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

Courts & crime, 1946

256 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 13

Man Hanged For South Australian Murder

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 1

Last minute legal action before the Full Bench of the High Court of Australia on Wednesday, failed to save a nun from the gallows in…

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Small Debts Court Man Ordered to Pay £10

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 7

At the Small Debts Court in Forbes yesterday, a man was ordered to pay £10 to the executors of the estate of the late E. V. Elliott,…

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Cargelligo Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 5

The following cases were heard before Mr. Isles, P.M., at the Carge[?]go Police Court reports the Lake "News".) Alexander W. G. Wiegold, charged…

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Police Court To-day. (Before Mr. W. Richardson)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

Arthur Cartwright—stealing one automatic pistol valued £5, the property of William Alexander Robinson…

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Heavy Court List Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 1

Mr. Hardwicke, P. M. will have anoother heavy list of cases for attention, at the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday of this week…

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12½ Per Cent Pay Increase for Victorian Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 4

Under a determination made by Judge Dethbridge, chairman of the Police Classification Board. Victorian policemen have been granted a…

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Court of Petty Sessions Many Cases Dealt with

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

At the above Court, Mr. W. Earls, P.M., presiding and held on Tuesday, 12th inst., the following cases were dealt with…

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Court Decorum

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 1

His Honor, Judge Shortand, rebuked a man who presented himself sans a necktie for service as a juror at Dubbo Quarter Sessions. The man had…

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Panic Stricken Youth Buried Tools When Police Investigated Theft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 5

With a policeman standing by watching him, a young man later charged with theft, scooped up earth with his hands and produced tools which he admitted burying after he had removed them…

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Man to Face 24-year-old Murder Count

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 6

After a Commonwealth Court jury had ruled that he was fit to plead, a man was returned to Long Bay Gaol to await trial on a 24 year old charge…

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On Again-off Again Case at Forbes Police Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

The expression, "ringing tho changes," mast have had Its origin in a case such as that which came before Forbes Police Court…

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Police Recruiting Committee to Visit Forbes Dec. 5

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

The campaign for recruiting in the police force of N.S.W. has been going on in a somewhat extensive scale of late, but there are still…

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Stealing Charges Mother and Daughter Convicted

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 2

We briefly mentioned in our last issue that two women had been fined on three separate charges of stealing. Particulars of the…

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Traffic Court Charges

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

Tan Neville Miller, was fined £2 with 5/3d. costs at the West Wyalong Traffic Court by Mr. Hardwicke, P.M. for allowing an unlicensed driver, to…

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Police Protection In Country Districts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 4

In a speech in the Legislative As-bsembly,ly.. Doug Dickson, 'oug JJifkxou,mora,.saidLA., lor Tenntoa. ijiiid: —I waa (trefer once again to the '…

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John L. Lewis In Court To-day (By Wire) SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

The wheels of industry are slowing down throughout the nation as the coal strike continues, states a cable from Washington to-day…

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Sentenced to Death

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 2

Mervyn Garvie (39) was yesterday round guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of Cecil John Kelly at Sundon Point, Bulli on…

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Police Recruiting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

A reminder is given that the Police Rrecruiting Committee will visit Forbes next Thursday, December 5, and will inspect and…

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Court Attack On A.R.U. Leader

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Judge Drake Brockman. who, in the Arbitration Court recently, criticised statements by the Victorian secretary of the…

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Wheat Theft at Barmedman and Dubbo Alleged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

Detectives at Liverpool uncovered what they described as a black market in wheat, allegedly stolen from the Dubbo and Barmedman…

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