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

Courts & crime, 1938

491 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 25

Four Years Gaol Assault on White Woman Law Criticised (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 1

A message from Darwin states:— In sentencing the aboriginal, Packsaddle, to four years imprisonment for assaulting white women, with…

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Water Waste Breach of Restrictions Before Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 7

At the Coonamble Police Court before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M. Health Inspector A. Dumbrell proceeded against a number of…

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Water Waste Breach of Restrictions Defendants Before Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

At the Coonamble Police Court before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M. Health Inspector A. Dumbrell proceeded against a number of…

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Three Months' H.L. For Car Stealing Sold It For £5

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 5

According to a story told in the Dubbo Police Court last week, Ernest Gabriel Fuller went to sleep on the river bank at Dubbo on April [?]…

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Alleged Serious Offence Young Man Committed To Central Criminal Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Children's Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., a young man, aged 22, on remand, was charged with…

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Tip-top Success Garema Tennis Dance Money for Court Marker GAREMA. Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

To increase the funds of the local tennis club a very successful dance was held at the Garema Hall last Friday night, and dancing was continued…

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Apprentice Training Court Approves Plan Employment of Young Men

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 1

Sanction for the apprenticeship sections of the New South Wales Government youth training scheme was granted by the Full Court of the…

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Licensing Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

Transfer of publican's license for the Railway Hotel from Michael J. Quinn to William R. Thompson…

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Assault Case Settled

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

In a case at the local Police Court, in which Jack Smith was charged with unlawfully assaulting James E. Ryan, is was announced that a settlement had…

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Gas Accounts Municipal Council Claims In Small Debts Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Forbes Municipal Council, for which body Mr. J. F. Williams appeared, proceeded against a number of gas consumers for arrears of…

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Apprentice Training Court Approves Plan Employment of Young Men

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Sanction for the apprenticeship sections of the New South Wales Government youth training scheme was granted by the Full Court of the…

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School Fire "Deliberate Attempt" Desk Ransacked and Books Burnt Police Suspect Boys (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

A deliberate attempt to set fire to the Leichhardt Technical School was made last night, after every teachers' desk had been…

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"Your Majesty" The Court Smiled

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 3

A case at Cowra Court, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., had its humorous side. When the magistrate imposed a…

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Greyhounds. Must Keep Off Streets. Court Decision

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 5

The first shot in a campaign to keep coursing greyhounds off the streets unless properly muzzled was fired by the police at the…

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Charges of Stealing At Stockinbingal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

Before a local Bench at Stockinbingal on the 4th inst., John Leo Wid and Charles Counter, strangers to the district, were charged with stealing…

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S. A. Maddocks Released From Gaol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 5

Sydney Aubrey Maddoeke, 56, former New South Wales Transport Commissioner, who was convicted On April 9, 1937, on a serious charge,…

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Good Work of Local Police

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Some months ago representatives of the Coronet Studios, Sydney, obtained sittings from a large number of local people, but never delivered the photos,…

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Stealing and Receiving Charges Storekeeper And Another Concernet J. Meagher and Co's Losses Defendants on Remand

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Arising out of losses by the firm of John Meagher and Co. Pty; Ltd., Vincent Edward C. Knight, 48, and Leslie William…

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Court Cases Minor Forbes Charges A Remand

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Richard Bone, 51, a stranger, was charged at the local Police Court at the latter end of last week with behaving in an offensive manner in Bridge…

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Body in Water Three Stab Marks Murder Suspected (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

A cable from Christchurch (New Zealand) slates: From an unemployment levy book, which was found in the pocket of the coat of a man…

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