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

Courts & crime, 1945

193 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 10

Former Nazi Murder Camp

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

Interned German families from war-ravaged areas are now living in the former Nazi torture camp at Vught, two miles south of Hertogenbosch, Holland, where 13,600 prisoners were executed or died of torture and ill-treatment by the Nazis…

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District Court. To-day. (Before Judge Berne)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

Messrs. C. Nash and J. Stiff were sworn in as Justices of the Peace. Cases Listed: William C. Spies v. John O'Connell—goods sold and…

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Not Called on to Answer Charge Suspected Stealing of Chess Medal

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

George Cohen, a half-caste, appeared on remand at Forbes Police Court on Thursday on a charge of having goods in his custody…

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District Court. Monday. (Before Judge Berne()

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

John E. Fisher v. Alice M. Holland—damages, breach of agreement, £204/1/. Mr. Moore for plaintiff, Mr…

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District Court. Monday. (Before His Honor Judge Berne)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 4

William C. Spies v. John O'Connell—goods sold and delivered and work done—£16/12/10. Mr. H. E. Moore for plaintiff, Mr…

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Wyalong Common Application For Police Paddock

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

The Land Board Office, Forbes. has inquired from Bland Shire Council what they were doing with the Wyalon'g temporary common, and asked…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. C. W. Brown, P.M.

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

The list of cases for last Tuesday was too many for the Police Magistrate to complete, mostly due to the length of one in the…

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Former Nazi Murder Camp

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

Interned German families from war-ravaged areas are now living in the former Nazi torture camp at Vught, two miles south of Hertogenbosch, Holland, where 13,600 prisoners were executed or died of torture and ill-treatment by the Nazis. The concentration camp at Vught, one of the…

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Heavy Fines Local Men on Assault Charge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 1

As a sequel to a brawl which occurred at the Royal Hotel, Barmedman. on the night of January 13, when the licensee, Arthur Edward…

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Youth Acquitted On Stealing Charge £220 Involved

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 8

At Forbes Court of Quarter Sessions, before His Honor Judge Shortland, Keith Owen Ivers was yesterday found not guilty of a…

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S.P. Betting Raid Fails Defendant Charged With Street Betting But Passage-Way Held to be Part of House

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 1

CHARGED at the local Police Court yesterday with conducting street betting in a passage-way off Templar Street, Forbes, last Saturday, Raymond J. Gunn pleaded not guilty and was eventually acquitted, after the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. W…

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District Court Cases

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

Before his Honor, Judge Shortland, in Forbes District Court, on Thursday, the appeal of Leslie Mervyn Reynolds against a decision of the Commissioner…

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Q.S. APPEAL Assault on a Female P.M.'s. Decision Reversed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

In the local Quarter Sessions Court last week, before his Honor Judge Shortland, W. J. Bedford appealed against his conviction by…

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Youth Acquitted On Stealing Charge £220 Involved

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

At Forbes Court of Quarter Sessions before his Honor Judge Shortland, Keith Owen Ivers was found not guilty of a charge that on…

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District Court Before His Honour Judge Shortland

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

On Monday, the 26th ultimo, the two District Court cases heand were those concerned in debts due to the Condobolin…

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Assault Charge Sydney Visitor the Victim Local Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 7

Louis ones, who the previous day had been fined £2 or four days for using indecent language to Elwyn George Rath, an ex-Forbes…

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Court Cases Minor Charges at Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 8

At the local Police Court yesterday, Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., fined H. Robb 10 for being drunk, and £2 for using indecent language in a laneway off…

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N.S.W. RAILWAYS Status of Ex-Servicemen Reply to Recent Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 6

The Secretary for the Railways writes: -- In a special Federal Court recently the Commissioner for Railways was…

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Court Cases

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 1

Space permits of giving only a very brief reference to court matters before Mr. G. W. Brown, Police Magistrate, last Tuesday, leaving the…

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Mrs Hoare to Stand Murder Trial

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

The trial of Elsie May Hoare, 49 yearsr for the alleged, murder of her husband, Norman Victor Hoare, former farmer of Weethalle, will m…

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