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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,435 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 72

Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 3

At the Leeton Police Court on Thursday morning last, before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M., Henry Oswald Yelland pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Rebel Envoys Police Court Case To-day Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 1

The Irish Republican delegates will appear on remand before the Police Court on Monday. Opportunity will be taken to serve…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 14, 1923. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.m.) Taxation Department Takes Action

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 1

The magistrate heard a number of cases in which the Federal Taxation Department proceeded against persons for failing to furnish returns…

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To Murder Foch Plot in Poland Vienna, May 13

The Daily Express · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 2

The Lemburg police have discovered a plot -among Ukrainian Bolsheviks to assonates Marshal Foch, who is touring Poland. Thirty…

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Lausanne Murder the Assassins History Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 May 1923 · page 2

A young man in Sydney claims to be a friend of Maurice Conradi, the Swiss student who is secured of the assassination of the Soviet delegate,…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

At 4.30 yesterday afternoon, before Mr. F. H. Sutherland, J.P. Salem Andrew Batros was charged with maliciously killing two charged…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a borigine Charged BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 1

Alice Brown, 17, an aborigine, was remanded at Millamerran Police Court (Queensland), charged with having attempted to murder her employer,…

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Pills by [?] a Child’s Death Woman Charged with Murder Tamworth

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 3

An inquest into the [?] of the death of Hits [?]son Kirk a little girl, of Gow[?]le. who died after laking pills, was opened to-day…

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Railway Theft Spencer-streetcasemotor Driver in Charge Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 1

This afternoon, Frederick Charles Daniels (28) a motor driver, was charged with having stolen £2764/11/ the property of the Railway…

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Lausanne Murder the Aftermath Stockholm, May 15

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 1

The “Tidlngen[?]” Moscow correspondent says there is a fear that M. Vorowsky’s assassination will strengthen the Extreme Lett’s position and…

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Assaulting Police Two Men Lightly Fined Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

Two nonstarter were roughly handled at Newtown on May 16 when they were set once by a [?] of young men…

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A Poisoned Child. Inquest at Tamworth. Woman Committed on Murder Charge. Tamworth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Rita Kirk was opened to-day. Harriet Mills, who was charged with murdering the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 15. (Before Mr. Flynn, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 6

Joseph Doyle and Henry—C. Lord wire each fined 15s, together with 8s court coats, on a charge of being found on the licensed premises of the…

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Whitton Police Court. Welcome to Mr. B. J. Harrison. P.m

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 2

Prior to the business of the Whitton Court on Wednesday being proceeded with, Mr. Sparks, solicitor, of Griffith, on behalf of the legal profession…

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Bungonia Hermit Further Identification. Suspect in Yarrunga Murder Case. Goulburn

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

Considerable interest is attached to the arrest last Wednesday, in the hills near Bungonia, of the hermit who had been roaming around the…

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Dramatic Death Scene in a Law Court Geneva, May 17

The Daily Express · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 2

Charged with poisoning his wife in order to obtain Insurance money, a man named Strumer ended a long speech in his defence by saying…

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A Murder Relic

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 5

An Italian of Turin has paid 40,000 lire for the famous stove in which the Infamous “Bluebeard” Landru used destroy the remains of his scores of…

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Light on Czar's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 2

Sir George Buchanun, the British Ambassador at the Court of Nicholas H. of Russia, publishes in the "Revue de Paris" as striking article on the…

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The P.p. Act. Board and Magistrate Recent Decision Criticised

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 2

The solicitor to the wagga P.P. Board (Mr. H. E. Mltchelmore) informed the Board at yesterday’s meeting that “In connection with…

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Hampton Court for Sale

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 5

The historical mansion on the Hampton court Estate, between Hereford and Leominister (England), has a foundation stone said to have been…

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