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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,373 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 69

Traffic Breaches Fewer in Number Only Two Defendants at This Week's Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

Only two defendants were called at the local Police Court yesterday for breaches of the traffic Act. Donald K. Parker pleaded guilty…

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Wagga Crime Man Charged With Murder

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

Detectives have charged a man with the murder of Percy Smith, whose battered body was found in a sack in the Murrumbidgee River…

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Sheep Stealing P.P. Board's Laxity Cause Police Concern

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

District police are at a loss to understand the policy of P.P. Boards in general, and the Inverell P.P. Board in particular, in regard to sheep…

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Stealing a Foundation Stone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 7

On the strange charge of "stealing a foundation-stone and various coins of the "realm," Alfred Sheward, laborer, was fined 20/ at Manchester…

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Dying Man Sentenced Received Stolen Property

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 8

A dying man was sentenced recently to three years' penal servitude. The likelihood is that he was not a [?]ve [?] taste liberty again (states a London…

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H. G. Wells Attacks Nations Nightmare of Bloodshed and Murder LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

In a broadcast address Mr. H. G. Wells declared that the nations to-day were carrying on behind their own tariff boundaries. This was a cruel…

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Slight Increase In Armidale's Population 30 Fewer in Police Patrol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

Although the population of Armidale town proper has made a very slight increase during the past twelve months, the population of…

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French "Kreuger" Paris Papers Allege Murder Doctors Refute Suggestions New Cabinet Ministers Appointed Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

Doctors refute the suggestions in the newspapers that the "French Kreuger," Serge Stavisky, was killed by police…

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"The Penguin Pool Murder" Amusing Comedy-Drama For Thursday's Popular Night Also, Lee Tracy in "The Nuisance"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 8

Hilarious comedy and serie thrills form the main content of "The Pengu[?]n Pool Murder," which will be screened at the Capitol Theatre on…

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Assault. Defendant Fined

The Uralla Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

At Uralla Police Court this morning, before Messrs J. E. Jenkinson and H. W. Vincent, Js.P., George Henry Bourke was charged with…

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Theft in Bulk Goulburn

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

Using a length of rubber tubing thieves during the night syphoned 200 gallons of motor spirit from two waggons in a…

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Fine of £3 Hotel Proprietor Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

The licensee of Tattersal's Hotel, Emmaville, John Joseph Priddis, was before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P. M., in the Glen Innes Police Court…

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Small Debts Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 5

In the case of H. A. Tutt and Sons v. Harold Miller, on the application of Mr. D. P. Jones (Messrs. Windeyer and Jones) for the…

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In the Courts Industrial Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 5

J. Fryer v. C. A. Pearson.--This was a claim for £257 in respect of an alleged breach of an award. When the case was called there was…

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Prisoner at Large Police Scour Country Tracker Assists Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

A message from Casmo states that 40 fully armed policemen, accompanied by a black tracker, were scouring the countryside…

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Walcha Police Court

The Walcha News · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

On 5th January, before Messrs. H. Nash and A. W. Hughes, J's.P., Allan F. Bloomfield was fined 2/6 with 8/- costs for failing to return expired…

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Two Months' Gaol For Armidale Youth Found in South Armidale Yard

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

At the Armidale Police Court this morning, before Messrs. D. W. Oliver and J. H. Burnett, J s.P., Neville Mayburry, an 18-year-old…

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"Graft" Denounced By French Socialist Member Crowds Rush Chamber of Deputies Premier Refutes Murder Theory Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

The Chamber of Deputies was crowded when the recent suicide of Stavisky was discussed. The Socialist, M…

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Queensland Train Robbery £1900 in Sydney, Says Police Travellers Being Watched. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

Detectives think they have definitely ascrtained that £1000 stolen from the Brisbane-Townsv[?]'e train last September is in Sydney, Inquiries have been…

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Sheep Stealing P.P. Board's Laxity Cause Police Concern

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 2

District police are at a loss to understand the policy of P.P. Boards in general and the Inverell P.P. Board in particular in…

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