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Courts & crime, 1922

1,698 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 85

Wife Murder. Accused Remanded for Sentence. Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

James Kelly, charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel Kelly, at the Eight Mile Camp, on Tarana-Oberon railway works, was found guilty of…

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Gun Alley Murder. Condemned Man Ross. to Be Executed on Monday Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

The following communication has been addressed from the Attorney-General's department to Mr. Sonenberg, counsel for the condemned man…

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Profitable Law Breaking (Published by Arrangement) Millions in Illicit Liquor Police Take a "Cut."

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 8

The special correspondent of The News of the World, London, informs his paper that under the extraordinary dry laws of the United…

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Demented Woman Charged WlTH Murder Dubbo

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 1

Mary Elizabeth King was charged to-day with throwing her child into a dam and drowning it. The Jury round that accused threw…

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Coogee Bank Affair Bean Sentenced. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 1

At Darlinghurst to-day Cameron Macintosh Bean, the Canadian who [?]leaded guilty to attempting to rob the Coogee Bank of Commerce, was…

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Coogee Bank Raid. Accused Sentenced to Three Years. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

Cameron Macintosh Pean, who pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions in connection with the attempted bank hold up at Coogee, was…

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A Partnership. an Editor in Court Serious Suggestions. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 1

Edward Harold Major, secretary of the J. C. Williamson theatrical enterprises, was plaintiff In the Banco Court to-day In an action claiming £360…

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Saturday before Mr. W. G. Hazell, J.P., a man named Martin Brandt was charged with having behaved in an…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Messrs Cleve, P.M., and E. Doidge, J.P. A Burglar in the Dock

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

Reginald Lee was charged with that he did, on 23rd April, at Wallendbeen, About 12.30 a.m., break and enter the promises of William Palmer, with…

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Gun Alley Murder. the Condemned Man. a Sacrifice Offered. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

A well-dressed man, who gave his age as 75, to-day visited the Governor of Melbourne Goal, and offered himself as a sacrifice for Colin Campbell…

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Industrial Court Before Mr. Cleve, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

W. F. Nash pleaded guilty to working four men at 5.30 in the morning, instead of starting them at 6. Mr. Robison for defendant…

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Alleged Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court yesterday. Ernest John Gardner was charged with stealing a sulky cushion valued at £2/10/, the property of…

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Wagga Police Court. Indecent Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 3

Yesterday's sitting of the Wagga Police Court was presided over by Mr. W. G. Hazell, and with him on the Bench was Ald. E. E. Collins…

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Theft From Tailor's Shop. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

The tailoring establishment of Schrader and Son, George-street West, was broken into by thieves during the week-end, and stock valued…

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Supreme Court Judgeship. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

It is understood the selection of new Supreme Court Judge will be made from Messrs. Shand, Campbell, Ralston, Broomfield and Boyce…

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Ross Executed. for Gun Alley Murder Crime. Protests His Innocence to the Last. Big Crowd Outside the Prison

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

Colin Ross, convicted, of the murder of Alma Tirtschke in Melbourne, was executed in Melbourne Gaol yesterday morning. To the minister of religion and on the scaffold, Ross protested his innocence of…

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(Published by arrangement) Profitable Law Breaking. Millions in Illicit Liquor. Police Take a Cut

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 4

The special correspondent of "The News of the World," London, informs his paper that, under the extraordinary dry laws of the United States, an…

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Gun Alley Murder the Reward Withheld

The Daily Express · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that nothing has been don[?] yet regarding the reward for the [?]viction of the Gun Alley murderer, Colin Ross, and…

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Brutal Assault Man in Critical Condition Mobbed Near His Home SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 1

Signi Arrinelo, 22, a musician, of Devonshire street, city, was brutally assaulted by a number of men near his home last night. He is now in…

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The Gordon Mystery Inquest Opened Accused's Statement to the Police SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 1

The inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Mountford Cook, whose body was found in the bush at Gordon last mouth, under…

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