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Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 45 of 65

Alderman Garden Appeal for Police Protection

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 13

Alderman J. S. Garden, of the Sydney City Council, received a very hostile reception when addressing an open-air meeting at Dubbo on…

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Police Officer Retires Sergeant D'a. C. GARLING

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 13

After service in the Police Force extending over 31 years, 14 years of which were spent in Wagga, Sergeant D'Arcy C. Garling severed his…

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Sydney Games Police intervene Australian Rules Match Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 24

Police intervened during the first Australian Rules semi-final between South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs at Erskineville to-day. The play…

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Learning Business in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 4

One way to become an efficient business man is to go to goal for a while Within the sombre wa[?] of Walton Prison, Liverpool, in England, the…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, September 7. Before Mr. Harrison, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 2

F. Whiticker, for falling to renew motor driver's license. Fined 12/. and 8/- costs. T. A. Hunt, for falling to give 12…

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Wagga Police Court Wagga, September 7 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Drovers' Differences

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 3

Following a dispute at the Wagga municipal saleyards on September 3, two drovers, William Honey and Albert Wilson, each charged the other…

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Newtown Riot Nineteen Men Charged Communists Gather Many Jurymen Challenged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 2

The trial was begun at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Coyle, of 19 men on a charge od rioting at Newton on…

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Austro-german Union Forbidden by Protocol Decision of World Court London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 1

The Permanent Court of International Justice, to which the Council of the League of Nations referred the question of the proposed Customs…

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Wagga Capitol Ltd. Application for Leave to Foreclose to Go to Supreme Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 3

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., an application under the Mora[?]oriunt Act was made by the…

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Tumut Police Court Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1931 Triple Charges Drunkeness, Assault, and Damage to Property

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 5

Karl Henry Engh, a Swede, was before the bench on three charges-- drunkenness, assaulting Constable Joseph Hubert Buck in execution of his…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 2

Four young strangers, Sidney Johnston, Frederick Quinian, William Marshall, and Thomas Wilson were each fined 5/, or two hours, for…

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Trotting Sensation Landlock Stolen From Police Stables Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 3

Although he was kept under close guard by the police at the police depot stables at South Melbourne, the trotter Landlock, which was impounded…

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Charged with Theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 4

Morris Roy Jones, aged 19 years, was charged before Messrs. I. Beavers and R. Tapscott, J'sP., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, with having…

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Cuttings Prices Assault Alleged. Quarrell at Saleyards

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 19

At Wagga Police Court on Monday, before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., Alfred Wilson proceeded against William Honey on a charge of…

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Manslaughter Charge Swede Sentenced Eight Years' Imprisonment Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 1

Mr. Justice Stephen to-day passed a sentence of eight years' imprisonment on Gustav Heimer Reichardt, aged 36 years, a Swede, who…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Smoking in Hall

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 4

Geo. Boyd was fined 5/, with 3/ costs for smoking in the Town Hall at a dance on Saturday night…

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Missing Girl Police Searching Man Detained Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 2

The police are searching for Myrtle Ada Cregan, aged 16 years, of Newtown, who has been missing from her home for a week. Fears for her…

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Lost Life While Chasing Hat Former Police Officer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 1

Mr. John Charles King, ages 63 years, of Nelson Bay road, Waverley, a former police superintendent, was killed on Saturday afternoon when…

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Horse Stealing Charge Young Man Remanded

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 2

Before Messrs W. J. Adams and G. S. Williams Js.p. at the Leeton Court yesterday, Charles Augustus Wennerbom (22) was charged with…

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Police Court Friday, September 11 (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 2

Phillip Roberts was fined £2, together with 8s court costs, on a charge of driving an unregistered motor car. It was stated that the car had been…

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