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Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 65

Demented Man Stages Battle With Police YOUNG

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 1

Struggling with the strength and violence of dementia a man, 38 gave the police a torrid time at the Young lock-up It required four people to…

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Industrial Commission Constitution Questioned Full Court Application Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

The Stale Full Court to-day granted the ex parte application of Cecil Cooke, on behalf of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. for a rule nisi for a wist…

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Ownership of Pearls Equity Court Decision Four-fifths To Claimant SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 5

Mr. Justice Long Innes to-day decided that a string of pearls, said to be worth £16,000, ownership of which was claimed by Dr. George Vivers and…

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Local and General Alleged Horse Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

Messrs. Walsh and Blair, solicitors for Mr. Norman Griffiths, who was on Monday last Committed for trial to the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday…

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Horse Stealing Charge Defendant Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 17

On Monday, Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., had before him at Wagga Police Court the case of Norman Griffiths, charged with hiving stolen two…

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Woman Assaulted Domestic Charged Remand Granted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Boruthy Beamish, aged 26 years, a domestic, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily…

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School Theft Accountant Held Up in Office Elderly Man Attacked Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

An abazingly cool thott war carried out tins afternoon by two armed and masked men at the offices of Meesrs. J. T. Pocken and Sons, a tia…

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Cloncurry Strikers Clash with Police Eleven Men Arrested Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

A message received from Cloneurry states that the strikers at the Mr. Oxide, Dobbyn, and Orphan mines clashed with the police and employers…

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Death Sentence Appeal to Full Court Katoomba Tragedy Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 2

Cecil Cowell, who is under sentence of death for the attempted murder of Joseph Slavin at Katoomba on June 13 to day appealed to the Full Court of…

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Change of Plea Prisoner's Application to Full Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

Harold Paul Walker, aged 34 years, who is Serving a sentence of 10 years imprisonment for indecent assault, asked the Full Benet to-day for leave…

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Ownership of Pearls Equity Court Action No Order for Costs Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

Although a long argument was expected as to costs in the Vivers pearls case, Mr. Brown, K. C., for Dr. Vivers, told Mr. Justice Long Innes in the…

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Items of News Alleged Horse Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 2

Messrs. Walsh and Blair, solicitors for Norman Griffiths, who was on October 26 committed for trial to Quarter Sessions tomorrow on a…

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Police Court To-day Before Messrs. W. J. Witt and F. J. Purvis, Js.P. Seen on a Roof

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 3

Felix Hearne pleaded guilty to being drunk, and also to breaking a window, the property of the P.D.S., valued at 5/…

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Attempt on Safe Thwarted by Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 1

Receiving a report that a man was attempting to break into the Newtown branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce last night, three carloads…

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Police Court. Monday, Nov. 2. Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. ASSAULT

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

Henry Tyrelf, Railway Inspector, v. William Thomas Scott, Tumblong, assault on W. D. Luff. There was a second charge against,…

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Wagga Police Court Cases Heard Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 1

Wagga maintains its reputation as a law abiding town. There were few cases before the Police Magistrate (Mr. D. F. Parker) at the Court…

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Chemist's Death Cold-blooded Murder Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 6

The police inquiring into the murder of George Blomfield, aged 76 years, chemist, who was buttered to death in his shop on Saturday night, state that…

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Russian Secret Police High Officials Executed Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 1

Kteplkow and Maslenikow, two high officials in the O.G.P.U. (Russian) Secret Police), have been shot for various crimes and abuse of their positions,…

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The Will of Archibald Scott Smith Gifts to Children Value of Securities Settled in Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice John Innes, in the Equity Court, Arthur Elworthy and Edward John Menlove were plaintiffs as trustees, and Edward…

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District Court Aged Litigants From Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 3

A claim was made by Johnny Singh against Nutto Singh for £97 as wages from September. 1, 1930, to June 15, 1931. Mr. A. H. Crawley (Junee)…

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