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

Courts & crime, 1954

235 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 12

£20 Fine For Man On Two Theft Charges

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 3

Arthur Lowe, on two charges of stealing, to which he pleaded guilty, was lined £10. in default 20 days' imprisonment, on…

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Miss Marie Mahio For Police Force

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Miss Marie Mahio, welt-known star of "The Quaker Girl," recent Forbes Musical and Dramatic Society production, left…

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Foreman Fined for Stealing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 8

A former supervising foreman at the Cowra Immigration Centre was fined in Cowra Court of Petty Sessions on a…

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£20 Fine for Man on Two Theft Charges

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 5

Arthur Lowe, on two charges of stealing, in which he pleaded guilty, was fined £10, in default 20 days' imprisonment…

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Court Sequel to Motor Car Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 12

Sequel to a ear accident last September, at Caragabal, was a court case at Quandlalla Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Two Months for Assault

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 5

John Cecil Grant, 46, was sentenced to two months, hard labor by Mr. H. P. May, J.P. and Mr. T. J. Jones, C.PS at…

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Investigations On Theft AT Bowling Club

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 1

West Wyalong police, under Sat. J. L. Short, are continuing investigations into an alleged theft at the…

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Police Boys' Club Opened at Young

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 5

A number of high officials, including the Deputy Commissioner of Police in N.S.W. (Mr. G. Smith) attended the gala…

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Found Drunk at the Police Station

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 5

A labourer who went to the West Wyalong police station in an intoxicated condition to pick up some…

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Tenancy Case Decided In Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 5

A West Wyalong landlord failed to gain possession of his house in the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions last Friday…

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Court Adjourns Traffic Hearing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

A number of Traffic Act cases were not reached at Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, the following matters being stood over:…

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Rebuke On Behavior In Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

Lindsay Waiter Smith, who conducted his own defence, was ordered to resume his seat by Mr. W. E. MacAndrew, S.M., at…

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Dealer's Licence Refused by Court

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 3

The part-heard application by Thomas Herbert Morris, of Union Street, for a second-hand dealer's licence was rejected at…

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Court Action Threat to Council on Bates' Park

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

A THREAT of court proceedings in the dispute between Forbes Council and the Lachlan Producers' Co-operative Co. Ltd., concerning Bates' Park, was…

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Stealing Case Not Reached

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

Listed tor hearing in the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions last Friday, was a case in which Archibald James…

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Reported Accident Then Charged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 8

After remaining in his car for several hours after an accident and then reporting the accident to the police, a Cowra…

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Two Men Arrested for Coolac Theft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

Smart work by the Gundagai and Junee police led to the arrest of two men who were subsequently charged with the…

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Two Matters in Warden's Court Adjourned

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 5

Two matters listed for hearing in the Warden's Court were adjourned by Mining Warden Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., at West…

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Gaol Sentence For Policeman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

A former Cowra police officer. Raymond Walter Wynne, pleaded guilty in the Cowra Court of Petty Sessions to a…

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Big Theft at Lockhart Soldier's Club

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 7

Thieves stole a safe containing more than £700 in cash and cheques from the Locknart Soldiers' Club…

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