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Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 65

Wounded Woman Dies Man Charged with Murder SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Linda Lancaster, 27 who was shot as Ashfield on Friday night, died in the Western Suburbs Hospital yesterday morning. A charge of…

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Alleged Assault Man Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 2

The police last night arrested a man on a charge of having attempted to assault a girl, aged 15 years, on August 14 last. It is alleged that the girl…

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Basement Murder "Dulcie Bryce Is Dead" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 2

"We do not for one moment think that Dulcie Bryce is alive." A police officer active in the attempt to solve the mystery of the basement murder…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, September 28 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Horse Stealing Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 4

William Martin was charged with having at Urana stolen, a dapple grey mare and harness, the property of Arthur Harvey…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 1

Before Mr. Parker, P.M. at the Leeton Court on Tuesday, Charles Augustus Wennerbom and Colin Lumley were charged on remand with…

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Demented Woman Acquitted on Murder Charge

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 6

Charged with the murder of her five-year-old son Jack, Kathleen May Beeby, 30, a single woman, presented a pathetic figure as she stood in the…

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Basic Wage Inquiry Hearing May Be Postponed Mr. Justice Kenneth Street Elevated To Supreme Court Bench SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 2

The hearing of an application to review the basic wage may be postponed indefinitely as a result of the decision of the State Cabinet to-day to appoint…

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Britannia Bank Ltd. Alleged Conspiracy Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 1

Phillip Charles Mond, aged 42 years, a broker, and William Victor Cunningham, aged 37 years, an accountant, appeared at the Central Court…

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Shooting with Intent Wounding of Constable Two Men Sentenced to Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

At the Central Criminal Court today Kenneth Farlow, aged 27 years, a wicker worker, and Robert Chrystal, aged 23 years, a laborer, were found…

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Smart Police Work

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 1

When on duty on Thursday night and early Friday morning, Constable Wally Ewing was responsible for some smart work. At about 2.30…

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British Unemployed Attempt to Storm Parliament Police Disperse Mob London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 6

Several thousand unemployed, coming from Hyde Park and singing the "Red Flag" and shouting "down with the National Government," marched…

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Red Flag Parade Fired on by Police Five Miners Killed Canadian Mining Trouble Estevan ,(Saskatchewan)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

Five gold miners were seriously wounded, two fatally, when the Provincial police fires on the forbidden Red Flag parade of 3oo men, who…

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Police Court Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. After Hours

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

Charles Albert Zanker and Roy Loiterton pleaded guilty to being on licensed, premises of the Railway hotel at [?] on September 12…

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Coolamon Police Court. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker P.m.) Alleged Detention of Property

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 4

At the last Coolamon police court, Frederick William Hurng proceeded against Patrick Joseph [?] for the return of a spring cart allegedly…

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King of Albania Attempted Assassination Two Men Charged LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 1

The trial was begun in Vienna to-day of two men charged with the attempted assassination of King Zog of Albania. The affair occurred last…

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Saskatchewan Riots Police Patrol Hospitals Many Persons Wounded

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 6

ESTEVAN (Saskatchewan), Wednesday.—With machine guns posted at strategic points, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are patrolling the…

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The Tumut Stables Fires Two Men Before the Court Remanded to P.M.'s COURT

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon, in the Tumut Police Court, before Messrs J. Wallace and R. Blakeney, J's.P. Eric Herbert Hayden and Norman Dow were…

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