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

Courts & crime, 1938

491 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 25

FINED £1 Spoke to Police Offensive Behaviour Charges

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 4

Walter Ernest Kable, charged with offensive behaviour, pleaded not guilty at the Parkes Police Court yesterday before Mf. J. A…

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Restrict Sheep Stealing Cowra Graziers' Proposal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 6

That each P.P. Board be urged to have its own registered sheep class marks for use in its particular district was a proposal adopted at…

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Failed to Stop After Accident Temora Carrier Before Court Magistrate Outlines Driver's Responsibility In Accordance With New Act

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

In the first case to be heard in the Ungarie Police Court for failing to stop his vehicle after an accident had occurred, Joseph Reneker, carrier, Temora, was fined £1 with costs amounting to £4 1s, in default 11 days with hard labor…

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Drunken Driver One Month's Gaol Heaviest Sentence Yet

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

One month's gaol for drunken driving and also for having illegally used a car, were penalties imposed by Mr. Reed, S.M., in the…

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Affray in Adelaide Man Charged with Murder (By Wire) Syidney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 1

A message from Adelaide states:— After an affray at a dance at Wasleys late on Saturday night, a man was arrested, and charged with the…

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Law's Long Arm Man Convicted of 10-year-old Theft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

At the Collangatta Police Court. James Harvey also known as George Henry Morris, was charged, on a warrant issued at Maryborough,…

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Five Persons Arrested Admitted to Police Bail Racecourse Occurence

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 1

On complaints that a "two-up school" had been carried on for some years at Forbes racecourse at Intermittent periods, local police,…

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Girls Molested Cases' at Parkes Court P.M.'s Salutarv Lesson

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

Heavy fines were inflicted by Mr. J. A. S. Balmam relieving S.M. who is well known in West Wyalong and district, at the Parkes Court…

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Burglary

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

It is said, particularly by the heads of the governments and the Sydney press, that prosperity is well round the corner. But there are still…

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Albury Murder Trangie Clue Discarded SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Detective do not believe that the daughter of a well known Trangie family who is reported' to have disappeared live or six years ago is…

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For Police Work Alsatians or Blood- Hounds? Protest against the Former Hie Forbes Bloodhound "Ranger"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

A protest against Alsatian dogs being sent to country police stations to assist in the detection of crime was contained in a…

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Police Court Heavy Fines for Stock Trespassing on Reserves

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 5

At the court held on the 28th ult., before Mr. J. A. Balmain, P.M., there was a big list of cases dealt with. We give the important ones. Mr…

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Six Months Gaol Grenfell Man Sentenced

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

Is the Grenfell Pol[?] Court before Mr. Truman, J.P. a man named Lawrence Splictt aged 31. was charged with being an [?] and…

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Detective Fiction Helps Solve Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

Detective fiction is the relaxation of Constable McGrath of the Mon[?]eal police force and he has found it useful. His favorite magazine…

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Theft of Car From Tumut Newspaper Proprietor's Loss

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

A motor car, the property of Mr. Clyde G. Watson, of Tumut, was stolen on Sunday afternoon from Camp Street, Adelong and was later…

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New Police Stripes Not For This District

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

Although the metropolitan police have been wearing the new American type stripes, for some months, it is understood that they will not be…

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Wages Tax Problem High Court Appeal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

An appeal is to be made to the High Court against the [?]on of Mr Harrison S.M. who adjudicated at West Wyalong for many…

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Subterranean Building What Lay Under Two-good's Old Store Where News was Printed--and a Murder Committed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

History of early Forbes, drenched with interest and stained with human blood, is being exhumed in the heart of the business centre…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 6

Walter Everett Marsh—hawker without a license. Pleaded guilty. Fined £1, and costs 5/, or three…

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Heard in Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 5

Giving evidence at the Police Court on Tuesday in a case in which A. H. Grimm was charged with failing to destroy grasshoppers, Mr…

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