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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
2
The Quarter Sessions opened Tuesday before Judge Scholes and closed Wednesday. The court admitted three pleas of guilty. An order limited bail at 50 and 36 pounds for witnesses. If a witness bonds, the amount is to be forfeited. The sessions were held at Forlife on June 30 or as directed by the Albany General.
An unnamed woman pleaded guilty to concealing birth after delivering a child on October 11. The accused, currently at Barb Hospital, was sentenced to five months hard labor to be served in prison, with a further twelve months of good behavior on entering bond of one pound.
Albert Sidney Neonhouse, a Parkes hall resident, faced charges of breaking and entering on January 31, 1915, stealing 44 postage stamps and seven shillings from Aubie DV Gregor. The witness urged leniency. the magistrate adjourned to consider First Offenders Act provisions and potential suspension of sentence after probation.
The Crown Prosecutor outlined that Albart Jones faced charges of wilful wounding and breach of marriage obligations. The magistrate granted Jones a chance to appear at the next Sessions after a suggestion to allow him to support his wife. Bound over in ten pounds to appear when called. Dr Reidy Reymond appeared for Jones.
Selinm May Rows on bail faced perjury charges in Burkesox Court for falsely claiming never to have seen a post card for Mr Rambay and that the card was not her handwriting. She pleaded guilty as Sergeant Lori testified on her character. the judge suspended sentence for two months and ordered a £50 surety for her appearance.
An incomplete court note from Walnusxs morning records a postponed cake matter involving William Daniel Treacy of Parkes. The Crown Prosecutor announced Alma B. Binteit would testify, but no response occurred when the name was called, as Judge Hipfield faced the important witness situation and adjourned.
Michael John O'Brien pleaded not guilty to stealing a gelding, sulky, and harness from John Willian Paull at Parkes in September. Witnesses described the sale and transfer of the horse, while the jury found him guilty only of unlawful neglect of the horse, with Orion sentenced to 15 months hard labor in Bathurst jail.
In a Parkes case dating November 1914, Thomas Dawson and Thomas Cock faced charges of dealing 18 horses including a mare, with accusations of obtaining a stolen property. The jury, including P M Cann and H W Bulle, heard testimony about a 2 shillings 5 pence payment and a Bay mare linked to Mr Cock.
A Parkes jury heard a tangled case over a mare allegedly stolen and sold through a chain of exchanges involving Dawson, Babington, Cork, and Connellan. Witnesses included Neville, Babbington, and Constable Dickson with Dawon convicted on other counts while James Smith was found not guilty of receiving stolen property after disputing the chain of events.
A scrambled historical notice describes a December 4 incident involving W M Smith and William Stichuel Smith accused of entering a dwelling at Toho Robert Acheron with gum and other items. The account mentions a water leak and a legal claim on the property of Ri Acheron, noting a net and a round of fostering legality.
The Rev F W Harris-Walker previously organized church work for the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale. A long letter praises Clements Tonic for restoring health, nerve strength, and general well being, with testimonials from a worker in Lie Church and a NSW audience.
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