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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

1,634 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 82

Clegg Case Echo Woman Clerk Charged. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Leila Beryl Smith (39). a law clerk was charged at the Central Court with having fraudulently omitted to ac count for sums of money to Alfred…

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INVERELL Jockey in Bankrupt Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 6

At the Police Court, before the District Registrar (Mr. J. E. McCulloch), the public examination of William H. Leigh ton was set down for hearing,…

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Piracy and Murder Chinese Outbreak Story of Crime SHANGHAI

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Piracy, murder and violence, culminating in the death, of three Chinese passengers and wounding a score of others, marked the 24-hour voyage…

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-Dangers' of Travel in China Seas Piracy and Murder Three Dead: Twenty Wounded an Audacious Crime Loot Removed by Junks Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Piracy, murder and violence culminating in the death of three Chinese passengers and the wounding of score of…

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In Police Court S.M.'s Comments SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

When Alexander Abbott (40), a laborer, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having assaulted Constable Blythe in George Street…

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Preferred Gaol Poverty-stricken Men PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

Two men, who told the police a pathetic story of poverty and starvation, stood in front of parliament House yesterday and threw stones…

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Bankruptcy Court Jockey's Name Called

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 3

At the Inverell Police Court, before the District Registrar (Mr. J. E. McCulloch), the public examination of Wm. H. Leighton, jockey, was set…

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Collapse in Court Solicitor Abased SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

John Finnick, an Italian, almost collapsed in the witness box in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday while under…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

At the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. H. Buxton and J. R. Dawson, Js.P., William Thomas Harris, of Yetman, was charged with having eight…

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At the Police Court Defendants Remanded on Bail

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

The two young men, who are members of well-known and respected families of the Wongwibinda district, were before the Armidale Police…

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The Baker Murder

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

Detectives arrested a youth on Saturday night and charged him with the murder of Cecil Baker at Yagoona Station last Monday night. He is…

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Police Court. Before Mr. J. E. McCULLOCH, P.M.

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday Edward Arney was charged with having treated a horse cruelly by driving it while suffering from a sore…

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Charge of Murder Woodley on Trial SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Reginald [?]erick,19, was charged with the murder of Cecil Baker at Yagoor a last Monday night…

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£100,000 ESTATE. Police Making Inquiries

The Uralla Times · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 3

Adelaide Sensational development are expected following the police inquiry into the mystery surrounding a will which her been received by the…

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Boys Assaulted Police Lose Tracks of Assailant. Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

Two schoolboys, aged 11 and 13 years respectively, were Walking along the beach at Glenelg when a man accosted them. He suggested a short…

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That Revolver Is It licensed? Police on the Warpath

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

The polite are determined to resort to drastic action in the case of pistol owners who do not immediately renew their licenses,…

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Member's Plight lived in Floorless Shed Perth Court Revelation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 8

Living in a floorless iron shed originally built for a fowl house is the' plight of a sitting member of the West Australian Legislative Assembly,…

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Missing Cattle Armidale Police Busy Twp Young Men Arrested Investigations Proceed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

Something of a mild sensation was caused in Armidale on Saturday by the arrest of two well-known Wongwibinda…

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Police Ruse To Raid Two-up School Constables With Cameras Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

The police visited an old quarry at Mitcham yesterday afternoon and took the names of 26 men who were charged with playing "two-up."…

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Father Sentenced Brutal Treatment of Son Cut Penetrated to Skull Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 1

At the City court yesterday, Robert Tait Adams was sentenced to one month's hard labor on a charge of having ill-treated his ten-year-old…

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