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

Courts & crime, 1953

190 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 10

Changed His Mind After Hearing Police Evidence

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 4

Percy Robert Burton, who pleaded guilty at Forbes Court on Tuesday to a charge of carrying a firearm whilst in an…

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Many Adjourned Cases At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 6

The congested stale of the S.M.'s list at Forbes Court on Tuesday was reflected in the many adjournments in several…

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Resisted Arrest Case At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 4

A man who was moderately under the influence of liquor and used bad language when he was told by Constable Maxwell…

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Sunday Shooting Brings Fine At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 10

A young man, Richard Gordon Jones, who pleaded guilty at Forbes Court on Tuesday to a charge of discharging a shot-gun…

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Police Hunt For Railway Thieves

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 1

Police investigations into Saturday night's bold train robbery just beyond Parkes on the Broken Hill line, are…

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Court Cases Traffic Act Offences

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 8

At the Eugowra Court on 19th inst., before Mr. MacAndrew, S.M., James Price, on a charge of driving in a manner dangerous to the…

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Court of Petty S Sessions Next Week

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 8

Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. will preside at the July sitting of the West Wyalong Court of Pe[?] Sessions next Wedueaday,…

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Clothing, Tobacco Taken In Cowra Burglary

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 5

In the past twelve months Cowra has had quite a number of burglaries, involving breaking and entry and the theft of…

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Justices' List Revision : Police Request

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 1

The Justices' List for the Forbes Police District is now being revised. All Justices of the Peace in the…

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Selling After Sunset Yass Police Stop Auction Safe

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 2

Yass police stopped an auction sale of furnishings in the Memorial Hall supper room one Saturday recently alleging the…

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Former West Wyalong Police Officer Gives Evidence

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

FORMER WEST WYALONG POLICE OFFICER CONSTABLE KEITH FREEMAN CAME FROM CAMPBELLTOWN TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN A TRAFFIC CASE AT THE WEST WYALONG COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS…

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Finding of Accidental Death of Inquest Coroner Rejects Police Request for Manslaughter Committal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 5

Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest into the death of Mrs. Ada Emily Marshall of West Wyalong, the District Coroner, Mr, H. Kaye, rejected a police submission that the driver of a truck which hit the car in which…

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Straying Stock Nuisance Cases At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 10

A number of cases of allowing stock to stray on the streets were dealt with at Forbes Court on Tuesday, Mr. J. F. Williams,…

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One Month On Vagrancy Charge: Forbes Court Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

Frederick Stanley Williams, a stranger who came to the Forbes district some weeks ago, pleaded not guilty at Forbes…

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Young Anglicans' Queen Myrl Holds Court At Ball

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 10

A stately presentation of Forbes Queen candidate. Miss Myrl Milton, to 350 patrons, lent charm to the gaiety of the Young…

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Police May Supervise Stock Trains

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

Chief Secretary Kelly told a deputation, he would, ask the Prettier to have police supervise country loading of stock…

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Six Half-Castes Arrested On Cowra Theft Charges

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 2

Six Cowra half-caste Aboriginals, residents of the Erambie Mission, near Cowra, have been arrested and charged in connection…

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Assault Case at Weethalle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 8

At the Weethalle Court of Petty Sessions last week, Mrs. Joan Elizabeth Egan, of Weethalle, was charged with…

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Traffic Cases at Court at Weethalle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 6

Mr. W. Finlay, S. M., imposed fines on two residents in the Weethalle Court of Petty Sessions last week for traffic…

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Weethalle Court; Man Lit Fire Without Permit

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 6

A Rankins Springs farmer, Georfee Thomas Jonfes, was convicted on a charge of lighting a fire during the bush fire…

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