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Courts & crime, 1937

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Young Man Sentenced

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 1

Convicted on each of two charges of false pretences at Deniliquin Police Court to-day, Frederick Ludlow (25) was sentenced by Mr A. B. Collins, P.M.,…

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Revision Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 3

The Lists of Electors for the Municipality of Corowa and the Shire of Coreen, which had been prepared and exhibited in accordance with the…

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Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 3

At the Licensing Court yesterday, the P.M., Mr, I. Beavers, granted an application by F, T. Morse, of Wagga, for a Booth license at the Corowa…

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Alleged Neglecting a Child. Man and a Woman Sentenced. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 3

James Henry Hunter and his wife, Frances Cathcart Hunter, were sentenced to three months and one month respectively, for neglecting a…

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Alleged Forged Telegram. iMan Gets Six Months' Gaol. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 2

Robert William Joseph Davis (37) was sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions today for having, without authority,…

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Skeleton Identified Murder Suspected Detectives Seeking for Missing Man

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 1

In our last issue we recorded the fact of a skeleton having been found on a farm in the timber country of the Tolmle district, Victoria…

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Appeal Court Main Street Valuations Reduced

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 1

Appeals against the municipal valuations for 1937 were heard by Mr. A. B. Collins P.M., in the Valuation Court at Deniliquin…

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Police Court Pretences

The Independent · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 3

[?] each of two charges [?] at the police court, [?] roderick Ludlow (25) [?] to three months' hard…

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Rating Appeals Interesting Cases Before Court Deniliquin Court

The Independent · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 1

Very keen public interest has been taken in the rating appeals against the municipal valuations, and 121 appeals have been mide. Fifty…

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Extensive Sheep Stealing Grazier's Heavy Loss Loses Merinos Valued at £700

The Independent · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 3

Sheep-stealing on a very extensive scale has been revealed by a check of the 14,000-acre property of Frederick Woldt, near Blanchetown, (S.A)…

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Mathoura Police Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

(Before Messrs J. M. Innes and G. P. P. Board ‘v. Alexander Duke Simmons, failing to produce on demand a stck permit. Fined 30/ with 8/ costs…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 33

Arnold J. Ellwood, of Albury, was fined £5/ for failing to return his motor driver's license within three days after its expiration on August 1…

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False Pretences Young Man Sentenced

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 2

CONVICTED on each of two charges of false pretences at Deniliquin Police Court on Tuesday, Frederick Ludlow (253 was sentenced, by Mr. A…

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More Sentenced to Death Soviet Grain Spoilt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 30

Four employees of grain warehouses in the Ukraine have been sentenced to death for having infected grain with barn pests. On similar charges…

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Death Op Neglected Children Parents Sent to Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 37

Convicted of having neglected a three months' old baby boy, James Henry Hunter was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the St. Kilda…

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Wears Three Hats to Stay Out of Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 27

In Tahiti is a man who wears three large hats—one on top of the other. He is an old native, but he carries himself erect, and there is a gleam…

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Sensation in Court Prisoner Attempts Suicide Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 4

There was a sensational occurence at the Quarter Sessions to-day when after his appeal for leniency had been refused by…

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Chinese General Shot. Court-Martial for Loss of Shansi SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

General Li Fuyin, Commander of the 61st Chinese Army, was court martiailed by order of General Yen Hsishan, Governor of Shansi…

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Murder Charge Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Iris Eileen Mary Webber, 31, was charged with having murdered Alfred James Mayley on October 8…

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Disturbance at Pictures Language and Assault Charge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 1

When pictures were being screened at the Town Hall least night a man who annoyed others in the audience by muttering was asked by those nearby to…

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