Youth on Trial Theft of Rifle Bullets
Elvin Mascot Wise, described on the charge sheet as a soldier, aged 20, appeared in uniform at Forbes Police Court yesterday on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1947
246 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 13
FINED £15 For Stealing Galvanised Iron From Red Bend Wheat Stocks
The postponed case against Leonard Johnson, 36, a single man, charged with stealing 51 sheets of galvanised iron from Red Bend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warden's Court Authority to Enter Granted
The executors of the estate of the late F. X. Smith opposed an application by Gordon Hilton Smith for authority to enter and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Proceedings
Last Tuesday, before visiting Police Magistrate Blackmore, the following cases were dealt with. In the Licensing Court, Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →14 Days' Gaol For 75 Years Old Pensioner
Herbert Woodward, aged 75 years—stated by police to be a consistent offender was sent to jail for 14 days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Issue Final Warning To Traffic Offenders
Traffic regulations in the West Wyalong Police district are to be strictly enforced, according to the area officer, Sergeant J. T. Marshal], of West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Sitting In Mining Court
Although a number of matters were listed for hearing at the West Wyalong Mining Wardems Court. the Warden[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Man's Lapse Released on Good Behaviour Bond For Stealing Army Ammunition from Bogan Gate
A YOUNG man, Elvin Mascot Wise, aged 20, who otherwise had an unimpeachable record, pleaded guilty at Forbes Police Court last Thursday to a charge of stealing 11 containers each of 1000 rounds of 303 rifle bullets from the Bogan Gate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court Successful Claim Against Deceased's Estate
Mr. Blackmore, S.M., after unsuccessfully suggesting that a settlement of the case might be made between the parties, was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Income Tax Offenders at Forbes Court Fines Up to £15
Mr. W. M. Brady appeared for the Taxation Department in several cases against persons for failing to make income tax…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weethalle Police Should Have Truck
Senior Constable Pike, of Weethalle, patrols one of the biggest Districts in the South-west on a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrorist Murder of British Denied (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Jerusalem states:—The Palestine Government, British Military Headquarters and the police Stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Shooting; Police Raids End in Two Arrests (By Wire) Sydney
Following a series of raids on suburban and country houses, detectives charged two men with having shot Keith Kitchener Hull, aged 30 years, at St. Kilda a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cudal Man Charged Murder of Sister Remanded for Medical Examination
AN all night search in bitterly cold weather culminated in the arrest on Friday of a man following the shooting on Thursday night of Miss Lorna Rothery (26), at her home, "Lamington," Bowen Park, a mile and a half from Cudal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Be Reviewed Later Police Station For Goolagong
While it was considered that existing arrangements for police protection at Goolagong reasonably met public requirements it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FORBES P.P. BOARD Monthly Meeting of Directors Court Cases To Go Ahead
The August meeting of Forbes P.P. Board was held at the Board's offices on Friday, there being present Mrs. E. J. C. Speck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Stealing Charge From Tallimba
Following the charge of horse stealing against Colin Harold Brooks, 19, of Temora, Don Cross, 25, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenancy Cases Two Applications Before Court Newsagency Premises in Dispute
Two tenancy applications came, before Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at Forbes Police Court last Thursday, both having previously been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Cases Prosecutions by P.P. Board Sand Removal and Stock Trespassing
Forbes P.P. Board brought a number of prosecutions for offences under the Act before Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at the local court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Praise for Police Sgt
Tributes to the ability and efficien[?] of Sergeant J. spector for the West T. Marshall, Licensing In…
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