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Courts & crime, 1925

1,611 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 81

District Court HUTCHINSON V. Railway Commissioners Claim for Damages

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 2

On New Year's Day a train was passing the 384-mile peg, near Wee-Jan raiway siding. A fire started, and spread through plaintiffs grass land…

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Circuit Court TO-DAY Before Mr. Justice Ferguson Gundagai Slander Action

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 2

J. F. Jamieson v. Jadez Nicholls, claiming £500 for defamation of character. Mr. Simpson, instructed by Mr…

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Seaman Sentenced For Assault FREMANTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 1

At the local court yesterday the magistrate sentenced a striking seaman to two months' gaol for unprovoked assault on a lumper, aged…

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Constable Charged Electoral Office Episode Alleged Assault Denied Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2

At the Paddington Court to-day Albert Edgar Williams, who described himself as a journalist, Justice of the Peace, and officer of the Australian…

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Tumblong Assault Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

At the Cootamundra Circuit Court, before Mr. Justice Ferguson on Wednesday, Albert Keith Lomax and William, Hill were charged with assault…

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Tumblong Assault Case Auccused Convicted

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 1
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Wednesday, before Judge Ferguson, Albert Keith Lomax and William Hill were charged with, at…

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Blowering Assault Case Hood Acquitted

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 1
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Wednesday, before Judge Ferguson, Walter Henry Hood was charged with inflicting grievous bodily…

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Blackmail Man Sent to Gaol. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 1

Stanley Jenkins (35), a masseur of South Yarra, was found guilty to-day at the Central Court on a charge of demanding money by menaces…

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Leeton Petty Sessions Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5

It only took a couple of hours to deal with the unusual small list of cases presented at the monthly sittings of the Letton Petty Sessions…

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Leader in Court Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2

John Johnstph the Briush [?] leader, was before the Court again to-day on a charge of having refused duty…

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Circuit Court Claim for Damages

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2

The case in which William Francis Meadows claimed damages from the Railway Commissioners (stated by error yesterday as Hutchinson v. R.C.)…

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Married in Haste Divorce Court Disclosures, Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2

In the Divorce Court to-day Thomas Hines, a farmer of Bathurst, was sued for divorce on the ground of desertion…

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Queensland Premier Resigns for Arbitration Court Judgeship Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 3

Mr. Gillies has resigned the Premiership for the judgeship of the Arbitration Court. Mr. McCormack becomes Premier…

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Cootamundra Circuit Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson). Breaking and Entering

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 3

Arthur H. Corlan was charged with breaking into the house of Andrew Howard, at Redbridge, on Oct. 1, and stealing a number of articles…

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Assembly Questions "Secret Armed Force" Positions in the Federal Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, Mr. Davidson (Labor), catted the attention of tho Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, to a statement which…

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Manslaughter Car Driver Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 4

Concerning the death of Mary Yahl, who was fatally injured when she was pinned against a wall by a motor car, which left the road in attempting…

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Popular Gaol Northern Territory Home. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 8

Sir George Buchanan, in his report on the Northern Territory, states that the General Hospital at Darwin is falling to pieces, but the gaol is in…

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