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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 100

Was it Murder?

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

When Louis Hansen was brought to a doctor's surgery in Melbourne this morning an elimination revealed that life was extinct. His…

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Police Court. Monday, July 1. Before Mr, Harrison, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

J Perry, a stranger, for drunkenness and behaving in an indecent manner in Byron-street, was fined 5/- for drunkenness and £2 for…

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Police Court Thursday, June 27. (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 3

Henry A. Woods was charged with falsely pretending to James S. MacPherson that be was an authorised agent of the Property Insurance…

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Wagga Shopbreaking Two Men Charged Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 3

A further sequel to the robberies which occurred in Wagga in January was heard at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. D. F. Parker,…

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Butcher Attacked Early Morning Assault Assailant Escapes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 1

Albert Brown, a butcher, was knocked down in front of his home at Punchbowl early this morning by a man who struck him on the head with a piece of…

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Liquor After Hours Hotelkeeper and Six Men Magistrate Gives Warning

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 3

Leo James Hendry, licensee of the Griterion Hotel, Wagga, pleaded guilty at the Wagga Police Court, before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., to a charge of…

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Local & General. Shire Appeal Court

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 4

The Police Magistrate at Narandera gave his reserved decision in the appeal by Harold Thomas Scilley against the valuation placed on his…

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World Court Position of Empire Reservation to Optional Clause London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

The diplomatic correspondent of the "Observer" says that it is understood that the most important reservation that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will…

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Municipal Appeal Court Friday, June 28. (Before Mr. D. Parker. P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

The appeals of Messrs. A. Brown, R. Scurrah, Matthews and Dangar, Mrs. Cutts, and Miss Roach and the trustees of the I.O.O.F. Hall against…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Wagga Man Charged Verdict of Not Guilty

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 3

Ivan Spencer Beck, who until recently carried on business as a butcher in Baylis-street, Wagga, pleaded not guilty at the Wagga Quarter Sessions…

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Woman in Hysterics Sequel to Assault Case Magistrate Abused Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 8

A sensation was caused outside the Glebe Police Court to-day after the hearing of a case against two timber workers who were charged with…

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Sheep Stealing Case Well-known Butcher Discharged WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 1

At Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday Ivan Spencer Beck, a butcher, of Wagga, was charged with having, on April 14, stolen 14 wethers and 2…

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Fitzroy Tragedy Murder and Suicide Woman's Story of Cruelty Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 4

The Coroner to-day held an inquest into the deaths of Arthur Clement Compston, aged 27 years, musician, and Arthur Hiscock, aged 40 years, of North…

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A Cheeky Theft

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 2

An unknown man broke into the house of Minister Johnson, of Killara, yesterday and secured a passbook from a wardrobe and…

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Assault With Intent

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 4

Bertie Kaye, aged 21 years, who had pleaded gu[?] to a charge of having assaulted William [?]min Murray, taxi driver, near Gundagai, with intent…

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Receiving Two Msn Sentenced

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 3

Harry Price old John Charles Hard-castle, who pleaded guilty at Wagga Quarter Sessions on Tuesday to two charges of receiving stolen goods…

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Wagga Quarter Sessions Prisoners Sentenced Wagga Bobberies

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 4

The prisoners who were remanded for sentences at the Wagga Quarter Sessions on Tuesday were sentenced by Judge Coyle yesterday…

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Assault Case Verdict for £35 RE-POSSESSlNG a Player

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 2

Before His Honor, Judge Coyle, at Wagga District Court yesterday, Clara Matilda McIntyre claimed £400 damages from C. H. McFarland Ltd for…

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[?]Agai Hold Up. Kaye Sent to Gaol Blames Drink and I.w.w. Literature

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 2

When Bettle [?]eye (21) was called before Judge C[?]yle for sentence at Wagga [?]rter Sessions yesterday in connection with the hold on of a…

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He Sang in the Choir The Lad who Peppered Bill Murray Goes to Gaol for Two Years

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 2

The mother of Bertie Kaye, at Wagga Quarter Sessions this week was a pathetic figure in court, when she made a plea to Judge Coyle for…

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