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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,435 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 72

Police Suggestions Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

The Police Conference to-day passed, a resolution against the indiscriminate granting of bookmakers’ licenses to all sorts of undesirables which…

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Long Bay Gaol a Girl’s Story Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

Mary Ryan, a Newcastle girl, who was convicted of receiving, tells a remarkable story of her treatment at Long Bay. She states that four…

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Police Conference. Bookmakers and Herbalists. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

At the Police Association Conference to-day a motion was passed protesting against the indiscriminate issue by the Chief Secretary's Department of…

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Chinese Counter-attack. Allegations Against Police. Wellington, N.Z.

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

Detectives raided the Chinese quarter and found Chinese in the act of buying opium from a distributor. When the cases came before the court the…

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The Police Won Op[?]um Dens Raided Wellington, (N.z. ) Feb. 28

The Daily Express · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 1

The police discovered what they consider to be an opium distributing centre in the Chinese quarter of Willington, and detectives, who raided the…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday. (Before Mr. Walter Scott, P.M.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

H.G.F. Boxsell v. Areliibald Fraser, claim, for use and occupation of land at Cullinga, 38 weeks at 1/. [?] Maxwell for plani[?] Mr. Tay…

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Two-up School. Thirty Men Court. Gamblers' Families Go Short, SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

Thirty men, young and old, pleaded guilty at the Central Court to-day to a charge of having been found, in a common gaining house…

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Police Grievances

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

The question of the police force strength and its efficiency is one that is closely associated with the domestic life of the community. Without…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 27th, 1923. Before Mr. G. Shepherd, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

In the Industrial Court, Inspector Durack, on behalf of the Minister for Labor and Industry, proceeded against the N.S.W. Railways and…

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High Court Vacancy. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 1

Justice Gavan Duffy, of the High Court, having been granted three months' leave of absence, the necessity has arisen for the appointment…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, February 27

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

Applications were made by Mr. W. J. McConville for booth licenses at the Griffith show and races on February 28, and March 1st and 3rd. The…

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Police Conference. Against Federal Action. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

Acting on decisions Riven by its various branches in respect of the proposed Federal Advisory Council for the police of the Commonwealth…

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The Coughlan Murder Dramatic Unravelling of the Mystery Evidence on Second Day of the Mystery Witnesses Tell How the Girl Died and of the Disposal of Toe Body Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 1

The inquiry into the Yarra mystery was resumed to-day. Lillian Muller, 95, a married woman living at North Melbourne, said that…

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"Doctor Norton." Sentenced to 12 Months' Gaol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

A woman named Greta Kathleen Massey aged 43 pleaded guilty at the Darlinsghurst Sessions charged with having forged and uttered three…

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Stealing From Dwellings Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 1

The Chi[?] Justice, Sir William Cullen, to-day commented on the prevalence of stealing from dwellings by day and night. It was, his Honor…

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Alleged Forgery. Witness in Yarra Inquest Charged. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Thomas Cook, who was a material witness to the Yarra inquest, was charged at the Melbourne City Court to-day with having forged and…

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Gaol Inmates Increase (Published by Arrangement.) in “Dry States. Judgment by Figures

The Daily Express · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7

Practically, says the New York “Times.” all the States having marked increases were among those that led the parade in the prohibition…

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Burglary in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 4

Burglars entered the Juliette Hosiery Parlor in Melbourne to-day and stock silk and hoslery worth £250, and tailors cloth valued at…

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Police Court. Monday March 5. 1923. Before Mr W. Scott. P.M.

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 2

No Drink For a Year. John Tutty consented, on the application of his sister Mary Hurley, to a prohibition order…

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