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Courts & crime, 1939

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Police Story Accepted Language Charge Against Labourer Woman Gives Evidence For Defence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 10

At the Uralla Police Court, before Messrs. R. Watson and L. S. Fuller, J's.P., Walter Henry Martin, alias Martyn (26), pleaded not guilty to a…

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Guyra News Jumbucks Killed For Camp Tucker-Box Three Young Men Before Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 9

The unlawful killing of a sheep to obtain mutton led to three young men answering serious charges before Mr. F. T. Scroope…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Case at Guyra

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 6

Mathew James Fletcher Carroll, Robert Walker, and Ronald Patrick Phillips were charged in the Guyra Police Court on Wednesday with…

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Bathurst Gaol Disturbances Investigated. Hunger Strike Ends Bathurst

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 1

One of the prisoners concerned in recent disturbances at the local gaol, John William Jones, was rushed to hospital yesterday and…

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Billy Fire Sets Country Ablaze Man Sentto Gaol Swift Retribution GOULBURN

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Allegations that the actions of a man in failing to put out a fire after boiling a billy had resulted in the township of…

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"Court of Dusty Feet" Ancient Legal Processes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 3

Occasionally, an out-of-the-ordinary dispute or claim may set in motion legal processes which have their origins in the dim days of Britain's birth…

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Court Debutantes Will Not Be Presented Because Peeresses Received Cash By Air Mail) LONDON, December 31

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

No fewer than 58 would-be debutantes, it is estimated, win not be presented at Court this season because their parents have…

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Mother Charged With Murder of Child MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

The body of a seven-months-old girl was found on a bed at 6 house in Kew last night. Examination by a doctor indicated that she had been…

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Street Disturbance Three Men Charged Alleged Offensive Behaviour

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 7

As a result of an alleged disturbance in Wentworth Street adjacent to King Edward Park on Saturday night three men appeared before Mr…

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Billy Fire Sets Country Ablaze Man Sent to Gaol

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

Allegations that the actions of a man in failing to put out a fire after boiling a billy had resulted in the township of Penrose being…

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Police Patrols Guard Service Systems Secret Bomb Factory Rumour LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

Police patrols throughout the night guarded vulnerable points in the electricity, gas and water systems, following the mysterious…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning Eric Williams, of Tamworth was fined £3. costs 8/- for Indecent behaviour in Evans Street. For using…

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Horse with Sore Back Police Assertion Denied

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

In the local Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. F. Scroope, P.M. John McClaskey pleaded not guilty to a charge of cruelly…

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Serious Charge False Pretences Alleged Salesman Before Court SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Clifford Robert Hogan (37), a salesman, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having falsely pretended to Lance Edward Wilson that he…

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Bomb Outrages Continue in Britain Intense Police Activity Irish Republican Proclamation LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

There was a further attempt to interfere with electricity supplies to-day when an attempt was made to blow…

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Alleged Assault Detective Bashed Three Arrested Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

Detective Jack, of Darlinghurst Police, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital last night suffering from a deep wound in the back…

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London Bombings Seven Arrested Charged at Bow Street in Possession of Explosives London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

Police activity following the recent bomb outrages resulted in seven men appearing before Bow Street Court to-day…

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Better Times Revealed By Statistics Court House Returns

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

An indication of improved employment conditions in the Glen Innes district can be seen in the fact that miners' rights issued at…

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Off Drink for Five Years Promise To Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

Andrew Donaldson Kirwan, of Regency Lodge, Hampstead, N.W., had to promise to "keep off drink" for five years when he was bound…

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