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

Courts & crime, 1938

491 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 19 of 25

The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Loud Speakers for Police Cars

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 4

Loud speakers are to be used for receiving messages on Scotland Yard Flying Squad cars instead of headphones, which have been found…

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Hospital Secretary Charged Alleged Embezzlement of Funds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 7

Theodore Tallon. secretary of the Hay Hospital, appeared at the Hay Police Court and was remanded to September 19 on a charge alleging…

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"Racket" Sensation Mayor and High Police Officers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 6

The Philadelphia grand jury has indicted Mayor S. Davis Wilson on 21 charges of misbehaviour in office, including failure to suppress…

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Why Are Forbes Claims Overlooked? Police Inspector's Car

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

Forbes is one of the few, if not the only police district in the State which docs not provide a car for its inspector to travel on…

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"Told to Scram—Then Punched" Statement Made to Police Followed by Alleged Confession Stranger to Stand His Trial

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 2

Harold Thomas Mitchell, a stranger to West Wyalong, who rushed into the West Wyalong. Police Station and told First-class Constable D. A. Stewart, that two men had broken a plate glass door in Main Street, West Wyalong, later allegedly admitted…

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War Clouds Hang Over Europe World Wide Anxiety Caused Grave International Situation Sudeten Leaders Face Court Martial (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

A table from London states:— Numerous Australians who are holidaying in London are inquiring of the shipping companies the possibility of changing the…

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CONTRITE Man Who Offended Woman Local Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

Charged at the local Police Court yesterday morning with behaving in an offensive manner on Saturday, Martin Dour[?]ty, a stranger…

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Pay Fines or Go to Gaol Council's Ultimatum Has Effect Regarding Straying Stock Prosecutions Following Allegation of Discrimination

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 2

WHEN THE WEST WYALONG PROGRESS ASSOCIATION COMMUNICATED WITH BLAND SHIRE COUNCIL, ASKING THAT COUNCIL NOT DISCRIMINATE WHEN AUTHORISING STRAYING STOCK PROSECUTIONS, IT PROBABLY DID NOT REALISE…

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Stealing Of Dead Wool From Yarrangong Two Young Men Convicted Case At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 5

AN UNUSUAL case, inasmuch as some 5½ hours were occupied in contesting it and the defendants then went into the box and admitted the theft, but disputed the quantity, was heard before Mr. Ryan, P.M., at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday when…

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Stealing Charge Turkeys and Petrol Murga Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 4

John Raymond Steele, a married man, was before the local Police Court on Tuesday, charged with stealing four turkeys and 15…

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Small Debts Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 10

In the local Small Debts Court on Tuesday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M, Maidment & Son proceeded against Shead & Rath for the recovery of…

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"Political Flavour" Fair Rents Court Council Takes No Action

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 2

When letters were received from the Australian Labor Party and the Balmain Municipal Council, at the monthly meeting of the Bland Shire…

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Dynamite. Alleged Stealing Charge. Question of Ownership

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 26 September 1938 · page 4

James Henry Heimbuck, 20, faced a charge of stealing, at the Parkes police court yesterday. The goods concerned were 45…

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Maher Cup Star Before Police Court Alleged Assault Charge Wife Said She Was Kicked

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 2

Hero of many of Cowra's Maher Cup battles, William George Gaudry, who is known to a number of West Wyalong…

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Loud Speakers for Police Cars

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 5

Loud speakers are to be used for receiving messages on Scotland Yard Flying Squad cars instead of head phones, which have been found to…

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Nancye Wynne Swept Off Court U.S.A. Title Final

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 6

Miss Alice Marble (U.S.) had an easy victory over Miss Nancye Wynne (Australia) to the final of the U.S. women's stogies championship…

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Found 'Cycle Frame at Rubbish Dump Youth Before Court Theft Charge Dismissed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 2

When one finds something valuable in a public place one must immediately report the matter to the police…

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Riddled Tin in Street Forbes Youth at Court Startling Admission

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 1

"I've been doing it for years and years. No one told me it was wrong, and no one' ever stopped me."…

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Police Capture After Long Yigil Story of Arrest at Petrol Depot Bound Over For Twelve Months

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 1

A POLICE vigil which lasted for four nights had its sequel at the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., when a local married man, John Clement Hay, 23 years, faced a charge, among others, of being found within the…

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Forbes Youth Gains Damages Negligence Charged

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 3 October 1938 · page 3

At the Dubbo Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Owen, and a jury of four, William Henry Patrick Rush, a youth of Forbes, claimed damages from…

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