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

Courts & crime, 1947

246 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 13

Nine Months Reginald Hill Sentenced Menaces Charge at Orange

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

At the Orange Quarter Sessions on Monday, Reginald Ernest Hill, 22, was sentenced to nine months' hard labor for demanding money…

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Police Pay New Award Announced The Rates

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 10

A new agreement on pay and conditions of police, other than Commissioned officers, was announced on Wednesday by the…

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Stranger Faces Court P.M. Influenced by Previous Good Conduct

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

Alt English youth, who had few friends and no relatives in Australia, sat in the dock at the local Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Collision Story Told at Forbes Court Young Taxi-Driver Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

A young taxi driver, who had been a member of the Forces for over four and a half years, and had served as a paratrooper, appeared…

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Gipsy Convicted On Two Charges Liquor Drove Him Into Arms of Police

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

Dressed in a fashionable leather jacket, a well built, muscular Gipsy appeared before Mr. W. K. Earls, PM, at the local Court or Petty…

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Wyalong Butcher Before Police Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

Lewis Spaul, butcher, of Wyalong, who was fined £3 with 8/4 costs, by Mr. Hardwicke, P, M. at the West…

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Preferred Gaol to Home, But Later Changed His Mind

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. Hardwicke, P.M., was confronted with a poser at the West Wyalorig Police Court. A 71 years old pensioner elected to go to Goulburn goal in preference to an…

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Special Court at Bathurst For Lavers Trial

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

The N.S.W. Government bus proclaimed a special court at Hutliurst on February 17 for the trial of Frederick Lincoln…

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£50 Bail on Alleged Stealing Charges

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

Alphonsus Wallace, of Temora, and John Thomas Travers, of Barmedman, were remanded for the next Wyalong…

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Something New in Murder Mysteries

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

Something new in psychological murder mystery—that his a new high in sheer dramatic suspense— will be shown…

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Higher Police Pay Draws Recruits

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

Candidates for the police force have increased in numbers since the rise in police pay was announced…

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"Just Price" for Wheat Court to Decide Case in March F. & S. Association Action

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 9

The Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to proceed with its application to the High Court for a decision on what is a just…

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Drover Fined Police Arrived Before Permit

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 6

Alf[?] Harpley, drover who was taking a flock of sheep into Temora, along the Junee road at about 6.20 p.m. on…

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Court Refuses Local Pistol Licenses

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 4

Following refusal by the local officer in-charge of police to renew their pistol licenses, several Temora residents…

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Gravediggers on Strike At Police Sergeant's Funeral Overtime Offers Rejected (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 1

Two grave diggers at Botany cemetery yesterday refusd to fill in the grave, after the coffin containing the remains of Sergeant Charles Patrick Mallon, aged 56…

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Open Finding in Lake Tragedy Six Witnesses Before Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

AN empty (Capstan) rum bottle and a cowboy's hat with a leather strap were produced at the local Coroner's Court last Tuesday, when Mr. H. K. Ford held an inquest into the circumstances which had caused the death of William Alexander…

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Police Transfers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

The Rankins Springs Police Station in to be opened at an early date, with First-Class Constable Sorrenson, of…

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"Be Careful Mug" Wagga Motorist and Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 4

A motorist drove so erratically over Beckwith street bridge at Wagga on Saturday afternoon that he…

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"Just Price" for Wheat Court to Decide Case in March F.S.A. Action

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

The Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to proceed with its application to the High Court for a decision, on…

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Police Say 74 Years Old Man Was In Filthy Condition; £10 Fine

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

Declaring that a 74 years old defendant had apparently regarded kindness, consideration and good advice as a sign of weakness on the part of the Bench, Mr…

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