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

Courts & crime, 1946

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Licensing Court Renewal of Hotel and Wine Licenses Question of Supplying Meals

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

At the local Licensing Court yesterday, the question of supplying meals to the travelling public was raised a couple of times when the…

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£1,400 Stealing Charge Struck Out

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

"The defendant will not appear to-day your Worship, and my instructions are to ask that this matter be struck outas far as this Court [?]…

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A.I F. Man Welcomed By Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

Mr. Hardwick, P.M., at the West Wyalong Police Court, welcomed Mr. Patterson, the new assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions…

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Small Beer Glasses Cost Cargelligo Publicans £40 Each Police Objection, But Licenses Granted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Although he formally objected to a renewal of licences held by two Lake Cargelligo publicans, Sergeant Marshall, Licensing Inspector, of West Wyalong, said both hotels are conducted in…

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Death of 420 INFANTS Two Germans Sentenced to Death (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 1

A message from London states:—A senior nurse and SS doctor of a Children's Home, where 420 infants of Russian and Polish slave workers died…

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Sessions and District Court Sitting at Forbes Next

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

Sittings of the Quarter Sessions and District Courts will take place at Forbes next week, commencing on Tuesday, at 10 o'clock, with…

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£40 Bail Granted Despite Police Objection Serious Charges From Gibsonvale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 1

Although police protested, two men were each granted £40 bail, on serious charges, at the West Wyalong police Court to-day…

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Outspoken Judge in Brisbane Court Direct Actionist Sentenced (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states:Justice Brennan, in the Criminal Court yesterday declared the defiance of the Arbitration Court and direct action,…

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Magistrate Refuses Ardlethan Hotel Transfer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

When pressed for further information on how he was to finance his proposed purchase of the Palace Hotel, Ardlethan, Mr. Philip Patrick Hassett,…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

The first ease to be heard locally under the recently amended National Security (War Service Moratorium) Regulations was heard…

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Court Application to Occupy Vacant House Succeeds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

At the Temora Police Court Mr. Hardwicke, P.M., granted an applica tion by Edgar Harold Powr[?] exR.A.A.F., for a warrant to rent vacant…

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Stealing Charge Young Man given Another Chance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

On a charge of stealing a camera the property of John Eric Wythes, at Molong on January 24, John Field Morris appeared before Judge…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed No Evidence of Ownership

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

James Long was acquitted at the Forbes Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing, on December 29, 1945, a set of harness and a…

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Committed for Trial Cowardly Assault Alleged Roy Nicholls' Injuries

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

A COLOURED man, Victor George Murray, who was undefended, appeared in the dock at Forbes Police Court yesterday, charged that at Forbes, on April 15, 1946, he did assault Roy Nicholls, thereby occasioning him actual bodily…

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FINED £10 And Ordered to Pay £816- Expenses Assault on Female

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Alfred Henry Dawson, who had been charged earlier with a mare serious offence on a Forbes girl, pleaded guilty at Forbes Police…

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'Road Graziers" Court Action a Test Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 5

"Road Graziers" will be intereste[?] in the decision in the Junee Court of P[?]ly Sessions, when Junee Council sucessfully prosecuted Allan O,Kee[?]e, North…

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Serious Assault at Forbes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 2

Victor George Murray, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial at the Forbes Police Court on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Roy…

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Huge Tax Evasion Busines Chief Sentenced (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

A message from New York states:—Judge Kennedy sentenced Henry Lustig. President of the Longchamps Restaurant Chain, to four years'…

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New Police Inspector Welcomed at Forbes Court House

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

At Forbes Police Court yesterday morning. Inspector G. H. Sewell, who arrived from. Young on Tuesday, was welcomed by Sgt…

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Application for Premises Greater Hardship on Landlord Says Magistrate

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

Florence Evelyn Drabsch applied for possession of a house situated at the corner of Prince and Grenfell Streets, at the Forbes…

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