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Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 65

Acquittal Stands Case From Gundagai High Court Judgement

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 1

The High Court gave judgment on Thursday afternoon last in the appeal of the Crown against a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal,…

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Wagga Police Court Wagga, May 5, 1931 (Before Messrs. J. Beavers and R. Tapscott, J'sP.) Hawkers Fined

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 6

James Barry, aged 39 years, was charged with having carried on the business of a hawker without first having obtained a license under the…

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Death of Cat Sequel in Court Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

Loo Chow, aged 66 years, a Chinese market gardener, appeared before the Bathurst Police Court today on a charge of having feloniously…

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Egyptian Riot Police Fire on Crowd Persons Killed Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

Eluding the police, Nahas Pasha and six members of the executive of the Wafd (Egyptian Nationalists) motored to Beni-Suef yesterday and…

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Law Reform Bill Outlined Facilitating Justice Extension of District Court Jurisdiction SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 2

A brief outline of his measure to provide for law reform was given in the Legislative Assembly, to-day by the Attorney-General (Mr. Lysaght)…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 3

Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M., on Tuesday, Allan Raymond McNiven (Stock Inspector) proceeded against Charles…

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Horse Stealing. A Gundagai Case

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., had before him at the Wagga police court this week Charles Edmond Norman, aged 26 years, who…

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Constable Wounded Traveller Charged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

John M'Farlane, aged 38 years, a traveller, appeared before the City Court to-day on a charge of having shot hit Constable Hutchison with…

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Clerk Charged Alleged Embezzlement £5000 Involved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Cecil Francis Asprey, aged 31 yuan, a clerk, was charged with having, between June 1 and October 1 last, while employed…

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Bicycles at Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

The Albury police have several bicycles at the police station awaiting owners. It is not known whether they have been stolen from other towns…

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Burmese Rebels Attack on Police Party Several Believed Killed Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

A large party of Burmese rebels attacked a detachment of police near Prome last night, and it is feared that Mr. W. L. Austin, the district…

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Language Charge Police Assault Alleged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 18

When Thomas John Patrick Carmody, of The Rock, was charged at Wagga Police Court on Monday with drunkenness and having used bad…

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Dastardly Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 2

Staggering into the Darlinghurst Police Station at 4 o'clock on Friday morning, a young woman told a starting story of a frightful experience…

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Missing Harness Two Brothers Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 7

At Wagga Police Court on Monday, Albert Henry Jackson and William James Jackson, brothers, were charged with having stolen a quantity of…

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Surry Hills Murder Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 4

A reward of £100 is offered for information which will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the murderer or murderers of. Mrs. Emma…

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Jewels in Cabages. Two Men on Theft Charge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 14

Cabbages piled high in a spring cart in a street at South Melbourne, aroused the suspicions of Constable Page, who found they concealed chaff…

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Temora Tragedy Murder and Suicide Finding at Inquest Temora

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 1

At the conclusion of the inquest today into the tragedy which. recently occurred here, the coroner found that William James Middlebrook murdered…

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Moratorium Act Case At Wagga Court Mortgagee Seeks Fore Closure

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 12

A case under the Moratorium Act was before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., at Wagga police court on Monday, when William Holland, retired…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Harrison, S.M. Expired Registration Certificates

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 3

Duncan S. Maxwell, for whom Mr. M. Maxwell appeared, was fined 5/, court costs 8/, for failing to return his motor car registration certificate…

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Woman Prisoner Children Brought to Gaol Dilemma of French Authorities Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 1

"This is the first time that I have been asked to t[?] my prison into an orphanage," declared the governor of Brive Prison, when Madame Serbon…

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