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Courts & crime, 1920

1,335 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 67

Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

At the Leeton Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. Stewart and B. C. Clark, Js.P., William Bassell proceeded against Reginald Southee…

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Murder and Suicide

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

Daniel Smith, farmer, in a fit of jealonsy, shot Mary Rainey, 21, daughter of a farmer near Kilmore, Victoria, and then committed…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 11. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 6

John Angus Mohr was charged with being found on the licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel, Grong Grong on Sunday, 2nd May, at a time…

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Big Robbery of Jewellery £4,000 Worth Anthony Alette Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 1

Anthony Alette was charged at the police court to-day with stealing jewels, worth £4000, the property of Harriet Steward Dawson…

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Kenmore Murder. Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

The death sentence passed on Paul Broome at Goulburn, for the murder of bis wife, has been com-muted to life imprisonment…

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Strike Grows Worse. Clash with Police. Delegates Arrested. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

Cavalry is now patrolling the suburbs of Paris. Yesterday the police and the crowd clashed in the Boulevard Magenta…

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Ballarat Election. Petition to Upset Poll. Court Examines Votes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 1

After a spirited contest at the last Federal elections. Mr. E. T. J. Kerby the Nationalist candidate, was declared elected as the member for Ballarat…

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Doings in Dublin Three More Police Barracks Burned No Arrests LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 1

Three more police barracks in the county of Dublin have been burned. No details are available yet…

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Smart Police Capture. Berrigan Store Entered. Petrol Stolen. Alleged Theft of a Motor Car. Arrests by Coolamon Police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 3

At the week end a report was received by the Wagga police from Berrigan that a store there had been broken into and several cases of…

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Musutapha Kemal. Sentenced to Death. Delegates to Go West. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

A Constantinople court-martial has sentenced to death Maustapha Kemal Pasha, the Nationalist leader, by de[?]…

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Theft Bonds. £1,000,000 Involved. Financier's Suicide. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

"Nicky" Arnistein, the alleged master mind in the theft of bonds worth £1,000,000 from Wall-street brokers, has surrendered…

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Mr. Holman. High Court Appointment. Rumor in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

In Melbourne legal circles it is rumored that Mr. W. A. Holman is likely to be offered a seat on the High Court Beach…

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Fruit Stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 3

At the Leeton Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs. A. C. Fletcher and H. Watson, Js.P., a respectably dressed young man, named Reginald…

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Police Court Monday. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. Three Men Charged With Perjury

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 7

Arising out of a case under the Liquor Act, heard on 16th February, three of the witnesses were charged on the information of Sergeant George…

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Smart Police Capture

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

At the week end a report was received by the Wagga police from Berrigan that a store there had been broken into and several cases of petrol…

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Illegal Operation. Belinda Turnbull. Five Years' Gaol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

Belinda Turnbull, who, on Saturday, was convicted of the manslaughter of Alice Berry, was to-day sentenced to five years' penal…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 17. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M.) Liquor Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

Frederick Anderson, for having been found on the promises of the Pastoral Hotel, Wagga, at 11.30 p.m. on April 16, in contravention of the Liquor Act…

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Mayor Arrested. Attempted Murder Charge. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

C. E. Mackay, mayor of has been arrested on the charge of attempting to murder Walter Crosswell a returned soldier, by shooting…

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Industrial Court Unions' Exaggerated Claims Twice What They Expect! SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 1

At the Industrial Court to-day, Judge Curlewis said: "The simple way of getting over delays in matters of awards was to take the old award…

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Poisoning Opossums. Protected Animals. Poison Eaten by Stock. Young Men in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

At the Wagga police court yesterday, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., William Dunn and Edward Millett, Wagga youths, were charged on the…

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