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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,219 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 61

Naked Terrorist Police Effect Capture Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

Wearing a pair of trousers improvised from a flour bag, a naked man who terrorised the Lockwood district for several days was captured last…

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Russian Economist's Death Murder Suspected PARIS

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Navachin, the brilliant Russian economist, who has been at loggerheads with the Soviet for some time, was founds shot to-day…

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Tourists Surprised N.S.W. Police Search MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Greenaway, for whom the police searched for over a week, hoping they would be able to furnish evidence of the…

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Habitual Criminal Question of Earnings to Be Decided by Supreme Court Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 5

Whether an habitual criminal is a civil servant for the purposes of the Premiers' Plan, will be decided by the Supreme Court at an…

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Drover Charged Cases Dismissed Legal Points

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 3

At the Warialda Police Court on January 20, before Mr. P. Scroope, F.M., James Noble, drover, was proceeded against by the P.P. Board for…

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Stiletto Murder Russian Victim PARIS

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

A post mortem examination of the body of the Russian economist, Navach[?] who was murdered yesterday, disclosed that Navachin had not been…

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Warialda Police Court Wednesday, January 20.—(Before Mr. F. Scroope, P.m.). Lice-infested Sheep

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 3

W. R. Pehrose was proceeded against by the stock Inspector on behalf of the Department of Agriculture for having [?]-interested sheep (on [?]agistment) on…

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Armed Man Police Arrest Shooting of Mrs. Reynolds MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

An armed man for whom the police had been searching since the shooting of Mrs. John Reynolds, at Nilma North, near Warragul yesterday…

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Melbourne Police New Commissioner Chief Inspector Duncan, of Scottland Yard MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

Chief Inspector Alexander Duncan, of Scotland Yard, who was brought Australia to report on the organisation of the Victorian…

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Victorian Police Chief Inspector Duncan Appointed Report Ratified By Cabinet Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

Chief Inspector Alexander Duncan, of Scotland Yard, who was brought to Australia to report on the administration and…

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Navachin's Murder PARIS

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

Soviet circles claim that the Russian economist, Navachin, who was murdered on Monday, held funds for the Trotsky party, and supplied…

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Man Hunt Murder of Trooper Dramatic Recapture

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

MONROE (Michigan), Jan. 21.— After a desperate struggle, the hunt for the kidnapper and murderer of State police trooper ended in the…

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£10 FINE Stranger in Court "Disgraceful Conduct"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

Albert Edward Nye was charged in the local Police Court this morning with having wilfully and obscenely exposed his person in a…

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"Urging" Alleged Bookmaker in Court a Remand Granted

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

Albert Edward Nye, bookmaker, was before Mr. F. T. Scroope; P.M., in the local. Police Court yesterday, charged with having insufficient means of…

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Victorian Police Chief Inspector Duncan Appointed Report Ratified By Cabinet Melbourne

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 2

Chief Inspector Alexander Duncan, of Scotland Yard, who was brought to Australia to report on the administration and…

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"Urging" Alleged Bookmaker Charged at Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

Albert Edward Nye, bookmaker, was before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M. in the Glen Innes Police Court on Wednesday, charged with having insufficient…

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Land Court Judge

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

The Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) has recommended to the Executive Council that Mr. Ernest David Roper. B.A. LL.B., be appointed…

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Court House. General Business for 1936 Increased Figures

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

An interesting summary of the business of the local Court House for 1936 is available in the annual return, and this discloses the fact…

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Alleged Murder Woman's Body in Harbor SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Henry John Thomas (55), laborer, was charged with having murdered Grace Maude Eves, whose body was found in…

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Murder Trial Bank Clerk Committed. Wellington (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 4

Oswald Cameron Cowie (17), bank clerk, was committed for trial at Invercargill on a charge of the murder of Michael Fletcher…

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