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Courts & crime, 1925

1,611 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 81

Wool Stealing Charge Police Make Early Arrests Before Bales Were Missed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Yesterday morning the Wagga police arrested two men on a charge of having stolen two bales of wool from Arajoel station on the previous night…

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Serious Assault Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 1

Charged with having inflicted grievous bodlly harm on Alfred Holt, on August 10, Thomas Hillier, 20, and Alfred Jamieson, 2[?] were to-day…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 15. Before Messrs. Before Messrs, Elworthy and Passmore J's.P. Assault and Robbery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 2

William Hill and Arthur Keith Lomax were brought up for trial for having; assaulted and robbed, In company, James McCarthy Logan,…

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No More Gaol Accommodation

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

An extraordinary state of affairs is reported in connection with the proceedings against the British seamen. As a result of the convictions already…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September 15. (Before Mr. Gibson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

W. Angel and D. Moon were each fined £1, together with 8s court costs, on charges of behaving in a riotous manner at the Ferriertown football…

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Suddenly Ban Amok Bacchus Marsh Murder. Ferguson Committed for Trial. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 2

The inquest was held, today, concerning the death of William Smith, Who was shot dead at Bacchus Marsh, on August 10 Evidence wan given…

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Ex-Kaiser's Wealth Claim for £50,000,000 Upheld in Prussian Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 4

The ex Kaiser Wilhelm is claiming £50,000,000, which, ho says, represents , the value of property formerly owned by him throughout Germany. The…

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Timely Rescue Assault in the Bush. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 2

A [?]year [?] girl while walking in the bush al Sankstown yesterday. was molested and dragged into the bush by a young man who tried to…

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Fought the Police Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 1

Ernest, Squires (22), the seaman who assaulted Constable Jones last Friday during a disturbance at the Centr[?] Railway Station, was to-day…

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Strike Position More Intense. Long Bay Gaol Overcrowded with Strikers Concentration Camp in Melbourne Sensational London Riot Prosecution

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 2

There appears to be a marked tendency among the unions to actively support the seamen's strike. With the Prime Minister's announcement of the Federal elections, the dispute will assume more the aspect of…

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Prison Overcrowded Magistrate Postpones Seamen Prosecutions Watersiders Break December Agreement South Africa Declares Striking Seamen Are “Prohibited Immigrants” and May Not Land

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 1

Twenty-Six strikers were before the Court this morning and had to be remanded owing to there being no more room at Long Bay Gaol…

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Police Court To-Day. Before Mr. Harrison, P. M. Riotous Behaviour

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 2

Frederick McGuigan and Roy Belcher pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner in Parker, street. Sergeant Macdonald: They had a…

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Dramatic Suicide Leap From Bondi Clif[?]s Police Party’s Adventure Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 2

A sensational leap to death was made from Ben Buckler (Bondi) yesterday evening, when Francis Xavier Wond, a poulterer, of crown…

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Industrial Law Drastic Changes in State System Proposed Commission to Replace Arbitration Court New Tribunal Will Replace the Board of Trade Also and Fix Basic Wage Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 1

The “Dally Telegraph” is responsible for a very definite statement that proposals, more sweeping than even many Labor…

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Police Court. Friday, Sept. 18. Before Messrs. Elworthy, Sullivan and Crag, J's.P. Assault and Robbery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

Albert Keith Lomax and William Hill were charged with assault and robbery, in company, of James McCarthy Loan at Tumblong on…

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Wool Stealing Arajoel Case Traveller Fined £40 One Defendant Missing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 3

Two men charged with the theft of £70 worth of wool from Arajoel Station were to have appeared at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. Frank…

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Murder in Java Spanish Consul's Wife SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 3

Mr. MacFie, Consul for Spain in Sydney, whose wife was murdered in Java, in the course of an interview to-day said that his wife could not…

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His Last Chance “Parky” Larkins in Court Not a Vagrant

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

A well known Wagga identity in the person of James Albert (Parky) Larkins played the principal role in a case at the Wagga Police Court…

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Wool From Arajoel Peculiar Case of Larceny in Company One Dependant' Absconds From £100 Bail Commercial Traveller Convicted and Heavily Fined for Stealing Wool

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

An interesting case, in which the defendant, a son of a late Federal Public Service Commissioner was found guilty of the larceny of a…

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