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Courts & crime, 1927

1,628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 82

Municipal Appeal Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 2

Twelve appeals were listed for hearing at the Wagga Municipal Appeal Court yesterday before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M. Of these, two appeals by C. Stephens, of Freer…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, May 30 (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.m.) Bicycles Without Lights

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 4

The Municipal Nuisance Inspector, H. R. Nutt, proceeded against several persons for having ridden bicycles without lights after sunset. Some of the offenders were dealt…

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Killed by Police Car Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 1

Mrs. Alice Nell, 47, had just alighted from a bus in Flinders Street this mor[?] when she[?]was knocked down by a police patrol car, driven by…

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Court Sittings Adjourned Through Colds Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 1

At the conclusion of the sitting of the Central Criminal Court to-day it was announced that the Court would adjourn until Thursday, as both…

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Murder of Aborigines Royal Commission's Report. Two Constables Responsible for Four Deaths

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 8

The report of the Royal Commission which inquired into the alleged slaughter of aborigines in the north-west of Western Australia is of a…

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Military Stores Sequel to Canberra Camps Court Martial to Be Held

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 7

The attempt to purloin the royal standard is not the only military sensation arising out of the encampment of various units at Canberra for the…

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Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Pelham, J.P., William Simmons, alias Gibbs, was charged with having 49 opossum skins in his…

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Murders of Aborigines Two Constables Charged Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 5

Constable St. Jack has been arrested at Wyndham on a charge of the murder of aborgines, while a warrant has been issued for the arrest of…

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Queensland Strike Police Reinforcements Cairns (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 2

Twenty police have arrived at South Johnstone, prepared for any emergencies in connection with the sugar mill strike. In order to avoid creating…

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The Cane Strike a Squad of Police

The Daily Express · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 1

Twenty police have arrived at South Johnstone, Queensland, in order to be prepared for any emergencies in consection with the Mill strike. In order…

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Gaol for Stealing Mother and Son Sentenced Adelaide

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 2

At the Criminal Court to-day Alice Smith, 48, a married woman, and her son, Sydney Smith, 21, were each sentenced to 12 months…

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Sheep Stealing Complaint by Graziers PARKES

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

At a meeting of the local branch of the 'Graziers' Association the president, Mr. D. T. Herbert, said that he knew of many instances of sheep…

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London Trunk Murder Clerk Charged with Crime Remarkable Scenes Alleged Confession LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

There were remarkable scenes at the Westminister Police Court to-day when John Robinson, clerk, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Minnie…

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Items of News Wagga Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 2

Cedric Victor Ryan, who is charged with having murdered Ellen Elizabeth Ann Howard, at Wagga, on May 6, will appear at the Central Criminal Court,…

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Brutal Murder Bashed with a Hammer London, June 2

The Daily Express · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 4

Broadstairs, a little Kentish seaside [?]resort, with associations of Dickens, was the scene of a brutal murder of Mrs Sonia Ramsay, at a…

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Collection in Court for Destitute Man Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 4

After a man in destitute circumstances had been acquitted at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, a collection was taken up in the court on his…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 4

At the Narandera Police Court on Thursday, Donald M. Bower, Cuthbert M. Gibb, David Neave, S. Reed, and J. Humphries, were charged with…

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Wagga Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 4

The Wagga police were yesterday informed that the trial of Cedric Victor Ryan on a charge of having murdered Ellen Elizabeth Ann Howard at Wagga…

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"The Hawk" Caged Housebreaker Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Richard Williams, aged 25 years, seaman, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on two charges of housebreaking. If was…

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