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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,319 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 66

Cars in Collision A Driver Charged With Traffic Breach

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

Sidney Albert Reynolds, for whom Mr. A. H. Crossman appeared, was before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the local Police Court yesterday…

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"Carrying Liquor" Young Man Fined Licensee Charged Question of "Mark"

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

In the local Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Sernard Thomas Follent for whom Mr. D. W. Abbott appeared, pleaded…

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Throats Cut Wife and Mother-in-law Relief Worker Charged Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

The deaths of Rachel Harriet Brown (54), and her daughter, Annie Muriel Thomson (33), were inquired into to-day by the City…

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After the Sports Barmen Charged "On the Premises" "Not a Case for Conviction"

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

The question of the duties of a barman employed to assist at a liquor booth was involved in cases before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.,…

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Violent Scenes At Trial of Terrorists Murder of Polish Minister Warsaw

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

Violent scenes marked the conclusion of the trial of 12 Ukranian terrorists who allegedly organised a plot which resulted in the…

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Death of Barrowman Eye-Witness' Story Two Men Charged With Murder Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 1

An inquest is proceeding in respect of the death of a barrowman named Leslie Arthur Peterson (34) of Eden-street, Willoughby, as the result of an alleged…

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Police Organisation

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 4

At a meeting of the Inverell branch of the Police Association, the following officers were elected for 1936:—President, Mr. A. N. Carmichael;…

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Inquest Opens Alleged Murder Charge Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 1

The inquest is proceeding in respect of the death of a barrowman named Leslie Arthur Paterson, 34, of Eden street, Willoughby,…

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Dramatic Shooting Affray in Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 3

Infuriated by an adverse ruling from the Bench, Mr. John Keogh, a veteran practising as an attorney, calmly drew a revolver In the Chicago…

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London Magistrate on Road Deaths "Wicked, Ruthless Slaughter" By Air Mail). London, December 28

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

"Wicked slaughter on the roads" was a phrase used by Mr. Dummett, the Bow-street, London, magistrate, when remanding…

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Our Population 6176 in Municipality Police Patrol Totals 9655

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 4

The annual return, setting out the population in the Inverell police patrol estimates the population of the municipality at 6175,…

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Municipolitics Red Dust Nuisance. Record in New Electrical Installations Protest Against Lowering of Inverell Police District Status

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

After being in recess for a month last night's Municipal Council meeting had many matters of importance before it. The red dust nuisance in Medora and Clyde Streets evoked a petition from 58 residents of that locality and it was decided to…

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Perry Burglary S. M. Egan's Shop Entered

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Last Thursday night Egan's bakery shop was entered. The top portion of the window at the side of the premises was forced down, and…

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"Germ Murder" Unique in Annals of Crime

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

The London "Times" Calcutta correspondent states that the appeal in the "germ murder," which the judges declared was unique in the…

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The Naked Truth Stroud Police Investigate The Sequel

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

Recently the wife of a farmer in the Stroud district rang the police station and excitedly reported that two naked men had chased her, and…

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Brutal Assault Volunteer Seaman SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

A volunteer seaman. Manuel Margaritas. 27, was brutally assaulted in Surry Hills last night by six men and was admitted to hospital suffering…

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Lindbergh Murder Hauptmann Appeals Execution Delayed

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

THENON, New Jersey, Thursday. A few moments after the United States Supreme Court had declined to grant a writ of habeas corpus in…

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Woman's Cruelty To a State Child Magistrate's Scathing Comments

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

Pauline Noffke, of Bethania Janction, was charged in the Beenleigh (Q.) police court on Wednesday with having on or about December 13,…

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Cruel Murder Old Man's End Police Searching Bush SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

An intensive hunt is in progress at Gilgandra for two men who are thought to be responsible for the death of an old age pensioner early…

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Youth Accused of Theft Purse Disappears From Parish Hall Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 4

At the Uralla Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. K. McMahon, J.P., William Nicholis (19) was charged with having stolen from a…

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