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

Courts & crime, 1946

256 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 13

Pain Racked Woman Procured Drugs Husband and Wife Face Charges Magistrate Adopts Just Course

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 2

A kindly understanding Magistrate, Mr. Hardwick, P.M., adopted a most humane attitude at the West Wyalong Police Court when finding a pain racked woman guilty of ulawfully…

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Shootings in Persia Police Fire on Workers (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 1

A message from Teheran states: —Two persons were killed and three wounded when police fired on GPO workers on route to Teheran…

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Burglary at Store Thieves' Light Haul

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 1

Thieves entered Messrs. A. Hughes & Co.'s store on Sunday night. Entry was gained by smashing the glass of a window at the rear of the…

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A Date With Danger! Sanders in "Quiet Please, Murder"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 1

Murder, swift and ruthless, stalks the unruffled calm of a public library. A guard is discovered, lying crumpled on the floor! A priceless…

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Forbes Murder Case Appeal Against Death Sentence

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 1

William Robert Bathgate, 47, farmer, sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Street, at Central Criminal Coat in March for the murder of…

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Queensland Judge For High Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 1

The Chief Justice of Queensland, Sir William Webb, Has been appointed to the seventh place on the bench of the High…

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Assault Case Defendant Remanded

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 1

At Forbes Police Court yesterday, Victor George Murray, a laborer aged 43, was charged with assaulting Roy Nicholls…

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New Trial for Bathgate Police Castigated "Indefensible Conduct"

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 1

On the ground that the trial had been so unsatisfactory as to cause a miscarriage of justice, the Court in Criminal Appeal yesterday set…

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Assault Case And Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm Defendant Further Remanded

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

Victor George Murray, 43, on remand, appeared before Mr. W K. Earls, P.M., at the local Police Court yesterday morning, charged…

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Assault Charge Preferred Against R.A.A.F. Cook Echo of Parkes Dance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

AT Forbes Police Court yesterday, Alfred Henry Dawson, 24, a cook from Parkes R.A.A.F. Station, was charged with having committed a serious offence on a young Forbes girl, 19 years of age, during the holding of a dance at the…

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Police Court Thursday. (Before Mr. Soiling, P.M.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2

Nicholas Pavlakis—did assault William Thomas Bensley, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm Mr. Moore for defendant…

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Big Court List at West Wyal0ng

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

Mr. R. C. Hewitt, Clerk of Petty Sessions at West Wyaloug, stated to-day that there will he an extensive list of cases to be dealt with by Mr…

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Charges Against Gundagai Agent Adjourned Until Junue Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

Three charges were prefarred against William Mac-Sullivan, stock and station agent, of Gundagai, in the Gundagai Police Court yesterday, (says the…

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Busy Day At Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

Mr. Hardwick, P.M., will preside at the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday next, when a big list of cases in various jurisdictions will be dealt…

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Stealing Extraordinary Ten Convictions Against One Man

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

At Condobolin Police Court on Tuesday, 14th May, before ­Police Magistrate W. Earls, Allan Johnson, labourer, aged 28 years, was up for no fewer than ten charges, and pleaded guilty to all…

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Judge for Batavia to Conduct Investigation Murder of Three Australians (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

A message from Batavia states:—The Australian Government is sending a Judge to Batavia, to investigate he murder of three Australian War Crimes…

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Police Fire Kills Six Disturbances in India (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

A message from Srinagar (Kashmir States:— Police fire killed six persons during disturbances. The people have been openly defying…

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Lad's Arrest Leads to Race Night Disturbance Police Praised for Handling of Situation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 8

A youth who went into a local cafe on the evening of May 15, second night of the races, while two police officers were there for…

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Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 1

G. M. Butler butcher, of West Wyalong, at the West Wyalong Police Court was fined £2 on each of two charges, for using more than the required…

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Club Under Criminal's Bed Nine Months' Gaol for Young Thief

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 2

A vicious bludgeon, made of a heavy bolt and tightly encased in rubber, was produced at the West Wyalong Police Court by Sergeant J. T. Marshall in evidence against a man, who…

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