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Courts & crime, 1922

1,698 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 85

The Yea Tragedy. Fox Before the Court. Remanded Till Next Wednesday. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 1

Reuben Fox was charged with the murder of Josephine McL[?]lin, at yea, at the Melbourne police court to-day…

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Stealing From Showground

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. S. Shepherd, P.M., two men, Frank Simpson and Harry Smith, were charged with stealing respectively…

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Local and General Wagga Police Court

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., Frank Simpson, 23, was fined £2, in [?]efault 14 days, for stealing a…

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Yea Murder Suspect Remanded Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 4

Reuben Fox, of Yea, appeared ct the Police Court to-day and was charged with the murder of Josephine M’Loughlin at Yea between July 22…

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"Spent the Money." Ex-mayor Charged with Fraud. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

James Hunter Lee, ex-Mayor of Bankstown, was committed for trial, on a charge of having fraudulently omitted to pay Kathleen Tracey…

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Alleged Arson. a Woman Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

An elderly woman. Ellen Daunton, was remanded by the Paddington Chamber Magistrate to-day on a charge of having set fire to her cottage in…

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Drunken Car Driver. Magistrate's Remarks. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Mr. Jennings, S.M., when fining John Murphy £5 In default five weeks imprisonment for having driven a motor car whilst under the influence…

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Income Tax Fraud. a Former Clean Charged. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

Leo Vincent. Kennedy, formerly a clerk in the Taxation Department, was charged at the Melbourne City Court with unlawfully communicating certain…

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Shearers' Strike. A.W.U. Secretary Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

The hearing was continued at the Central Summons Court to-day, of the case in which George Buckland, secretary. of the Central Branch of the…

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Disobedience. Seamen Before the Court. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 3

Fourteen seamen from the Commonwealth steamer Echuca appeared in the District Court. Melbourne, charged with disobedience to lawful commands…

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The Scales Case. Incident in Court. Woman's Somenambulistic Feat. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 4

Further evidence was given in the Equity Court yesterday in the suit of Mary Scales, a clairvoyant, against the trustees of the estate of her late…

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Home Comforts. Man Sentenced for Bigamy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 4

Harry Stafford, aged 62, a French polisher, appeared at the Darlinghurst Sessions on a charge of bigamy. Evidence was given that within three…

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The Wilson Murder Prisoners’ Appeal Dismissed. London. Aug. 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 1

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Field Marshal Wilson’s assassins against the death sentence. The prisoners did…

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Hornsby Murder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 2

An inquest concerning the death of Mr. Kemmis, who was murdered at Hornsby, is to be held on August 16…

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Attempted Murder. Shooting Affray At Launceston. Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 3

A sensational shooting affair, which resulted in Mrs. Colgrace, of Launceston, being wounded in the right leg, occurred in a cafe at 11 p.m. yesterday…

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Assaulting Police Larrikins’s Wee-end Sport. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 1

While arresting a man in Mitchell Street, Alexandria, early last night, the constables were attacked by a mob of over a hundred men. Bottles…

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Burglary at Post Office Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 2

A burglar broke into the Rooty Hill Post Office yesterday morning and prized open the safe, but failed to get at the contents amounting to £70 in…

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Wilson Murder the Death Sentence Plea Against Execution London, August 7

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 1

Mr. H. W. Massingham writes to the “Westminster Gazett[?]” regarding the impending execution of the murderers of Field-Mar[?]hal Sir Henry…

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Charge of Murder

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 2

A fatal Apache duel, loyally fought, had [?]s sequel in the Paris courts recently, when the survivor was tried for murder. One night Maurice the…

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Conspiracy. “Hospital Business” Men and Women Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day the hearing was resumed of a case in which Robert William Bennett, aged 75; Lillian Mary Boland. [?]1;…

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