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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,219 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 61

URALLA Police Court News Charge of leaving Gate Open

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

At the Uralla Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. G. J Johnstone [?] erick L. Taylor prpceented again [?] Victor Starr for…

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Licensing Court Relief[?] Granted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

In the Licensing Court [?] billiard licenses were granted to dames Alford Morgan (Woolbroot) and Claude ArnjgdAndrews (Uralla)…

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Brass Discs "Sovereigns" Deal Court Allegation

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

An alleged dealing in supposed gold sovereigns which turned out to be worthless brass discs, was referred to at Leeds (Eng.) the other day when a…

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"Plain Speaking" Police Commissioner to High Officers SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

The Police Commissioner, Mr. Mackay, has during the past couple of weeks interviewed a number of high officers, and some…

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The Police Force Regulation Strike Suggested "Unfair Treatment" Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

A regulation strike by members or the police force was suggested at a meeting of the Police Officers' Association, at which indignation…

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Man Decapitated by Train Driver's Story To Police Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

A man as yet unidentified [?] capitated by a train as Liverpool yesterday. The driver told the police he saw the…

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Australian Volunteers for Spain — Rise in Wheat Prices Poison in Sugar Police Active Issue Public Warning WAGGA

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

Seven people suffered from poison after they had a meal at a guest house yesterday. The police came to the conclusion…

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Bogus Police Accuse Han of S.P. Betting Incident in Milk Bar Second Man Robbed of £2 Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

While Leo Platus was in a milk bar in King-street, Newtown, on Saturday night, he was approached by two…

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Girl's Death Rickshaw Boy Charged PEKING

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

While washing a cushion cover, a rickshaw boy was arrested to- day on a charge relating to the murder of Pamela Werner (18), at…

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Euthanasia As Aid to Murder "Possibilities Many"

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 7

The possibilities of crime euthanasia be carried out without legal sanction were stressed by Canon Auson, Master of the Temple, during a…

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Farm Boy Found at Haberfield Charged with Breaking Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

A fifteen-year-old boy who escaped from Gosfond farm House on November 11 last, and for wham the police have been searching all…

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Alleged Cruelty Wounding of a Dog Owner of Chickens in Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 4

A charge of having on December 21. 1936, cruelly ill-treated a dog was preferred against Edward Austin Frendergast, before Mr. F…

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Shooting Mishap Police-Superintendent Hurt

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 2

Superintendent W. Brydon and Constable Jerome escaped serious injury by a narrow ma rain in a shooting mishap at Adamstown police station on…

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Stranger Fined Posed As Police Constable

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 2

In the local Police Court this morning before Messrs. R. J. Higgins and L. J. Cloonan, J.'s p., John White was charged with that on January 10 at…

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Shocking Murder Matson Boy President Roosevelt Emphatic WASHINGTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

President Roosevelt, in the course of a statement to-day regarding the murder of the ten-year-old Matson boy, declared that the…

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Small Boy Drowned Police Recover BodySydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

Police to-day recovered the body of James Donald McFarlane, aged six, from the harbour this morning. The body of the boy, who had been…

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Youthful Burglars Seven Lads Before Court Lismore Gang Dispersed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 3

Police investigations have brought to an end the operation of a gang of youthful burglars who, during the past six months, committed a…

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America Shocked By Matson Murder All Means to Be Used To Capture Crinimal Wnshington

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

President Roosevelt, in the course of a statement to-day regarding the murder of the ten-year-old Matson boy by…

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Pamela Werner Murder

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

While washing a cushion cover a rickshaw boy was arrested on a charge relating to the murder of Pamela Werner, 18, at Peeping(Chinii. The boy told the police that the cover had been soiled by a drunken foreigner…

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Decrease in Court Cases

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

The number of court cases dealt with at the Uralla Police Court during 1936 showed a decrease of six on the figures for 1935. Two hundred…

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