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Courts & crime, 1922

1,698 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 85

Moree Murder. Appeal Against Death Sentence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 2

The Full Court to-day delivered reserved judgment in the appeal of John Jeremiah Curran, who was convicted on a charge of murdering Thomas…

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Demonstrations in Germany. Reublicans Ray Up. Clash With Police. Statues Destroyed. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 1

There are many republican demonstrations in Berlin, and Dusseldorff and in clashes between police and civilians one was killed and 19 wounded…

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Shearers' Wages. Case in Arbitration Court. an Unusual Application. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 2

An unusual application was made to Sir. Justice Edmunds in the Arbitration Court to-day. The Graziers' Association asked for an injunction to…

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The Yacht Raata. Three Men Charged with Theft. Rockhampton

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 2

Alfred Westlake, Thomas Smith and George Mills were charged at the local police court with having stolen the auxiliary yacht Raata, valued at £816…

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A Tumblong Case at the Gundagai Police Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 3

At the Gundagai Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. W. Scott, P.M., two Tumblong residents fought over some property. Charles…

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Escape From Gaol. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Ernest Andrew L[?]ghre, alias Ernest J. Hopkins, who was under[?]ing two and a half years at Pentridge Prison for [?]breaking,…

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Surry Hills Murder. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Esther Eggers, or Reardon, 25, and Frederick Reardon, 32, who are charged with the murder of Francis…

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The Final Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

"Didn't I issue an injunction against that young man Tipples coming here again?" said the judge to his eldest daughter…

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The Wilson Murder Australian Opinion Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

An united patriotic demonstration, which was held in the Town Hall last night, to enter “an emphatic protest against the campaign of murder,…

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Russian Loyalist on Trial for Murder. Berlin, July 6

The Daily Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

The trial has begun of the Russian, Scbabe[?]skir, for attempting to murder Mlliukoff, and murdering Narokoff in March…

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Surry Hills Murder. Inquest on July 17. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 2

The inquest in connection with the murder of Francis Kennedy, a railway porter, in Surry Hills, will commence on the 17th instant. Esther Eggers and…

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Shearers' Wages. Case in Arbitration Court. An Unusual Application

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 3

An unusual application wag made to Mr. Justice Edmunds in the Arbitration Court on Wednesday. The Grazers' Association asked for an…

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WALTER D. HEATHER Police Trace Footprints to River Bank Body Not Yet Found

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 2

ONE of the most puzzling cases has been occupying the attention of the police in Tumut for the past week, every effort to solve the enigma…

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The shire annual appeal court will be held on 27th July

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 3

Mr. B. C. Thorsby Principal of the local Public School, has been relieved for a month by Mr Thompson who took charge…

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Prussian Democracy Socialists Object to Monarchist Flags Serious Rioting Mob Overpowers Police a Castle Stormed and Monarchists Murdered Berlin, July 5

The Daily Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Grave bloodshed and rioting is reported from Sommerschemburg, near Magdeburg, the capital of Prussian Saxony, and Sin[?]enbaden, 30 being…

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Alleged Serious Offence a Frenchman Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 4

Zeon Lecole, aged 26, a Frenchman, was charged at the Redfern Court with a serious offence on a girl aged 18. The notice, in asking for a remand, urged…

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Farm Murder Man’s Head Battered Attempt to Burn the Body. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

Sydney police headquarters has been advised of the brutal murder of a farmer at Branxton, named David King…

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Was It Murder? Man's Body in a Fire. Head Badly Battered. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 4

Word: was received at police headquarters this morning that the body of a former named David King, of Branxson near (West Martiand, had been…

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Life in Bavaria. Murder and Terrorism

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 2

The "Times" special Munich correspondent draws dark pictures of the sinister influences underlying Bavarian life to-day. "Underneath a veneer of…

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Impudent Thief. Captured by the Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 2

Late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. phoebe Davis was accosted in her front garden by a man who asked her to buy in-art union ticket. Some minutes later,…

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