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Courts & crime, 1930

2,223 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 112

Assault on Girl Man Sentenced to Death Poignant Scene Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

There was a poignant scene at the Central Criminal Court to-day when Percy Matthew Lynch, aged 35 years, a laborer, was found guilty and…

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Soviet Rule Judges Sentenced Moscow, June 22

The Daily Express · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 1

The Tass Agency states the Supreme Court at Uzbeckistan sentenced to death judge Kassimov and three attorneys on a charge of…

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Counter Revolution Soviet Officials Sentenced to Death Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

The "Passact" announces that the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan sentenced to death Judge Kassimov and three attorneys on a charge of corruption and…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, June 23 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Insulting Words

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

Florence, Harriet Ayscough was charged with having used insulting words to Amanda Pauline Habermann, in Forsyth street, Wagga, on June 14…

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21 Persons Marooned Police Discovery Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 1

The police in a flood boat last night found 21 people, including 11 children, marooned in a small house surrounded by water. The inmates said that they…

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African Nationalists Police Disperse Meeting Capetown, June 23

The Daily Express · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

The African National Congress obtained permission to hold a meeting limited to members yesterday The provisions of the Riotous…

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Engine-drivers' Award Test Case in Banco Court Railway Commissioners Sued SIDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 1

A test case was brought by the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginedrivers (New South Wales division) against the Railway…

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Theft Detected Boys' Smart Work Complimented by Magistrate Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

When Harry Hand, of Five Dock, and Charles Green, of West Kogarah, both aged 15 years, saw a man take a £5 note from the pocket of an…

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Stealing Charge Wife's Allegations Husband Got £20 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day, Charles Troy, aged 26 years, was charged with stealing. It was stated that his wife, Eileen Troy, had recently been…

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Brokerage Frauds Business Men Sentenced Canadian Sensation Calgary (Alberta)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

I. W. C. Solloway, the head of the firm of Solloway, Mills and Co., one of the largest stockbrokers in Canada, was to-day found guilty on four…

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German Police Indiscriminate Shooting Boy Bather Shot Dead BERLIN

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

Shootings by the police are making life in Germany positively dangerous. The desire to fire on people when they show a disinclination to obey…

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Berlin Police Water Guns to Check Disorders Berlin, June 23

The Daily Express · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

Shootings by police are making life in Germany positively dangerous. The system of firing whenever the public show disinclination to obey…

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Girl Wounded Shot Fired Through Window Police Baffled Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

The police have not made any advance in the search for the criminal who fired a shot through the window of Mrs. Kreiger's home at St. Peter's…

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Alleged Murder of Chinese Gardeners Two Men Charged Cairns (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 1

The trial began at the Cairns Criminal Court to-day of Frederick Charles Hambrook and Jack Pringle, charged with the murder of two…

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Heartless Thief Woman Sentenced Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 1

When Florence Podesta, 24, was charged with having attempted to steal 210½ from Christina Moore at the Central Court to-day, it is stated…

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Possession of Cocaine Woman Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 4

Ethel Moore, or Krautz, aged 36 years, a domestic, was sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labor at the Central Court to-day, on…

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Lincoln's Court House

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 2

The old Postville Court House at Lincoln (Illinois), the building in which Abraham Lincoln appeared as a lawyer in almost every important case…

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Acquitted of Chinese Murder Cairns, June 24

The Daily Express · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 2

Evidence concluded in the case in which Jack Pringle Davis and Charles Hawbrook were charged with murdering Jimmy Hop and…

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Sequel to Congress Natives and Professor Charged Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 4

Three native appeared with Professor Thea[?] in the police court to-day on changes relating to their conduct at the African National Congress at…

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Rangoon Gaol Convicts Mutiny 45 Killed in Two Hours' Battle Calcutta, June 24

The Daily Express · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 1

A serious mutiny, broke out at Rangoon central gaol yesterday afternoon, resulting in two warders, two military police, one lorry driver…

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