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Courts & crime, 1929

1,994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 100

Stealing Water a Further Fine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

Charges against Webb of stealing a quantity of water, valued at 5/-, the property of the W.C. and I.C., and Interfering with a…

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Two Men Charged Alleged Malicious Shooting Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day Philip Jeffs, aged 32 years, pastrycook, and William Archer, bath proprietor, were charged with having inflicted malicious…

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Man Before Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

At the Central Police Court yesterday Junes Devine, 37, was remanded on a charge of having murdered George Gaffney at Maroubra, early…

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N[?] At [?] Police Prevest [?] SYDNEY

The Daily Express · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

About 200 timber workers [?] gated outside the [?] Hudaon and Co., at [?] and carried out mass…

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[?] Divorce Closed Court Reno Nevada July 18

The Daily Express · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

Indigestions that the testimony [?] be more or less sensational [?] a crowd to the district [?] to-day when the Divorce sult…

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Aborigines Arrested Alleged Attacks on Police Camp Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

Mounted Constable Henlings, who went with a panty of police to the Cape Dombey district to investigate the reported attacks on police camps on…

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Prime Minister Appeals to League Charges' Government with Murder Attempt Kovno July 17

The Daily Express · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

Valdeinaras, as foreign minister, despatched a note to the League of Nations purporting to show that the Poolish Governnent or its agents…

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Timber Strike Mass Picketing Volunteers Abused Strong Police Guard SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

About 2000 timber workers congregated outside the timber yards of Geo. Hudson and Co. at Glebe to-day and carried out mass picketing. As the…

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Three Months Gaol Sentence for Assault Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

John Dryer, aged 40 years, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Newtown Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted a timber…

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Police Criticised

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

Addressing the volunteer workers at Hudson's yards at Glebe to-day, Mr. O'Brien, secretary of the Timber Workers' Association, criticised the…

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Solicitor Sentenced Misappropriated Trust Money Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

Campbell King, solicitor, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, pleaded guilty to the misappropriation of £1000 trust funds, and was sentenced…

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Basher Gang Another Man Sentenced Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

John Dryer 40, was sentenced to three months improsinment at Newtown police court to-day on a charge of having assaulted a timber worker…

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Alleged Assault Timber Worker Acquitted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Cecil Albert Johnson, aged 23 years, a, limber worker, was acquitted on a charge of having assaulted Constable…

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Child Murder Body Found in a Trunk Paris, July [?]

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 8

The parents of Jeannie B[?]gone, aged 4, heard piercing screams last. might, but did not associate, them with the child until she failed to…

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Supreme Court Record Bitting Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

Never before has the Supreme court been so congested There are [?] drill been awaiting trial, 10 addition to 500 divorce suits…

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Demonstration at Perth Police Make Arrests Perth

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 4

Ten men were arrested during a demonstration by unemployed to-day. The arrests occurred when foot and mounted police tried to disperse the crowd…

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Sydney Shootings Police Search for Four Men Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

The police are still searching for the four men who are said to have escaped in a motor ear after the shooting of George Gaffney at Maroubra on…

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Checking Communists Police Raid Paris Paper Office Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

The police have extensively raided Communist haunts overnight, including the office of the newspaper, "Humanite," a member of the staff being…

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Smacked His Face and Got Court Verdict Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

Dorothy Hannell, who . attacked 1 her former employer, Peter Constantine, in tho Workers Compensation Court earlier in the week, and who…

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Bomb Bursts at Back of Police Station Building Damaged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 8

A bomb burst at the back of the Ivanhoe Police Station to-night, damaging the fences and the back premises…

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