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Courts & crime, 1930

2,223 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 112

Penny in Slot Machnes Seized by Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

The Police seized several penny-in-the-slot machines from Cooge Pier this afternoon and took them away in a car. The machines were of a type…

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Unlawful Assembly Appeal to Full Court Judgement Reserved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

The State Full Court today reserved judgement in two applications to have writs o prohibition made absolute against the enforcement of penalties…

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Industrial Court Political Appointments Sir T. Henley's Objection SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 1

Sir Thomas Henley (Nat.) asked the Premier (Mr. Bavin) in the Legislative Amenably to-day whether, in view of the extraordinary decisions given in…

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Police Administration Areas

The Daily Express · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 2

Several changes have been made in Police administration areas in the south. Cootamundra, Ariah Park, Ardlethan and Barellan have been…

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Theft From School Scholars' Coats and Blazers Woman Imprisoned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Violet Madden, aged 38 years, was charged with having stolen a number of coa[?]s and blazers…

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Police Court (To-day.) Before Messrs. C. F. Denton and J. W. Kirley, J's.P. Tresspassing on Railway Property

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 2

John Henry Rowe, and Sidney William Fraser, two strangers, were fined 10/ or 3 days for tresspassing on the Cootamundra railway yards…

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Benefits From Will Application for Court's Advice Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

Application was made to the chief judge in equity, Mr. Justice Harvey, yesterday, on behalf of the trustees of the will of Mrs Emily Claughton,…

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Jute Strike Police Station Attacked Attempt to Rescue Prisoner. Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

A mob of 5000 jute strikers, following the arrest of a mill hand, stoned tho police station set Titagarh, near Calcutta, and attempted to release a…

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Divorce Court Echo of Shooting Case Husband Granted Decree Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

In the Divorce Court to-day Gilbert Welsh was granted a decree nisi for the dissolution of bis marriage with Ellen Jane Welsh, formerly Gordon, on the…

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Bucharest Communists Throw Detonators in Court Attempt to Rescue Prisoner. Bucharest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

After eight Communists, charged with rioting, had been sentenced, their comrades threw detonators into the court with the hope of rescuing the prisoners…

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Brutal Assault Three Brothers Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

Michael Murphy, who was brutally assaulted last night at Alexandria, is in the Sydney Hospital in a critical condition. Early to-day the police…

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Honorary Magistrates Sitting with Police Magistrate Bill To Limit Powers SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) moved for leave to bring in a bill to limit the power of honorary justices…

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Fourteen Years Solicitor Sentenced Brisbane

The Daily Express · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

Robert McCowan, solicitor, who found guilty of seven charges of theft, was sentenced to a total of fourteen years' imprisonment. The…

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Coolamon Police Court Before Mr. B Parker. P.M. Case Withdrawn

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 2

Al the Coolamon Police Court, on Wednesday of last week, Robert McCrea was charged with being a driver of a motor vehicle, he did, when over…

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Huge Thefts Solicitors Sentenced 14 Years' Imprisonment Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

Robert M'Gowan, a solicitor, was found guilty on 11 charges of theft aud sentenced to a total of 14 years' imprisonment. The total amount involved…

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ROOM 66 Tragedy Son Charged with Murder of Mother Insured Her Life for Large Sum Body Found after Fire in Room LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

Great public interest is being shown in the trial of Henry Fox, who is charged with the murder of his mother in a hotel at Margate. The woman was…

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Gruesome Murder in France Paris, March 12

The Daily Express · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

A hideous crime has been revealed at Saint Avaid, near Metz, as the result of a 10-year-old son's statement that he saw his father, a German…

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Girls Go to Gaol Rather Than Pay Fines Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 4

Two girls and two men were fined at the Central Court to-day on charges arising out of an unemployment demonstration at the Sydney Trades Hall…

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Wagga Police District Re-arranged Boundaries

The Daily Express · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 2

A. Small, of Albury, visited Wagga. yesterday in connection with the re arrangement of police districts in the Southern…

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ROOM 66 Margate Murder His Mother's Insurance London, March 11

The Daily Express · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

Derails of dramatic happenings to Room 66 at the Hotel Metropole at Margate were given by the Attorney-General, Sir William Jowitt, in…

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