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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Hampton Court Tennis Club Opens Season

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 12

Last Sunday was opening day for Hampton Court tennis club. A large number of visitors…

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Forbes Police Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

At Forbes Police Court yesterday Mr. W. E. MacAndrew, SM., sentenced Alfred Egan to one month's imprisonment with hard…

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Court Action Against Harden Police

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

A senior police officer and a junior police constable, both stationed at Harden, have received notice that they will be…

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Two Sentenced At Condobolin

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 7

In the Quarter Sessions held at Condobolin, Barry John Miller, 53, of Perth, W.A., was sentenced by Judge McKillop to…

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Court Fees Increased

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 12

Witnesses' fees in N.S.W. courts will be doubled as from April [?] Under regulations gazetted by the Minister for…

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Police Boys' Club at Young

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 9

A novel feature of the new Police and Citizens' Boys Club, neariug completion at Young, is the provision in the layout for…

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Charged With Furniture Theft C. Gordon Acquitted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

THE greater part of Wednesday, at Forbes Quarter Sessions, was occupied in the hearing of a charge against Arthur Charles Gordon of stealing a laminex table and four matching chairs, also a pressure lamp, of a total…

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Common Assault Two Plead Guilty; Third Acquitted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 3

Three young men, one married, were charged at Forbes Quarter Sessions on Tuesday on two counts. The first was that…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing Overcoat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 2

A 43-year-old laborer who has had 28 previous stealing convictions pleaded guilty in the Cootamundra Court of Petty…

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Historic Gaol Being Re-modelled

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 5

The Gundagai gaol, which was erected last century when bushrangers roamed the countryside, is now being…

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C.P. Leader's Statement on Allegations Against Police Force

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 4

Allegations against the police force of New South Wales could best be met by finding the truth, the Leader of the State Country Party, Lt.-Col. M. F…

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Man Arrested Following W.w. Theft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 7

A 19-years-old youth has been arrested following the breaking and entering of Mr. L. Fealy's Cycle Shop in Main…

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Fined For Stealing Electric Copper

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

A young man who, at the close of the case for the prosecution, pleaded guilty to stealing an electric copper from the home of Mr…

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Adjourned Cases At Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

Several contested cases set down for hearing were adjourned at Tuesday's sittings of Forbes Court of Petty Sessions…

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Warden's Court At West Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 5

An application by Betty E. Armstrong, executrix of the late James Herbert Burrell, for the suspension of labor…

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Charged with Hub Cap Theft

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

A cruising taxi cab proprietor from an adjacent town was charged at Forbes Police Station on Sunday night with the theft of a…

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Woman Fined, Man Gaoled for Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 8

A man was sentenced to three months' hard labor for the theft of clothing belonging to a workmate, and the same man and…

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Drove Past Police At 75 M.P.H.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 5

When a young man ravelling at an estimated speed of 75 miles an hour passed within inches of another vehicle on…

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15 Months Gaol For Assault On Policeman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 2

In the Wyalong Quarter Sessions last week, Judge Brennan sentenced a 29-year-old man to 15 months imprisonment for assaulting a Euabalong policeman, occasioning him actual bodily harm…

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Action Adjourned District Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 2

A Wyalong District Court action in which Leslie Charles Dillon of Canowindra has taken proceedings against Alexander…

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