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Courts & crime, 1929

1,994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 100

Communist Day Tame in England and France Attempted Demonstration Dispersed From London Court London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 1

Communists received short shrift in the Bow-street Police Court when a young woman was fined £2 for assaulting a police officer. She began to…

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Assault on Girl Man Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 4

Alleged to have been thrown to the ground by one mail while another attempted to assault her, a girl of 18 years, a resident of Surry Hills, had an…

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Brutal Assault on Woman Crime of Jealousy Follows Wedding CESSNOCK

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Cassie Patterson, aged 25 years, who was married only last Tuesday, was the victim of a brutal attack at her home in Allandale Road, Cessnock…

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Attacked by Three Police Silence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

Three armed and masked men held up Jim Brogan, the well known paddock bookmaker, outside his home at Waverley last night and robbed him…

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Young Man in Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

William Henry Brown, aged 25, years, laborer, appeared before Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of…

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Drug Given to Girl Allegation in Court Queanbevan

The Daily Express · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 3

How a man allegedly induced an unsuspecting girl to take herroin a noxious drug, to amuse the girls, was related in the police court here…

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Newcastle Assault. Woman Recovering Newcastle

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

The police expect to make an early arrest in connection with the brutal attack on Mrs. Cassie Patterson, whose head was battered with…

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Maximum Penalty for Stealing a Car Expert Breakers

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

At the Albury o[?]ice Court before Mr. C.W. Swiney. P.M. william ford, 21, and Leonard Ma[?]king [?] were charged that on July 19 they…

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Brutal Assault on Woman Crime of Jealousy Follows Wedding CESSNOCK, Monday

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Cassio Patterson, 25 who was married only last Tuesday, was the victim of a brutal attack at her home, in Allandale road Cessnock, on…

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Armed Burglary Redfern Butcher Trussed Up in His Shop Desperate Struggle Followed with Police the Arrest of Two Men May Clear Up Much of City Banditry Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

Redfern was the scene of on of the sensational armed hold ups for some years to-night. Two armed and masked men, after…

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Murder in Japan Prince's Son Shot Chinese Ex-war Lord Indicted Tokio, Aug, 5

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

As the result of the mysterious shooting array at [?]ppu Japanese hot springs on Saturday, chang Hung Chung former war lord together…

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Federal Court A.C.T.U. Demonstration Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

The continued committee of [?] A.C.T.U. is organising a demonstration against the proposed [?] of Federal arbitration to…

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Sunken Submarine Commander on Trial Court-martial Reprimand London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

Lieutenant Robert Gardner, commander of the sunken submarine H47, was tried by court-martial at Portsmouth on charges of having lost or…

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Sydney Hold-up Butcher Robbed in Own Shop Police Mike Arrests SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

RERFERN WAS, last night, the scene of one of the most sensational armed hold-ups for some years…

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Sensational Sydney Hold Up Butcher Robbed in His Own Shop Neighbor Raises Alarm Police Make Two Important Arrests SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 2

Redfern was to-night the scene of one of the most sensational armed hold-ups for some years. Two armed and masked men, after tying up the proprietor of a butcher shop, forced him to disclose where…

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Bribe Allegation Chinese Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Al Lum, a Chinese storekeeper, was charged with having in his possession two pips used for the smoking of…

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Opium Carrier Three Months' Gaol Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 4

In the City Court to-day, William Hall, laborer, wan sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment for having 20 tins of opium in his possession. He…

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Redfern Hold-up Two Men Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 1

Wilton, 29, carpenter, and William Henry Nelson. 30, laborer, were remanded at Redfern Court to-day on a charge of having robbed…

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Murder of Second Wife First Wife’s Body Exhumed Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 3

When Walter Rufus Pearson, 55, painter appeared at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to murder his present…

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