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Courts & crime, 1930

2,223 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 112

Leeton Land Values and Business Centres Land and Valuation Court's Finding

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

An argument in land values in Pine Avenue was involved in the W.C. and I.C's. appeal to the Land and Valuation Court presided over…

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Girl Alleges Assault Police Take No Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

After taking a statement from a girl, who stated that she had been taken by two men to Daceyville and assaulted last night, the police…

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Another Theatre Fire Following Burglary Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 1

Incendiarists set fire to the stage furnishings and projection screen curtain at Balw[?]n Theatre early this morning, after the manager's office…

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Green Discharged End of Dalton Murder Case Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Francis Donald Green, 27, was charged with having maliciously wounded Walter Tomlinson and Edward…

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Death Sentence Windsor Murder Charles Found Guilty Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

When the trial of Cecil Farnsworth Charles, for alleged murder of his father, presumed at the Central Criminal Court to-day, the…

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Local and General Valuation Court

The Daily Express · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

A Valuation Court for the hearing of objections against the Council's valuations of properties for the year 1930 will be held at the Court House…

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Coroner's Court Death of Richard Moore

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Richard Moore, bookmaker. whose body was found in the Murrumbidgee…

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Indian Situation Bomb Explosions Police Injured Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

Simultaneous bomb explosions occurred in Lahore, Amritzar Rawalpindi, Shekherpur, Lyallpur, and Gujranwain, all in the Punjab, early yesterday…

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Escaped Lunatic Family Terrorised Recaptured by Police Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

A lunatre escaped from Sunbury asylum last night and, armed with a rifle and axe, terrorised a family at Bullarto all night. He fired shots at a…

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Old Man's Death Son Convicted of Murder Innocence Protested Death Sentence Passed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

The trial of Cecil Farnsworth Charles on a charge of having murdered his father, at Richmond, was resumed at the Central Criminal Court to-day…

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Safe Blown Next Door to Police Station. £3 Stolen Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

Cracksmen blew a safe at the Dundas council chamber early this morning and stole £3. The council chambers, are next door to the police station. A…

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Divorce Court Murphy v. Murphy Wife Granted Decree Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

In the Divorce Court today Edna May Murphy, formerly Halloran, was granted a decree nisi against her husband, Desmond Gilbert Murphy, on the…

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Police Court Thursday Before Mr. Harrison, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 2

Walter Davis and Allan Casey were each sentenced to six months' gaol on a charge of stealing a sheep, the property of Martin Ryan, of…

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Five Drowned Magistrate and Four Children Launch Wrecked Brisbane

The Daily Express · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1

A cable message received by Mr. J. Stowart Berge, P.M., stated that his brother, Mr. F. Berge, Senior Resident Magistrate at New Guinea,…

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Richmond Murder Sentence of Death Question of Appeal SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

The question of an appeal in the case of Cecil Farnsworth Charles, the East Kurrajong orchardist, who was convicted at the Central Criminal…

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Mudgee Mail Robbery Inquiries by Police SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

In consequence of information received, the police are making further inquiries into the robbery of over £4000 from the Mudgee express some…

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Attempted Murder Girl Shot in Back While Playing Piano Walks to Ambulance Station Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 3

What the police believe to be a deliberate attempt to murder occurred at St. Peter's late to-night when Rosie Kelly, aged 17 years, of Yelverton…

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Battle in Bombay 500 Injured in Three Hours' Fighting Massed Hostility in Centre of City Big Body of Police at Grips with Crowd of 1500 CALCUTTA, June 22

The Daily Express · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 1

Over 500 were injured in a three hours' battle at Bombay yesterday between mounted and foot police and Congress volunteers, who massed in the vicinity of the Esplanade Maiden, a large open space in the centre of the city, in contravention of His…

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