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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 64 of 100

Trunk Murder Anarchist Rigauoin Paris, Sept. 14

The Daily Express · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 2

A first class mystery has developed following the discovery of a bedy of a man in an unclaimed trunk at Lille railway station. The body was…

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Body in Trunk French Murder Mystery Skull Smashed in Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 1

A first class mystery has developed following the discovery of the body of a man in an unclaimed trunk at Lille railway station. The body was…

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Boy Falls Through Roof Head Caught in Aperture Rescued by Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 1

Playing with two other boys at the Central Railway Station yesterday Frank Thompson, aged 9 years, of Palmerston street, city, clambered on…

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Police Court Thursday, September 12. (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

Pastures Protection Board v. P. Sullivan, failing to deliver returns. The P.M. imposed a fine of 2s 6d, together with court costs amounting…

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Gaoled for Murder Alleged False Evidence Given Under Pressure Charges Against Police Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

There were remarkable disclosures after the release from prison of two laborers, Klinders and Pheunisoem, who had served four years of a 15 years'…

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Alleged Assault Two Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

At the Manly Police Court Reginald Wallace, aged 34 years, and Frederick Gordon, aged 29 years, were remanded on a charge of having…

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The Arbitration Court

The Daily Express · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

A Useful contribution upon the subject of the forthcoming Federal election issue—the Arbitration Court— delivered by Professor J.P. Blgen…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, September 16. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Opossum Poisoning

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 4

"I said in the last case that £50 was the least penalty I would impose on anybody using cyanide," said Mr. D. F. Parker, in imposing a fine of…

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Dangerous Driving Wagga Police Active

The Daily Express · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

At Wagga Police Court yesterday the police proceeded against a number of drivers of motor vehicles for having driven in a manner…

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Cyaniders Heavy Fines Two Men in Wagga Court

The Daily Express · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

The Wagga Police Court yesterday made another advance in the fight against cyaniders, when Edward James Foster (52) and John Edward…

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Tragedy at Parkes Man and Woman Poisoned Statement to Police SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

May Harrison, aged 18 years, and Frederick White, were found lying on a bed at the Grand Hotel, Parkes, about midnight, both apparently…

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Sheep and Cattle Stealing Alleged Grazier Charged Mungindi

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 4

At the Mungindi Police Court to-day evidence was heard in a case against Stephen Mitchell, a grazier. Altogether there are 73 charges of sheep and…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day William Phillips and Harold Tarleton were charged with having assaulted a Chinese, Quong Jock, a cabinetmaker,…

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Seventy Three Charges Sheep and Cattle Stealing Mungindi

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 1

At the police court to-day the hearing commenced of a case against Stephen Mitchell, grazier. There are altogether 73 charges of sheep…

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Insane Jealousy Folly Point Murder Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 4

Frederick Lister Laurance, 62, painter, appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Miriam Gertrude…

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"The Triple Murder" Story Becomes Reality Shell-shocked Soldiee Runs Amok Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 1

William Campbell Phillips, a shell-shocked soldier, ran amok to-day with a hatchet and killed his daughter Joan, aged 10 years, and his son Eric,…

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Assassination Paris Police Chief Shot Dead in Pala Is de Justice Paris, September 16

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 1

Monsieur Bayle, chief of the Parisian police records department, was climbing the dark and narrow staircase leading to the office of the…

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The Harden Burglary Two Men Sentenced GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 1

Roy White and West (alias Saw), who had been arrested at Cootamundra for breaking and entering and stealing at Harden where they got…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 12

Before Mr. H. L. Sheridan, P.M., on Tuesday, 10th September, Laurence Angelo Cronin was charged with wounding on the second day of…

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Griffith Bank Robbery Rice Sentenced Goulburn

The Daily Express · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 3

At Goulburn Quarter Sessions Rice was sentenced to five years penal servitude for having broken and entered the Commercial…

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