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Courts & crime, 1927

1,628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 82

Women Charged Two Deaths in Melbourne Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 2

During the week-end police arrested two women in different parts of Melbourne and preferred murder charges against them. At the City Court…

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Wagga Police Court (Before Mr. T.W. Cohen, P.m.) Monday, July 18 Straying Stock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 3

The Kyeamba Shire Council proceeded against Ashley Phillips, of Humbla, for having allowed three horses to stray on the Humbla…

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Gundagai Police Court Tuesday, July 12 (Before Messrs. J. Walsh and F. W. Martin, J's P)

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 1

Norman Allan Britten was charged with that on July 4, near Gundugai, he did steal three sheepskins, the property of Charles Jabez Nicholls…

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Trunk Murder Sentence of Death Victim's Mother Pleads For Commutation LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 2

Mrs. Budd, the mother of Mrs. Minnie Bonati, whose dismembered body was discovered in a trunk at Charing Cross station, has sent a…

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Trainer and Jockey Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

At the Central Police Court to-day Harold Walter Billington, aged 40 years, horse trainer, and William O'Brien, aged 29 years, jockey, were…

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Conspiracy Charged Alleged "Ringing-in" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day the case in which William Matterson, aged 60 years, retired and Walter M'Carthy, aged 36 years, electrican,…

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Dublin Murder Cheers for Suspects DUBLIN

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

The court was again crowned when the ten men accused of conspiracy in connection with the assassination of Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, the…

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Police Provident Fund. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 2

An anonymous donor has presented the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Blarney, with £1000 to start a provident fund for policemen. It is…

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Police Provident Fund Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 1

An anonymous donor has presented the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Blamey, with £1000 to start a provident fund for policeman. It is…

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Murder Suspected Cotton Picker Killed Rockhampton (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 5

The battered body of Patrick Dowling was found outside his but in the Dawson Valley cotton picking area.—He and a mate named Patrick Salmon had…

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Family Killed Verdict of Murder and Suicide Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 5

At the inquest to-day, concerning the Mount Albert tragedy, the coroner found that Ernest Kiddell shot his wife, son and daughter and then…

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44 Hour Week Men Cease Work Arbitration Court Proceedings Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 3

Chubbs, Ltd., have issued summonses against nine employees who struck work last week as a protest against the daily hiring system. The men have…

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Tail Lights Warning by Police

Ariah Park News · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 4

Once again we have been asked by the police to impress upon car owners the necessity for attending to their tail lights,…

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Address to Police Forbidden to Attend Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 2

Members of the police force have been invited to attend a meeting at the Trades Hall to-morrow to hear addresses by union leaders, but the…

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Police Pay Previous Promises No Records on Files Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 2

Discontent has been evinced in the police force for some time over the delay in granting 1/ a day lodging allowance increase which was promised…

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Burned Alive a Fiendish Murder Sensation in France Paris

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 1

THE ASSIZE Court at Milan was beseiged when a millionaire stock—broker, named cf Gaston Guyot gave his own version of the death…

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Wagga Council Road Matters Proposed Police Appointment Parking Problems

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 5

The Wagga Municipal Council met at the Town Hall last night. The Mayor, [?] Collins, presided, and the other present [?]…

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District Court. Wednesday, July 20. Before His Honor Judge Coyle. Alleged Slander

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 2

Jesise Frances Seddon v. Dungan Singh, Claim £400, alleged defamation of character. Mr. Storkey, L.L.B. (instructed by…

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