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Courts & crime, 1922

1,698 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 85

Police Pleasure

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

Amid a round of prolonged applause at last night’s meeting of the Committee of the Wagga District Hospital Inspector Jones, of the…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Wagga Licensing Bench yesterday, Messrs. G. S., Shepherd P. M., and E. E. Collins, J. P., presiding a large…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Was He a Traveller?

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, on the information of Constable Kinsella, Joseph Henry Murphy, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, was…

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Game of Hazards. Row in a Billiard Room. Horse Trainer Charged With Manslaughter. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

William Edwards, aged 30, a horse trainer, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, for the alleged manslaughter of Robert Mitchell, aged…

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A Murder Trial Much Discussed Verdict a “Law for the Rich.” London, June 10

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 1

The newspapers angrily comment on the reprieve of Ronald True, a former Air Corps officer, for the murder of a young woman named…

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Assassini Sentenced Tokio, June 12

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Nonkats, the student who assasslated the former Japanese Premier,…

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Bank Robbers Sentenced London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 2

At Glasgow High Court, Shepherd was sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude in connection with the Granton bank robbery on January 20. Snowden…

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Alleged Illegal Operation Two Women at Court Charged with Manslaughter SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Mary Aim Johnson and her daughter-in-law, Ruby Dorothy Johnson, were arraigned before Justice James at the Central Criminal Court for alleged…

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Charge of Stealing REMINl Scence. of Gun Alley Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Ruby Harding was to-day charged at the Quarter Seasons with stealing articles of women’s clothing valued at £150 from Shelloove Mansions…

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Alleged Embezzlement Goods Clerk Charged Deficiencies, £465 SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Thomas Owen was charged at the Central Court, to-day on two charges of embezzlement. Accused had been employed as a…

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Railway Robberies Important Arrests Smart Police Work

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

A sensation was caused in railway circles in Junee yesterday when it became known that the police had effected sevral arrests in connection…

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Industrial Court Drapers' Application Preference to Unionists SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 1

Judge Curlewis, in the Industrial Court to-day, dealing with an application by the Drapers' Shop Assistants for an award said, "I feel strongly…

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Wool Tops Case. Remarkable Scene in Court. Judge Threatens to Retire. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 2

There was a remarkable, scene to-day in the High Court, Sydney, during the hearing of the million pounds woll tops case. The incident arose during…

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Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr. C. R. Colls, J.P., Robert Wilson, Thomas Kelly, Thomas John Carmody, Norman…

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Alleged Theft Railway Clerk, [?] SYDNEY

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

Thomas Owen, 31, who [?] employed as a goods clerk [?] way service at Gunnedah [?] Central Police Court to-day [?]…

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The Murder Roll London, June 14

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

A man was shot dead and two others wounded when several houses were burned and others fusiladed at North Tipperary. Practically all the…

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“Sergeant Sam” Popular Police Officer

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 2

Sergeant “Sam” Gallaher, who has been a prominent member of the police force in Wagga for six and a half years, left for Sydney by the…

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Reprieved the . “True” Murder Case. London, June 13

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

In the House of Commons the Home Secretary, referring to the True case, said that in instituting a medical inquiry toe in no way ran…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Dispute at Condobolin Stabbed with Pocket Knife SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

Herbert Bailey 43, a laborer, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously wounded John Nicholls, also…

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Development the Land Police a Cabinet Conferedence Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

The Prime Minister and [?] Ministers sat in conference [?] and discussed the land [?] question…

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