Assault Charge Impounding Officer Fined
On a charge of unlawfully assaulting John Patrick De Britt, a laborer of West Wyalong, Thomas Jackson, an impounding officer in the employ…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
491 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 25
Did Not Remember Stealing Man's Clothes Lapse Cost Man £10
Stating that he had been drinking heavily and did not remember stealing the goods. Thomas James White, [?] slaughterman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cried for Gaol Instead of Gosford Home Escapee at Orange
In consequence of escaping from the Gosford Boys' Home on December 13, and breaking and entering the premsies of Murray and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attempted Murder Followed by Suicide Tragedy at Broken Hill
Believed to be the outcome of a thwarted love affair, Gilbert Jenkin[?] about 34 years of age, a native of Victoria and now of Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caragabal Court This Week's Hearings
A horse was reported stolen to the Constable, R. Beavin, of Caragabal, at 6 o'clock on the 15th December, and he immediately set out to find…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Penalty At Young Court
At the Young Police Court on December 28 last, before Mr. J. B. Fleming, J.P., Donald David Masters, a labourer, residing at Wombat pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Is There a Hoodoo? On Police Inspectors
Of six inspectors at Young during the last ten years of the inspectorate, four are dead. There seemed to have been a kind…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dismissed Police Reinstated in Force Cabinet Decision SYDNEY
Three police officers, Detective-Sergeant Dimmock and Detective-Constables Lawless and Tyler were ordered by the State Cabinet to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FORD V-8's Railway and Police Work Mobile Wireless Station
A Ford V-8 utility equipped with a folding 55ft. wireless mast and a transmitting set is being used by the N.S.W. Railways for patrol work around the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ammunition and Equipment Found by Paris Police (By Wire) Sydney
A cable from paris states:—The police found, in an apartment, near the St. Lazare Railway Station, a stock of ammunition and equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Impounding Officer Fined for Assault Interesting Case at West Wyalong Bench Hears Story of Fight O[?] a Cow Shire Man Says. He was Knocked Over and Injured
The decision of Bland Shire Council to put an end to the straying stock at West Wyalong, has resulted, in many people appearing before the West Wyalong Police Co[?] and being fined in Addition to paying the impounding [?]ees, but the first case of alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Girl Man Charged with Murder
On a charge of having murdered June Clemenger aged 20 years, a[?] Medlow Bath, Rowland Stewart Young, aged 24 years was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing of Oranges
Elwyn Smith, for whom Mr. R. O. Palmer appeared to plead guilty, was charged at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday with stealing a case of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Assault on Wife
One of the cases which the relieving Police Magistrate, Mr. Balmain, was unable to reach on Tuesday-- the magistrate dealt with more than 50…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Debts Court
In the local Small Debts Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Balmain, P.M.. the local postmaster secured a verdict against James Augustine Dunn for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Territory Threatened Strike For Arbitration Court
A general strike throughout the Northern Territory this month is threatened unless the Commonwealth Government takes steps within the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work for Police
The police are making detailed preparations to control the vast[?] crowds which it is expected, will line the route of the 150th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charges Against Shire Clerk Forgery. False Pretences, Larceny, and Stealing Alleged
At Grffiith Police Court, Frank Albert Hunter. 25. was committed for trial by Mr. Harris, P.M, on a number of charges in relation to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Will Pay Impounding Officer's Costs Sequel to Court Case
Bland Shire Council at its monthly meeting at West Wyalong. agreed that Council was liable for the payment of a fine of £4 together with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls Molested Cases at Parkes Court P.M's Salutary Lesson
Heavy fines were inflicted by Mr. J. Batmain, relieving P.M, at the Parkes Court last Wednesday, on four local youths under a charge…
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