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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,193 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 60

Cakes and Coffins Ordered by Aged Man Who Now Reposes in Gaol Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

At the Liverpool Police Court last month, Arthur Robinson (79) was convicted on eight charges of false oretences and sentenced to 12 months'…

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Aboriginal Charged Lynching Rumors Ridiculed DARWIN

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

Following the appearance in court of the aboriginal, "Packsaddle," charged with having assaulted two white women, the Administrator, Mr…

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Darwin Assault Case Native Police Force Likely Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

The formation of a native police force in the Northern Territory is likely to be expedited by the recent assaults upon white women at…

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Police Court To-day (WEDNESDAY).—Before Mr. F. Scroope, P.M.

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

William Arthur Dean pleaded guilty to behaving in an indecent manner in Vivian-street on February 19. Constable Quinlivan stated that the…

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Unprovoked Assault Man Fined and Bound Over

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 8

Allegations that he visited the home of Martin White in Niagara-st. on February 7 and assaulted him were made against Ronald A. J. Bourke at…

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Another Remand Men Charged With Breaking and Entering

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 8

Remanded on charges of vagrancy and having on February 13 broken and entered the counting house of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney…

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Small Debts Court Plaintiffs Successful

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 7

In the Small Debts Court yesterday before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., Aubrey Elwyn Witts sued Frederick Purkiss claiming £13/12/ for hire and…

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Warden's Court Authority to Enter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 7

At the Warden's Court yesterday, before the Warden (Mr. G. J. Johnstone), Harold Bathurst Upton was granted authority to enter the estate…

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Rodney Disaster Survivors' Stories At Coroner's Court Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

The City Coroner to-day opened an inquest concerning the Rodney disaster, when 19 persons were drowned…

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Russian Doctor's Shocking Revelations Diabolical Murder of Maxim Gorky Wrong Medicines Used Deliberate Act Moscow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

Continuing his amazing confession of the "medical murder" of the famous Russian author, Maxim…

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Callous Details of Medical Murders Russian Trial Disclosures Maxim Gorky and Pleehkova Doctors Evidence of Methods O.G.P.U. Leader's Threats MOSCOW, Tuesday. Continuing His Amazing Confession of the "Medical Murder" of the Famous Russian Author Maxim Gorky, Dr. Levin, Director of Kremlin Hospital, Who Is One of the Twenty-one Accused at the Treason Trial, Explained That It Was Not Necessary to Use Actual Poison in Order to Poison Anyone

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

Very simple medicines, if used at the wrong time and in wrong doses, would serve as poison, he added. "We approached the victims on this basis and with designed wrong treatments. Dr. Pletnoff and I drew up the treatment for Gorky…

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Court News

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 14

Allen Cleve Jillett, 21, appeared before the Emmaville Court of Petty Sessions on the 3rd inst., charged with stealing a wheelbarrow of the value…

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To-day's Court

The Uralla Times · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 1

The P.M., Mr. G. J. Johnstone, presided at the monthly Court to-day. GARNISHEE ORDER J. M. Hanna made application for…

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Youths Charged Sequel to Wounding of Night Officer Night Shooting Maitland

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day, three youths, Thomas Dixon Gibson (18), labourer; William Robert Date (17), labourer; and…

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Thrown From Horse When Bullock Charged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

While yarding cattle on horseback at Armidale on Monday Mr. D. Duncombe, of Uralla, was thrown when one of the bullocks charged his mount…

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Serious Offence Man Charged Accused Remanded SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

At the Paddington Police Court today. Cyril Dudley Prendergast, 29, hairdresser, was charged with an alleged serious offense against a woman…

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Small Debts Court Verdict For Rent

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

George Jones was the defendant in a case in the Uralla Small Debts Court yesterday, in which C. G. Cooper sought to recover £5/0/6 rent…

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Uralla Road Collision Cross-Action Heard at Court Verdict For H. Curtis For £50

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

Damages to the amount of £40, allegedly arising out of a collision between his and defendant's car on the Armidale road on…

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Demonstration in Austria Nazi Crowds Riot Cheers for Schuschnigg Referendum Questionnaire Police Tolerate Disorder:: "Let Jews Perish." VIENNA, Thursday. It Has Been a Day of Feverish Activity in Government Circles with Preparing for the Plebiscite and Many Conferences with Nazis

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

Several hundred Nazis, late in the afternoon, attempted to storm the building containing the Fatherland Front offices. They smashed the front door and a number of window's before being dispersed by the police…

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Alleged Theft Young Men Charged Showman's Evidence

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 6

The alleged theft of a cheque-book and the cashing of cheques therefrom were inquired into in the local Police Court yesterday…

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