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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 15

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

Paddy Flynn wan lined 10s, together with 8s court costs, in default three days' hard labor, on a charge of being lound on the licensed…

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"Help!" Alleged Assault and Robbery in Railway Train Train Alarm Button Used

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

A BIG powerful looking man, giving the name of Charles George Lambert, was before the police court this morning on a charge of…

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Judge Coyle. Welcomed in Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

When Judge Coyle entered the court at Wagga yesterday for the first time since his appointment to the south-western circuit, he was given a cordial…

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Concealment of Birth Girl Has Court’s Sympathy Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 1

When a case, in which a 19-year-old girl was charged with the murder of her newly born child came before the Central Criminal Court to-day, the…

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Arson at Bathurst Young Man Sentenced Sydney, Friday

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 3

At the Criminal Court to-day Edwin Laffin aged 21, a printer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of arson, was sentenced to twelve months…

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Anti-christian Journalist Sentenced in America New York, Mar. 15

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 1

A Toronto message states that Judge Coates-Worth to-day sentenced Ernest V. Sterry to three months imprisonment to be followed by…

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Submarine Plans Former Officer Charged Bail Refused London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 1

Lieutenant-Commander Mayers, R.N., who was recently appointed to an important post in the submarine service at Portsmouth, was charged at…

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Estranged Couple Suicide and Attempted Murder Adelaide

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 8

Robert Hunter shot his wife from whom he had been. Iiving apart, in the neck this morning and then committed suicide by drowning. The woman…

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Young Woman Shot the Police Mystified Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 1

When a young woman was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from slight bullet wound in the left arm, she is alleged to have told…

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Bawra Funds. Application to Court Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

An application in connection with certain funds held by Sir John Higgins, chairman of Bawra, as trustee, was made to Mr. Justice Gussen to-day. The…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Cohen, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

A drunk pleaded that he had been "pretty full," and was fined 20/…

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Train Sensation Alarm Button Pressed Alleged Assault Cootamundra

The Daily Express · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

There was a sensation on the Albury man train yesterday evening. Some time after the train had left Junc[?] for Cootamundra the alarm…

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Train Sensation. Struggle on Footboard Man Tries to Assault Woman

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

A sensation was caused on the Sydney train on Saturday morning, while the train was between Nyngan and Dubbo. The passengers became…

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Burglary at Junee

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

On Saturday night the office of the Secretary of the Junee Hospital was broken into the Hospital was being used to force open a [?]…

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Stole £1. Sentenced to Six Months

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 4

At Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. H. L. Adams P.M. Thomas Jack Miler (40) a [?] of Melbourne pleaded not guilty to a…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 21. (Before Mr. H. L. Adams P.m.) Fishing in Closed Waters

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 1

Arnold Alfred Martin pleaded guilty to a charge of having fished in the closed waters of the Murrumbidgee River about half a mile below…

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A Crimeless Locality No Police Station

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

Merriwagga Progress Association recently requested the Under Secretary's Department to establish a police station at Merriwagga. for the establishment ct a police station at Merriwagga at the present time…

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Former Jocket Sentenced Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on Frederick Alexander Burn, aged. 47 years, a former jockey, who won three Grand…

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Chief Justice Ill Unable to I Attend Court Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 4

Illness of the Chief Justice will hold up the hearing of the Geddes breach of promise suit. A large crowd was present outside the court…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Cohen, P.M. Alleged Assault and Robbery

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

Charles George Lambert, on remand, was charged with that he did in a railway train, near Cootamundra, assault Percival William Donald…

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