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

Courts & crime, 1953

190 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 10

Fine Follows Assault in Water Street

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

Edward George Polsen, of West Wyalong, was fined £3, costs, and expenses, in the Court of Petty Sessions, West Wyalong, on Friday, on a charge of…

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Licensing Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

An application by Mr. L. Kellerman, licensee of the Ungarie Hostel, Ungarie, for permission to effect material alterations to…

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Police Have Belter Flood Rescue Craft

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 4

Those who can remember the floods in Forbes may recall that Constable (1st Class) Joe Bourke, of the Sydney Water Police…

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Alleged Indecent Assault On Female

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

Mr. R. O. Palmer appeared for Bernard Elwyn Bourke when he made his appearance at Forbes Court on Tuesday before Mr…

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Illegal Use Of Tractor Leads To Damages And Gaol

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 8

A young man who illegally used the tractor of his employer and did damage to the extent of £40 received a sentence of…

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Warden's Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 4

In the Mining Warden's Court on Friday last the Warden, Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., granted an application by Victor John…

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Goods at Police Station

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 1

A vlolin and a how in a case, found in West Wyalong on 7th December, has been hapded in to the West Wyalong Police…

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Son Charged with Murder; Bail Granted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 1

Samuel Mathew Smith, aged 18 years, who was on a charge of maliciously and feloniously murdering his father, Thomas Eugene Smith, of Calleen,…

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£10 Fine for Stealing Petrol

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 6

A man was fined £10 and ordered to pay £5/2/11 compensation at the Temora Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of…

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Temora Postal Assistant Fined £30 for Stealing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 6

Fining a Temora postal assist ant £30 at the Temora Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of stealing £35 from a…

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Police Raid On "Drunks"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 2

West Wyalong police made a number of arrests over the holiday period, and charges of drunkenness…

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