugs, a pair of shoes and some groceries had been…

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Licensing Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 3

In the licensing court at Grenfell on Tuesday, before Mr. A. S. Thornton, P.M., an application for the transfer of the license of the…

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Left Alone in House Two Children Die From Starvation Mother and Father Charged

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 5

"These two mites died a death that is too horrible to speak of," declared the police prosecutor in a case at Cheltham, Middlesex, England [?]…

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Grown Witness Denies Police Evidence Assault and Robbery Charge Conflicting Statements in Matter of Drinks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

THERE was an excessive conflict of evidence presented to the Police Magistrate, Mr. M. J. Ryan, at the Forbes Petty Sessions on Tuesday when an assault and robbery case was heard. The defendant was one, John Clement Hay, aged…

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Murder Charge Is Northern Territory (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

A message from Darwin states that [?] aboriginal is dead, and another badly wounded, as the result of a quarrel at Boroloola…

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Madame De Fontagnes On Shooting Charge Life Story in Court (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

A cable from Paris states:—Denying that she was mad. Madame de Fontagnes, who was charged with the shooting of the former French…

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