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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,698 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 85

Local and General. [?]Sing Court

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

At [?] [?] S. [?] P.M. [?] of the Pa[?] Hotel Wagga was [?] from…

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Police Conference. Motion Re Pensions Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

The Police Association Conference resolved that the Police Superannuation Act should be amended so as to provide that any member of the…

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To-day's Wires and Cables Taylor Murder Case a Real Development Harry Lynch Accused LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 1

Los Angeles correspondent: There was a real development in the Taylor murder case to-day, when six were arrested following an…

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Assault at Railway Station

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

About 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon Sergeant Pye received a telephone call from the railway station, and proceeding [?] found George Franck, the leading…

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Court Reforms. Abolishing the Dock

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

While the Minister for [?] Mr. M'Kell, is making things [?] for the men in gaol, his colleague Mr. Sproule, who has charge of the…

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Movie Murder. Six Persons Arrested a Woman's Accusation. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

A message from Los Angeles states there was a real development in the Taylor murder to-day, when six persons were arrested, following…

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Local and General News Police and Firemen's Art Union

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

Sergeant O'Connor, with a little assistance from his subordinates, has succeeded in selling in Tumbarumba district and the Upper Murray, £120…

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Commando Riots. Desperate Affray with Police Sticks, Stones and Clubs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday. An affray occurred outside Boksberg gaol, where a party of strikers intimidated the workers. Then the strikers…

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Junee Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 4

Before Messrs. G. Shephard, L. M. J. F. Quitter and W. J. Hiscock, members of the Licensing Bench, a booth license was granted to C. A…

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Junee Small Debts Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 4

An interesting case was before the Junee Court on Friday, when F. A. Commins, solicitor, sought to recover £14 from Sergeant Pocock. Last…

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Gun Alley Murder Ross to Appeal. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 1

Mr. Sonenberg, solicitor tor Colin Ross, stated to-day that Mr. Brennan, counsel for the defence in the Gun Alley murder case, was preparing the…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 4

In the Equity Court, applications was made on behalf of Wm. Sh[?]ee and Richards Dunn for writ of attachment against Roy George Ironside Dent…

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Another Murder London, March 3

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

Max Green, chairman of the Irish Prisons Board, a son-in-law of Mr. John Redmond, was shot dead at Dublin while endeavouring to capture…

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Assaults on Police Deterrent Sentence Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Mr. Giles Shaw, S.M., sentenced Edward Amor and Alfred Parker each to al[?] months’ gaol for assaulting Constable…

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Papuan Natives Attack on Police Patrol Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

The Under-secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department has received a report concerning a clash between natives and a patrol in New Guinea…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., in the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Mahlon Wilson, who described himself as a mechanic, and who had arrived…

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Burglary an Art Remarkable Berlin Story Notorious, Criminals Entertain Society. London, March 5

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent states that two of Germany’s most, dangerous criminal have been captured in a remarkable…

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Gun Alley Murder. an Appeal Lodged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

On the grounds that fresh evidence is now available and that the jury was misdirected by the judge, and that in view of Harding's evidence it was open…

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Local and General. Wagga Licensing Court

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. G. S. Shepherd P.M., an extension of a booth license to sell liquor at the Wagga…

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JOHANNESBURG Unexpectedly Quiet Police Fired on at Fordsburg LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

Proceedings to-day were unexpectedly quiet, after the previous day's shootings. Strikers fired on the police at…

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