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Courts & crime, 1925

1,611 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 81

Assault Alleged

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

A man named Logan told the police at Adelong that when he left the Adelong Crossing Hotel, at Tumbalong, he was followed by two young…

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Mayor Convicted of Assault

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

A fine of £4 in default, one month's imprisonment, was imposed on Alderman Connolly, Mayor of Warwick Queensland, on a charge of assaulting…

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In Sydney the Crowded Gaol Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

More than 100 headmen, who had been sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment for refusing work on the y[?] were discharged this morning…

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Grim Tragedy Murder in Java Sydney Society Woman Killed Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

Cable news received early to-day that Mrs. Macfie, wife of H. C. Macfle, of Sydney, had been murdered in her room at an hotel in…

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A Brutal Assault Tumblong Man Waylaid Robbed and Left Unconscious Accused Men Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 3

An alleged assault of extraordinary brutality was related in the Gundagai police court on Friday last before Messrs. Elworthy, Sullivan and Craig…

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At Fremantle Court Declared “Black.” Fremantle

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

An unique situation developed today when seamen charged with having refused duty practically declared the Court “black” by refusing to…

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Canine Sagacity. Young Theft Cleared Up

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 2

The mystery of the robbery at the Railway Hotel, Young/ two weeks ago has been fathomed. The solving of the mystery is due to the…

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Cases in Court Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

When 37 seamen were charged at the Court this morning with refusing duty, they surprised the Bench by pleading not guilty…

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The Java Murder Details of the Death of Mrs Campbell Macfie an Australian Detained by the Dutch Police Nature of the Injuries and Other Evidence Disproves . Suicide Theories (Reuter Service) BATAVlA. September 22

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Campbell Macfie, wife of Mr. H. C. Macfie of Sydney who was found murdered at a hotel at Garoot Java arrived on September 13 from…

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The Java Murder. Sydney Woman's Fate Wipe of Spanish Consul An Australian Arrested WELTEVREDEN, (Java)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 2

Mrs. Campbell Macfic, wife of the Spanish Consul at Sydney, who was murdered while travelling in the Pacific, arrived at Java on Sunday…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

A [?] Sessions Court Leeton on Tuesday afternoonb last, before Mr. [?]. B. Gibson. P.M., the following cases were dealt with…

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Assault and Robbery

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 3

At the Gundagai Police Court last Tuesday Albert Keith Lomax and William Hill were charged with assault and robbery, in company, of…

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Assault and Robbery. (Continued from Page 3)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

Robert Luff deposed : Remember the 13th inst., and called at Tumblong Hotel on the way home from the football match. Had tea at the…

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Riotous Behaviour. at Lyceum Theatre. Two Griffith Youths Charged

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 2

During the progress of a ball at the Lyceum Theatre, Griffith, on August 20, two youths exchanged blows, the result being that they…

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The Java Murder Australian Not “Arrested” Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

Messrs, Kirton and Earnshaw, of Pitt Street, Sydney, contracture and timber merchants have received a cable from the International Credit…

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A Brutal Assault Tumblong Man Way-laid Robbed and Left Unconscious

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

An alleged assault of extraordinary brutality was related in the Gundagai Police Court, when two young men William Hill and Albert Keith…

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Straying Stock. Prosecutions at Griffith Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 2

For allowing stock to stray defendant's were dealt with, as follows, at the Griffith Police Court on Wednesday —Edwin Arthur Bromley, fined £1…

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Police Mystified Hotel Partially Wrecked a Melbourne Outrage. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

The police are mystified by an ev[?]posion which destroyed portion of the Stockdale Hotel, at the corner of Nicholson and Ray Streets, last night…

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A Regular Cross Worder. at Griffith Court Contradictory Evidence Tendered

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 2

Directly contradictory evidence was tendered by the plaintiff and defendant in one case at the Griffith Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Breach of Promise Claims for £25,000 Brewer in Court. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

The suit brought by a good-looking French brunette, Madam[?] Andree Vacher Lausanne, a dress de signer, against Arnold G. Reseh, a…

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