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Courts & crime, 1930

2,223 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 112

Shire Appeal Court. Valuation Upheld

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 4

Before Mr. Swiney, P.M., H. S. Headley, of Wagga, appealed against the valuation of his block adjoining the Railway Hotel…

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Murder Charge Second Week of Case Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

The trial of Arthur Munn on a charge of having murdered his wife at Northcote on February 11 by poisoning her, has now entered its second week and…

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Rabbit-proof Gate Interesting Court Case Dismissed on Technicality

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

At Wagga Police Court yesterday Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., was called upon to decide a case in which D. A. Shephard proceeded against…

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Stolen Sheep Riverina Flocks Police Search in Victorian Mountains Wangaratta

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

Searching for 4800 sheep that have vanished mysteriously, a police party [?]tared yesterday along bush tracks strewn with boulders and blocked in…

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Football Fight General Melee at Forbes No Police to Intervene Forbes

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

Remarkable scenes were witnessed at a football match between Forbes Our Boys and Wirrinya, at Wirrinya yesterday. Feeling was high from…

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Alleged Theft of Wine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday "before Mr. E. K. Kidd, J.P., James M'Intyre aged 27 years, was charged with stealing one bottle of…

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£215 Lost or Stolen Man's Complaint to Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 1

A man who gave his name as Thomas Harrison, reported to the Darlinghurst police this morning that he had been robbed of or lost £215 in notes. He…

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Raid on Salt Works Frustrated by Police 400 Nationalists Arrested London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 1

Plans for 400 Nationalists to raid the salt works at Wadala, near Bombay, were frustrated by the police yesterday. Leaving the Congress headquarters in…

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Ermington Murder Death Sentence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 3

The State Cabinet will decide to-morrow whether Sydney Ernest Solomon, Who murdered his wife, Roma Solomon, at Ermington on December 27…

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Missing Sheep Police Confident Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The party, which is searching the ranges between the King and Rose Rivers for 5900 missing sheep, have found 51 dead sheep. It has been…

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Lo! the Police Came! “Abraham, What Hast Thou in Thy Bosom?"

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 2

When Sergeant Jones and Constable Grace, were travelling from Tumut to Tumbarumba, on .Tuesday they came across two men in a motor…

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Inserted Matrimonial Advertisement Prior to Wife's Death Evidence at Murder Trial Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 1

The ninth day of the trial of Arthur Munn, charged with the murder of his wife by the administration of poison, was entered upon to-day. Mann…

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The Police Came

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 2

When Sergeant Jones and Constable Grace were travelling from Tumut to Tumbarumba on Tuesday, they came across two men in a motor lorry,…

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Bankruptcy Business Federal Court Second Heading of Bill Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 6

In the House of Representatives to-day the Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan), in moving the second reading of the Bankruptcy Bill, said that it…

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Contempt of Court Article in Newspaper Insurance Office Raided Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 1

Application was lodged to-day, on behalf of Clarence Robert Hogue and Arthur James Roche, to make absolute the rule nisi granted ex parte on…

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Dartmoor Murder Young Woman Stabbed Laborer Sentenced to Death London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 6

According to the ponce evidence, Albert Edward Marjaram, a laborer, aged 23 years, charged with the murder of Edith Parker, a young woman…

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Murdered Wife Britten Sentenced to Death. Appeal to Court Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 2

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal to-day dismissed the appeal of Charles Britten, who was convicted in April of having murdered his wife, Mar[?]…

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Tamworth Murder Appeal Dismissed Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 1

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal today dismissed the appeal Charles Jeffries Britten, who was convicted in April last of having…

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Narrabri Murder Appeal Dismissed Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 4

Paul Minel, who was convicted Armidale Circuit Court on a charge of manslaughter of James Smith, in August, 1929, at Narrabri, appealed…

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