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Courts & crime, 1925

1,611 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 81

Russian Priest Sentenced Moscow

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

A Moscow correspondent states that the Leningrad Court sentenced a priest to six years imprisonment on a charge of assaulting women in the…

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Burglars Surprised Attempted Burglary of Showroom MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

Mr. A. Pascoe, of the Pascoe Motor Showrooms, Elizabeth Street, was on the Premises lat night, when he heard suspicious noises in the…

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Caillaux Threatened Police Intervene PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

The police arrested, outside Quaidor Say, a disabled ex-soldiler, apparently demented, who was brandishing a revolver and declaring he was…

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Alleged Wife Murder Gruesome Evidence in New Zealand Care. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

At Christchurch to-day Frederick Peter Mouat was remanded on a charge of having murdered his wife about February 20…

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Redfern Murder Cecil Aves Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

Cecil Aves, 22, laborer, was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having murdered Florence Quirk, at Redfern…

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Shop in Strand Entered Two Men Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

At the Central Police Court, to-day Thomas Wilson and Joseph Duffey were remanded on a charge of entering and breaking the premises of…

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Boland Committed On Murder Charge Brother Discharged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

The inquest was continued to-day into the car tragedy on the Parramatta Road, when the elderly couple, Gurr, were killed. The brothers,…

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Smart Capture by Police Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

Shortly after mid-night, the Waverley police received a message stating that a Bulck car, owned by George Bowden, of Waverley, had been…

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Police Conference Greater Force Needed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

The annual conference of the Police Association was opened in Sydney to-day. There were about 50 delegates present…

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Redfern Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

Cecil Aves (22,) laborer, was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having murdered Florence Quirk, at Redfern. The magistrate…

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Alleged Wife Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 6

The preliminary hearing of the charge at Christchurch (N.Z.) against Peter Mouat, who is charged with wife murder, was concluded on Saturday…

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Police Court Yesterday Morning. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleave. P.m.). Alleged Unlawful Possession

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

James Murphy, who was charged before Mr. Parker on Friday last on charges of vagrancy, drunkenness, and having in his possession, a hat…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, April 20, 1925. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 3

The following were among the cases dealt with in the police court yesterday:—Protected Animals…

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Police Conference Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

Tho Police Conference to-day, reaffirmed the previous recommendations that all members of the force should be allowed to retire with full…

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Mr. Lang Attacks Police Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

Mr. Lang, M.L.A., in an address at Lismore! last night, declared that, with regard to gambling, the police were as badly fooled as the…

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Police Conference Political and Civil Rights Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

The annual conference of the Police Association was opened in Sydney to-day. There were about 50 delegates present…

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Leeton District Court. First Sitting on Monday Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

The growing needs of the Yanco Irrigation Areas have caused the Justice Department to raise the Leeton Court to a higher plane. On Monday…

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Chinese Opium Dealer FINED £100 and Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

At the Central Court today a Chinsman, Charley Kin (50), pleaded guilty to having prepared opium unlawfully in his possession…

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Police Conference Pensions Question Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

The Police Association Conference to-day reaffirmed its previous recommendations that all members of the force should be allowed to retire with…

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Divorce Court HORDERN v. Hordeen. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 2

The hearing of the suit for the dissolution of her marriage, instituted by Olga Clare Hordern, against Lebbeus Hordern, has been fixed for May 21…

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