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Courts & crime, 1923

1,435 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 72

Unusual Charge Law That Has Not Been Used for a Century New Proceedings in Coogee Mystery Heaydon Committed for Failing to Assist the Police Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 1

A big crowd assembled at the Central Police Court to-day when Alfred Ernest Heaydon, husband of the missing Mabel Heaydon, was charged…

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Charged by Cattle

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 August 1923 · page 7

While trucking cattle at the Queanbeyan railway yards, M. H. Broadbent, a partner in the auctioneering firm of Campbell and Broadbent, had…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Mr. McDougall, P.M. Too Fast!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 3

Clarence L. Slender was charged with driving a car at an excessive speed at the corner of Parker and Bourke streets…

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Wagga Valuations. Magistrate and Mayor

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 4

When the adjourned appeal of the trustees of the Mount Erin Convent against the assessment placed on the Convent lands was called at the…

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Police Chiefs. a Farewell and a Welcome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 3

The ordinary routine in the police court yesterday morning was interrupted for a few minutes to allow of reference being made to the departure…

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Popular Police Officer Farewell to Inspector Jones

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

The high esteem and report in which Inspector W. J. Jones, who had been in Charge of the Wagga Police district for the past two and a half…

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Court Martial Sentences Dusseldorf, Aug 12

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

The Court Martial at Landau has sentenced two directors of the Badische Anilin Company to six years’ imprisonment for refusing to assist…

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Gloomy Anniversary. Mobs Fight Police London, August 12

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 1

The fourth anniversary of the foun[?]ing of the German Republic was a very quiet day in Berlin, owing to Strong police measures, but it was…

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Railway Men Charged. Large Amount in Question. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 2

On a charge of conspiring to cheat and defraud the Railway Commissioners of £2750, George Isidore Lissner, James Fitzgerald and Eugene…

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Police Court. Tuesday October. 14 Before Mr. Flynu, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 5

Charles Clifford Mcmahon as [?] that on 6th August he [?] Alfred Gray and occasion [?]…

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Police Court. Yesterday Afternoon. Before Mr. Sutherland, J.P. Alleged Larceny

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 4

Percy Worthington Lees, aged 51, was charged with stealing £2/11/0, the property of Maher & Corby, butchers, with whom he was employed…

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New Police Chief. Record of New Inspector. Hunting the Governor Boys

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 2

Inspector Osborne Holmes Parker, who has succeeded Inspector Jones as chief of the Wagga Police District, is about the youngest man in…

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Under an Old Act Proceedings, Taken in the Hillside Case Impeachments Filed in the Supreme Court “The Public Mischief of Our Sovereign Lord the King”

The Daily Express · Saturday 18 August 1923 · page 1

A new phase in what is generally spoken of as “the Hillside case” was reached yesterday when MK. H. [?]. MITCHELMORE…

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Police Court. To-day Before Mr. McDougall, P. M. Alleged Larceny

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 3

Percy Worthington Lees, on remand, was charged with stealing £ 2/11/3, the property of Maher and Corby, butchers, Cootamundra, on 16th August…

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Licensing Court. To-day

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 3

Before the P.M. and Messra F. Legge and G. Thompson, Ls. M…

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International Court Verdict Against Germany Amsterdam, August 17

The Daily Express · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 1

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Germany, under the Versailles Treaty, had no power to prohibit the steamer Wimbledon, laden…

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Taxation Fraud Former Officer Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 1

John O’Regann (44) a former officer of the Federal Taxation Department, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court, on a charge of…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, August 20, 1923. (Before Nr. V. A. Flynn, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 4

Though cases were few, yesterday was a busy day at the Wagga Police Court, inasmuch as practically the whole of the afternoon was occupied…

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Settled Out of Court. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 1

A settlement has been arrived at in the action In which James Murdock and others, representing the C[?] Reform Association were…

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Greece. Court Martial for Strikers. Athens. August 19

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 1

A general strikes has been proclaimed, but as the Government considers it of a political character, a special Court Martial has been…

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