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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 65

Alleged Cattle Stealing Leeton Cases to Be Heard To-day

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 2

Charles Augustus Wennerbom, who is on remand in connection with horse stealing charges at Barellan, was arrested again last week on…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, October 12 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Trespassing on Railway Property

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

Francis Henry Delanhant, aged 19 years, Harry, Rowles, aged 20 years, John Pilven aged 20 years, James William Nimo, aged 18 years, and Thomas…

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Two Constable Wounded Alleged Shooting with Intent Storekeeper Charged Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 1

At the Newcastle Court to-day, Leftus Arthur Johns, aged 45 years, of Waratah, appeared on three counts of shooting with intent to murder…

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Gambling Charges Rufe Naylor Before Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Rufe Naylor was charged with being the occupier of a room in Pitt street which he allowed to be used for the…

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Strange Will Case Equity Court Hearing Father's Provision Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 1

In the Equity Court today, Mr. Justice Long Innes was set the task of deciding whether two people who were married in 1913 did so with the…

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Police Court (Tuesday)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 4

Before Messrs. Witt and Hardwicke, J.sP. Breaking and Entering Thomas Walton, a stranger, was…

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Police Force Discontent Reported SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 1
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It was state that a certain amount of discontent exists in the police force because, as a result of a shortage of men, the police are…

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Circuit Court Wagga, October 13, 1931 (Before His Honor. Mr. Justice Street) Welcomed to Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 5

When Mr. Justice Street took his seat on the Wagga at the Wagga Court House yesterday morning Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore stated that, as the senior…

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Old Offender Sentenced Loitering with Intent Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 2

A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on Beginald Lowry, a cook, at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having boon a suspected…

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Murder of Taxi Driver South African Crime Three Arrests Made Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 1

A taxi driver, Arthur Kimber, was engaged by a man and a woman at Maritzburg on September 21. Kimber's body was found on tie same night on…

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£1850 Stolen by Indian Youths Police Recover Money Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 2

Three youths, believed to be revolutionaries, armed with revolvers, carried out a daring robbery at Dacca, in Bengal, yesterday. They seized a…

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Circuit Court Wagga, October 14, 1931 (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Street) Claim for Damages Verdict Fob Defendants

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 3

The hearing was concluded in the Circuit Causes Court of the case in which £2000 damages was claimed by William Edward Clear from John and…

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Cross Action in Assault Case

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

At the Leeton Court yesterday, George Albert Campton charged Thomas Francis Thomas with assault, and the latter brought a…

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Counterfeit Coins Three Men Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Samuel Jepson, aged 53 years; Charles Smith, aged 27 years; and Joseph Jenkins, aged 27 years, were each…

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Julia Creek Murder Victim's Identity Established Orange

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

The charred remains of a man found at Julia Greek (Q.) recently have been identified as those of Frank Grimson, aged 24 years, a son of Mr…

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Murder Charge Man Kisses Dead Woman Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 1

The police stated to-day, at the inquest on Linda Lancaster who was shot at Ashfield, that when Richard Bartlett, who is charged with her…

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Lumley Turns King's Evidence in Horse and Cattle Stealing Charges Byrne and Wennerbom Committed for Trial Case Creates Tremendous Interest

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 3

Not for a long time have cases created such interest in Leeton as those heard before Mr. Parker on Tuesday and Wed-nesday, when Charles Augustus Wennerbom oh three charges of cattle stealing, and Christopher Byrne on two charges of…

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Free State Parliament Bayonets and Armed Police Public Safety Bill Dublin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 1

Bayonets flashed in the Free Stats Parliament House and armed police sat on the floors of the lobbies When the Public Safety Bill was introduced…

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Failed to Find the Horses Sergeant Thomson Told Him Something and They Discovered Mare Shot Near Turkey Flat Evidence in Horse Stealing Case (Continued From Page Three) Buchanan's Evidence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 6

HUME JOHN BUCHANAN, a farmer residing at Barellan, said on the 3rd June, two of his horses were on the road—one a brown mare with…

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