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Courts & crime, 1938

1,193 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 60

Constable's Death Follows Alleged Assault Kicked By Drunken Prisoner Wellington (N.Z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

Allegedly assaulted by a drunken prisoner at the police station, at Christchurch, on Christmas Day, Constable James Butler died of…

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Police Dogs Extended Use Contemplated Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

So successful has the training of police dogs become in this State that the Police Department is now considering establishing…

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"Bluebeard" Weidmann Fate of Young Englishman French Police Investigating Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

The authorities are attempting to unravel a fresh mystery connected with "Bluebeard" Weidmann. They found amongst…

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Puppet Government Inaugurated At Nanking Japanese Manifesto Accuses Chiang Kai Shek of Betrawng China Anti-ltalian Feeling Aroused Among Chinese British Police Complain of Ilutreatment Rice Merchant "Warned" Not to Associate With Enemy Nanking

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

The Japanese have inaugurated a puppet government in Nanking, with a five-barred flag similar to that of Peiping. A manifesto was issued alleging, that Chiang…

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Local Police Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

In the local Police Court this morning, before Mr. F. Scroope, P.M., Henry Pasterfield was fined £1, costs 8/-, for using insulting words. Henry John…

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Chapter V. Stealing the Sorcerer's Bride

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

So Eric told them the love story of the three savages. Mary was a member of a big and war-like tribe, north-west of Moreton…

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Coroner's Court Sensation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

A sensation occurred when the inquest into the death of Dorothy May Everett was resumed by the District Coroner yesterday. The young…

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Small Debts Court Plaintiff Successful

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

At the Armidale Small Debts Court, yesterday, before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, Police Magistrate, Harold James Robertson, trading as the North and…

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Warden's Court Suspension of Labour Conditions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 8

Suspension of labour conditions for six months in respect of gold leases 2580 and 2751, parish of Clevedon, county of Sandon, were sought, at the…

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Schoolgirl's Romance Thousand Police Search For Her New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

After G-Men had been called in to trace Gertrue, the 17-year-old daughter of Harry Bennett, head of the service department of the…

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Sudden Death Mother's Dilemma Called at Police Station SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Doris Dana of Como arrived at the wollongong police station early this morning with the body of her son aged eight beside her in a car…

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Mother's Ordeal Dead Son in Car Pathetic Story to Police Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Doris Dann, oF Como, arrived at the Wollongong Police Station early this morning with the body of her son, Ian, aged 8,…

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Distribution of Police Dogs

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

The Police Department is now evolving a scheme for the employment of specially trained dogs throughout New South Wales to…

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Truck Murder Inquest on Demsey Constable's Evidence Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

At the inquest concerning the death of John Thomas Demsey Plainclothes Constable Swingier gave evidence of the discovery on…

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To-day's Court Mr. G. J. Johnstone presided at to-day's Court. Fistic Encounter In Bridge Street

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

Victor A. Goodhew and Charles S. Prince were charged with having acted in an offensive manner in Bridge Street, Uralla, on December…

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U.S.A. Supreme Court Justice Sutherland's Retirement WASHINGTON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

Mr. Justice Sutherland retired from the Supreme Court to-day at the age of 76, under the provisions of an Act passed lust year and…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

A case listed for hearing in the Industrial Magistrate's Court on Wednesday was a claim by Sarah Ann Warwick against Francis Burnell,…

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Street Fight Contestants Before Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

Charles S. Prince and Victor A. Goodhew, the contestants in a fight in Bridge-street on December 15, faced charges of offensive behaviour before…

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Attempted Murder Then Suicide Thwarted Love Affair Broken Hill

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Believed to be the outcome of a thwarted love affair. Albert Jenkins, about 34, is alleged to have attempted to murder Mrs. Priscilla…

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