No Further Action Against Three Boys Police Sergeant Thanked
Bland Shire Council has decided not to take any further action against three young boys who were found in the enclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
350 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 18
Parkes Theft Charge
Mr. John Williams (Forbes) appeared for the defendant, Ephriam Augustus Keogh, at Parkes Police Court last Wednesday in a case in which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court
At the local Police Court last Thursday, before Mr. R. Donaldson, Police Magistrate (who came from Orange and took the place of Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol for Life Man Convicted of Murder (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane stales:—Edward Roy Weldon. aged 25, laborer, was sentenced to imprisonment for life after bis conviction at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dangerous Driving Police Withdraw Charge
When Sidney Welsh, of Wyalong, was, called at the West Wyalong, Police Court to answer a charge of dangerous driving. Sergeant K. C. N…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Wins Case in Traffic Court Information Dismissed After Lengthy Evidence
After hearing evidence which took some hours to relate, Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at the West Wyalong Police Court last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"I Shot The Two Ducks" Man Tells Court Admission Clears Other Men Protected Birds in Possession
"I shot the ducks. They were my property. They were left in a car which I borrowed. The responsibility is mine. The others…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalties Will Be Heavier Police Magistrate Issues Warning Unlighted Cycles a Menace
"in my opinion persons who ride cycles without having the necessary lights attached to them are a menace. I have been threatening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught in Hotel When Attempting Burglary Smart Work by Proprietor and Police (By Wire) Sydney
When Hdward Ha[?]non. proprietor of the George Hotel ill Hayinarket, awoke early this morning, lie saw a may. with a large bundle of keys…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hard Luck for Driver Met Traffic Police Wheatcarters in Court
It was hard luck for Archibald James McGrath, of Wyalong, that he should meet the Weat Wyalong Traffic Patrol as he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Months' Gaol Man Posed as Naval Officer
Anthony Campbell Dreyer, aged 40 years, a ship's engineer was at Paduinglon Police Court on Friday, sentenced to six months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Case to Answer Alleged Stealing of Cheque P.M. Discharges Defendant
Holding that a case had not been established by the prosecution, Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., dismissed the information against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrests on Ferry Seven Men Charged With S. P. Betting SYDNEY
When a ferry steamer arrived at the Quay yesterday, police went aboard and arrested seven men, whom they charged with S.P. betting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coursing Case. Question of Identity. Police Investigations
A coursing dog, alleged to be Wilben, was nominated in the Flying (325 yards) at the meeting of the Parkes Mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amazing Attempt To Escape From Gaol Foiled in Queensland (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane slates:—The police believe that they have foiled an amazing ate tempt that was being made by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Police Made Honest Mistake" Arrest of Merringreen Farmer Serious Traffic Charge Dismissed "Took Hold of Me Like a Criminal," Defendant Tells Court
Declaring that the police pulled him out of the driving cabin of his motor truck and handled him like a criminal, although he claimed to be sober at the time, David Alexander Patton, well known farmer grazier, and large scale wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic Court Charges "Bob Or The Rising"
William F. Frost, of Nerld Street, Wyalong, was fined 1/ or The rising of the court, by Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at the Wyalong Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caught Three Times Man With Unregistered Trailer Candid Farmer in Court
Walter Shilling, a farmer of Girral, had the unique experience cf being stopped by the West Wyalong Traffic Police on three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Coursing "Ring-in" Alleged Nomination of Wilben at Parkes and Orange Man Before Court
A coursing dog, alleged to be Wilben, was nominated in the flying (325 yards) at the meeting of Parkes Mechanical Hare Coursing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Black-out Bandits. Police Open War. Gangster Menace In London
Mobilising every weapon in their power, London, police have opened action on wartimes latest menace--the black-out bandit and racketeers who,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →