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Courts & crime, 1924

1,644 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 83

C[?]cuit Court

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 2

The Circuit [?]ings of the Supreme Court will [?]g at the Wagga Court-house on October 7. Mr. Justice Cordon will preside…

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Supreme Court Sitting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 2

Mr. Justice Gordon will arrive in Wagga on October 6 in order to preside over the Supreme Court, which commences at the Court House on the…

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North Sydney Tragedy. Boy Acquitted on Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 2

Colin Hinder (16) was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with having feloniously slain James Roberts (11)…

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Caulfield Murder the Tuckerman Case Evidence at the Inquest Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 1

The inquest on the death of the little girl, Irene Tuckerman, whose b[?]dy was found in a hag in the st[?]t, was opened to-day…

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Police Go Jazzing a Liquor Raid. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 1

A charge of selling liquor without a license, arising out pt a sensational visit by Licensing Police to M. Paul Blbron’[?]dancing saloon on August…

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Douglas Mawson Case Native Confesses Murder. Fate of the White Women. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 1

Mr. W. Bishop, a director of the Richo Island Oil Co who arrived in Sydney to-day by the S.S. Marella, said he had not the slightest doubt…

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Ulster Boundary. "Nothing to Give Away." Court Appeal Suggested. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 2

The next stage in the Ulster boundary deadlock will be the assembling of the British Parliament on September 30 in an atmosphere of crisis…

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Playing Soldiers North Sydney Tragedy. [?]Oy at the Criminal Court. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 1

There was an a[?]rupt termination in the matter of the double shooting tragedy at North Sydney on July 12, when tw[?] boys were shot with one…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

At the Petty Sessions Court on Tuesday last Alfred Henry Ratcliffe was fined £2 and 8/ costs for riding a hores furiously up Lanco Avenue at…

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Vitriol Thrower Sentenced. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

His Rows (21), unmarried, was to-day sentenced to three years gaol for throwing vitriol at her former lover, Donald Bedggood, and his female…

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Child Murder the Caulfield[?] Main Committed for [?] Melbourne [?]

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

The Coroner to-day [?] the inquest on the bed [?] Tuckerman the [?] whose remains wars [?]…

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Murder and Suicide. a Sydney Tragedy. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

A man shot a woman and then himself, at Bellevue Hill to-night. The man is dead and the woman is seriously injured…

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The Staghorn Murder Wanted Man Seen at Yarrawonga. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

A man answering to the description of Alexander Thomas, whom the police are anxious to interview in connection with the Staghorn murder,…

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Sequel to Sensational Holdup at Randwick Principals Sentenced to 10 Years' Penal Servitude Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

William McDonald and Louis Starling, who were responsible for the sensational hold-up at Randwick, when they robbed women at the point…

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FOOTBALL. Police stop Cootamundra from playing at Gundagai

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 6

There was a peculiar episode at Gundagai on Sunday. Cootamundra went over there to play for the Farrer Cup, but…

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Gambling at Albury. Police Make a Raid. Albury

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 2

Last night the police raided an alleged gaming house and made nine arrests. Sergts. Constantine and Cuthbert…

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Court of International Justice. Proposed Pact. London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

Reuter: It transpires that the basis of the proposed pact, which the subcommittee is discussing, will be that all signatories undertake to recognise…

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Police of the Sea British Navy’s Position. Geneva Discussion London, Sept. 17

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

Discussions at Geneva with regard to British obligations in the enforcement of arbitral awards are particularly given prominence in the French…

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For Big Tennis Wagga Clubs Project for Elaborate Court Council Permits Use of Part of Bolton Park Scheme Will Establish Wagga As Centre for Interstate and Championship Contests

The Daily Express · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 1

The Municipal Council last evening unanimously and very cordially approved of the Wagga Lawn Tennis Club’s proposal to take…

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Morse Stealing Charge

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 September 1924 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Courts the Chamber Magistrate (Mr. R. C. Atkinson) committed to the custody of Detective Curry for [?] to…

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