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

Courts & crime, 1948

240 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 12

Liquor Club License Granted Grenfell Bowling Club Special Licensing Court. Tuesday. (Before Messrs. H. V. Wells and S. J. Bliss)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

Application by Grenfell Bowling Club for liquor license. Mr. H. B. Moore for applicants, Mr. H. N. Moffitt for two objectors…

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Theft From C.W.A. Rooms

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 1

During the week-end, thieves broke into the C.W.A. rooms and stole about 30- from the money box connected to the gas meter…

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Assault Charge Man Arrested on Racecourse

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 1

On Monday evening, Edward Stanford, of Forbes, was arrested by Detective Pyne at the Forbes racecourse, and charged with assaulting Harry…

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Acquisition of Wheat Court Declares Order Valid

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 7

The Full High Court ruled this week that the Commonwealth had . power to acquire compulsorily the 1845-48. wheat crop…

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85 Year Old Man Gave Court Shock

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 4

In the Goulburn Court a frail [?]5-year-old man sprang a surprise which locked the police and staggered the legal…

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Acquisition of Wheat Court Declares Order Valid

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

In the Full High Court in Melbourne, has ruled that the Commonwealth had power to acquire…

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"The Rock" Publishers Charged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 2

Police this afternoon served summonses on John William Wallace Campbell, of Victoria Road, Ryde, and…

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FINED £4 Moved Bike Few Yards Assault Charge Dismissed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Edward Francis Fitzgerald was charged with being…

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Smart Work by Forbes Police Man Arrested for Parkes Hotel Robbery

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

Although a theft from three bedrooms of the Parkes Hotel, Parkes, was only reported on Saturday, Detective Dunn, of the Forbes Police, arrested a…

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Police Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 2

Patrick Brown was charged that, on June 5, at Condobolin,he had supplied one Ralph Sloan, a person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal…

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Remand on Charge Of Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 1

James Michael Murray, 30, labourer, was remanded during the week end oil a charge of having murdered Mrs. Alice…

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Escapee Left a Note Gaol Break at Broken Hill

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 2

A man who escaped from the Broken Hill gaol during Sunday night by picking a lock with a piece of wire, left a note in his cell explaining how…

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Two Melb. Men Committed for Murder

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 3

Frank Vickers, 33 whose battered body was found in a lane in West Melbourne on May 15. died from injuries received…

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Second Stripe For Popular Police Officer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

First-class Constable Alfred Pinner, of West Wyalong police, has been officially notified of his promotion…

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Proposal For School Tennis Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

A special sub-Committee will investigate a proposal for the construction of a new tennis court in the…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 6

Charged with the allened theft of £11/5- in cash, Douglas John Carpenter was remanded from the West Wyalong Court of…

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Two Men Fined for Assault; Sequel to Street Fight

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 2

John Norton, a drover, and Francis Boneham, a farmer, who were the principals in a cafe and street 'fight at West Wyalong recently, were each convicted…

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Forbes Court Man Fined for Indecent Behaviour

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., at the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Herbert Gilbert, of no fixed address, was fined 10- or 24 hours'…

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"Tasty" Debate In Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1

At the West Wyalong Petty sessions Court yesterday, Mr. Finlay directed that logs burning in an…

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Police to Lecture School Children On Traffic Regulations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the local Municipal Council Ald. Gunn moved that, in view of the many traffic breaches by children, the…

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