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

Courts & crime, 1948

240 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 12

Complete Probe to be Made Into Police Reports Against Publican

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 November 1948 · page 2

Declaring, that he was determined to get the truth at any cost, Judge Berne at the Wyalong Quarter Sessions Appeals Court directed that reports made by…

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Council Works Footpath in Court Lane Cost to be Shared with Owners

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 5

A special report on several works items which have been under consideration for some time was presented to Thursday night's…

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Police Seek Owner of Bicycle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1948 · page 1

Senior-Constable A. Pinter, station officer at the West Wyalong Police station, and other officers are seeking the owner of…

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Police Assn. Not to Joini Labor Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1948 · page 2

By 1655 votes to 1022, members of the New South waucs Police Force Association have decided not to…

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"Nothing Suspicious"; Police View of Barmedman Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

A police officer told Coroner H. Kaye, at West Wyalong, that there were no suspicious circumstances in connection with a fire at John Meagher & Co.'s Barmedman…

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Detective Claims Three Fires Were Lighted Police Ailege Arson Against Barmedman Storekeeper

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

Detective Sergeant Wilson, of the C.I.B. Arson Squad, who was on the witness stand for more than three hours, told West Wyalong Coroner (Mr. H. Kaye)…

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Licensing Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 14

In the Forbes Licensing Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Blackmore, SM., Thomas Harold Barnett, of Sydney, was granted a transfer of the Royal…

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Committed for Trial Mowbray and Kenneth White On Charges of Stealing Six Bales of Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 11

CHARGED with stealing six bales of wool, valued at £400, the property of Eric Morgan, at "Yarrangong," near Forbes, on or about October 1st, two brothers, Louis Mowbray White and Kenneth M. White, were committed for trial at a hearing at…

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Jap. P.M. Charged with Bribery (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 1

A message from Tokyo states:—The Japanese Prime Minister (Mr. Yoshida) was summoned yesterday before the Diet Investigation Committee…

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Coroner and Lawyer Praise Deposition Clerk and Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 1

Mr. L. E. C. Luff, Clerk of Petty Sessions, West Wyalong, was warmly praised by Coroner Harold Kaye, J.P., this morning for his fine work in typing thousands…

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£200 Theft in City Hotel

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 1

A thief stole goods valued at £200 from the rooms of the licensee of the Gresham Hotel, York Street, late on Wednesday afternoon. The licensee…

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Police Transfer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 4

The recall of Senior Constable Basham to Cowra is announced. His place will be filled by Constable Metz, of Grenfell, who has been…

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Petty Sessions Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 2

Mr. Finlay, S.M., will deal with a list of cases at the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions on December 22…

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Assault Charges Against Schoolmaster

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 2

When Ralph Aaron Levy, 33, former headmaster of the Wyalong Public School, was called at the West Wyalong…

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"Shocking Assault Upon Citadel of Liberty," Says Mr. Fadden

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 6

Authority given to the new Board to be set up to control broadcasting in Australia is a shocking assault upon the citadel of liberty, Mr. Fadden, M.H.R, said in…

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Police Make Final Plea for Accident Free Christmas

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 2

The best way to make the time honored maxim, "A Happy Christmas" come true is by making it a week of festivity, free from road accidents or the sorrow of…

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U.s. Court Rejects Appeal by Japs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON.—By a majority of six to one, the United States Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the…

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Hillston Man Charged with Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 2

A bloodstained paling with which a man allegedly battered his sister-in-law to death at Hillston was taken to Sydney by a detective…

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Man Committed for Trial on Charge of Alleged Sheep Stealing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 2

Charles Alexander Shoard, aged 56, farm hand, of Springdale, was committed for trial at the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions on 22nd February next, on three…

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Ardlethan Court Cases

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 4

At the Ardlethan Police Court before Mr. Debenham, S.M., Edward Freeman and Thomas Locoy were each fined £1 and…

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