Court Sitting This Week
Interesting cases are set down for hearing by Mr. Hardwicke, PM. at the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday of…
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Courts & crime, 1947
246 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 13
Just Price for Wheat Claim in N.S.W. High Court Nock v. Commonwealth Government
The validity of the Wheat Acquisition Regulations, affecting 1945-46 wheat crop, was challenged before Mr. Justice Williams in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Police Force Small Nations' Request to Uno (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Lake Success states: Fears that the Big Five were trying to establish a UNO armed force which would be too weak for action against a major…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Just Price for Wheat High Court Case Still Incomplete
In the N.S.W. High Court on Tuesday the general manager of the Australian Wheat Board said that wheat and flour prices for home…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Timber Stealing is Public Scandal and Must be Supressed
The wholesale theft of timber from States reserves has reached such proportions that it is now a public scandal. Timber thieves operate at night, consequently it is hard to catch them in the act, Sergeant Marshall declared at the West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Repaid Friendship by Stealing Truck and Rifle: Three Men Jailed
Three young Sydney men—who were befriended by Alfred Aberline, garage proprietor, of West Wyalong—showed their gratitude by stealing his motor truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man's Lapse Discharging Firearm and Stealing Forbes Court Cases
Leslie Maurice Jackson, 21, pleaded guilty through Mr. R. O. Palmer to a charge of discharging a firearm near a public street and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cowra Sessions Two Forbes Men Convicted Sentenced to Nine Months
Two Forbes men, Robert Mark Hussey and Ernest Hill were convicted of attempting to break and enter the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.P. Act Offences Cases at Forbes Court'
At the local Police Court on Thursday, Forbes P.P. Board proceeded against two landholders for breaches of the P.P. Act, the cases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Robbery at Grenfell Men Charged at Cowra Quarter Sessions
Three Forbes men, Robert Mark Hussey, Reginald Ernest Hill and Robert Alexander Ramsay, were charged in the Cowra Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Overlanders" Figures in Court
The distributors of the Australian film "The Overlanders" have Issued a writ out of the Supreme Court against Snider and Dean Theatres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder or Suicide? Police Probe Tragedy (By Wire) Sydney
Police are investigating whether a woman and baby, whose bodies were found yesterday in two feet of water were murdered. The bodies were found at 2.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Cases Regulations Held to be Valid Appeals Likely to Full Court
Commonwealth wheat regulations, and action taken under them, were declared valid in the High Court on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of Sydney Woman Doctor Dies After Shooting (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Singapore states:—Dr. William Lesley Blakemore, aged 46 years, who was yesterday charged with the murder of a former Sydney woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Stealing 51 Sheets of Iron in Question Remand Granted
At the Forbes Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. R. J. Rummery, J.P., Leonard Johnson, 36, laborer, was charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Charged with Hindering Police Forbes Slaughterman Fined Case at Local Court
A CHARGE that he had hindered Sergt. Andrews in the execution of his duty was defended by Kenneth Sidney Hurford, at Forbes Police Court yesterday, but after hearing evidence Mr. Earls, P.M., found the case proved and fined the…
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The Licensing Inspector's quarterly report, presented to yesterday's sitting of the local Licensing Court, was received by Mr. Earls, L.M., who was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing Charge Forbes Defendant Again Remanded 51 Sheets of Iron Concerned
Mr. R. O. Palmer appeared for Leonard Johnson, 36, when he was again before the local Police Court yesterday charged with the theft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Trespass Cases More Defendants at Forbes Court
A number of defendants were again before Forbes Police Court yesterday for permitting stock to trespass on reserves. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women Stowaways on Naval Craft Returned to Melbourne; Charged With Vagrancy (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Melbourne states:—Believed to have been smuggled aboard by members of the crew, two women stowaways were found on an Australian Naval…
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