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Courts & crime, 1928

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Unrest in Egypt Student Riots Clashes with Police Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

Thirty students and eight police offices were injured during riots to-night. About, 1500 students are on strike, and they stoned the police from…

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Omeo Murder Trial Addresses by Counsel Jury Locked Up Deadlock Reached Section of Press Rebuked MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

Another large crowd attended the Sale Circuit Court to-day to hear counsels' addresses in the concluding stage of the trial of Ronald Geeves Griggs…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Illegal Betting

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

Arnold Daniel Griffin (20) and Thomas Patrick McGuigan pleaded to betting on Fisher Park, Cootamundra, yesterday, it not being…

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Is It Murder? Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

A suspicion of murder surrounds the death of William J. M'Namara, aged 35 years, whose body was found in a hut near Bendigo. M'Namara had…

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Omeo Murder Charge Jury Fail to Agree Second Trial In Melbourne MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2
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After having been locked up all night, the jury before which Ronald Geeves Griggs was tried on a charge of murdering his wife Ethel Constance…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M. had a light day at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. William Aughton, aged 20 years, was remanded until March 19…

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Theft From Bank Counter Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

A clerk employed by Mr. W. Rising furniture manufacturer, of Waterloo placed £314 on the counter at the Hay-market branch of the Commercial…

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Police Court Thursday, March 8. (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

Yanko Shire Council v. Donald Stewart Cameron, failing to destroy Bathurst burr on his holding. Mr. Dangar appeared for the Shire…

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Omeo Murder Charge. Jury Fail to Agree

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

After having been locked up all night the jury before which Ronald Geeves Griggs was tried on si charge of murdering his wife Ethel…

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A Farthing Damages Appeal to Full Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 1

In the Full Court to-day Silas Young Maling, deputy manager of the city electricity department, appealed from the finding of the jury in the recent…

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Omeo Murder Case. Griggs in Box "My Wife Wanted a Divorce" Lottie Condon Not Called Ex-minister Admits His Relations with Girl

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 1

Uudiminished interest was shown on Thursday in the trial at Sale of Ronald Geeves Griggs, aged 28, Methodist minister at Omeo, charged…

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Theft From Wine Shop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 2

At the Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Coyle, Robert Flanagan and John Davis were charged with having on November 28 broken…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 1

Drunks and language cases have kept the police and court officials very busy of late. On March John Adamson…

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Ganmain Police Court. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 2

At the Ganmain Police Court on March [?] Rody Augustus Slattery, of Matong, proceeded against John Cath[?], of Matong, for unlawfully…

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District Court Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 2

Some misunderstanding has arisen regarding two appeals which were dealt with before Judge Coyle at the District Court at Wagga last week,…

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Railways' Union View of Arbitration Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 1

In his annual report presented to the conference of New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways' Union, the secretary, Mr. E. A…

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Excess Water Charges a Vexed Question Cases Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 2

The vexed question of excess water charges was again brought before the Wagga Municipal Council last night, when a letter was received from…

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District Court Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 4

It was erroneously stated in our is sue of the 9th inst., that Mrs. Edith Vonarx had been convicted for assault and fined £3, whereas it was her…

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Kyeamba Appeal Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 4

A Court for the hearing of appeals against the current year's assessment of rates for the Kyeamba Shire will be held at the Court House on…

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