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Courts & crime, 1931

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 64 of 65

"To Act Only If Police Are Overwhelmed"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 2

A copy of a police report, in regard to the New Guard movement and its objects was tabled in Parliament by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling)…

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Threw Pepper at Police Meant Foe New Guard Painter for Trial Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 6

At the Central Court to-day Bruno Urbinski, aged 35 years, a painter, was committed for trial on a charge fo having thrown cayenne pepper at…

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Tumut Police Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 1

At the Tumut Police Court on Monday last, before Messrs H. Davy and T.E. Wilkinson, J's.P., Albert Nelson Desmond was charged with that he did on December 20,…

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Illicit Still Mechanic Charged Remanded on Bail Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 1

At the Burwood Police Court to-day William Patrick Curtis, aged 37 years, a mechanic, was charged with having had an illicit still in his possession…

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Industrial Commission Full Court Decision Appeal to High Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 3

In order to test the validity of the decision of the State, Full Court that the Industrial Commission had failed to function by reason of the…

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Mr. Thorby and Interjector Assault Charge Dismissed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 4

Following an incident at Dubbo in which Mr. Thorby, the successful United Country Party candidate for Calare, was alleged to have stepped…

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Intent to Murder Death Sentence Commuted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 1

At a meeting of the State Cabinet to-day it was decided to commute penal servitude for life the death sentence recently passed on Cecil…

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One Killed Tragic Motor Accident Four Young People Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 December 1931 · page 5

The tragic motor car [?] which occurred last Sunday. afternoon eight miles from Wagga on the Albury Road and resulted in the…

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Steamers Court[?] in Japanese [?] TOKIO

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 December 1931 · page 1

The steamer Kanse[?] Yayeyama Maru collide [?] land Sea on Thursday, [?] Yayeyama Maru sank [?]…

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Wagga Hotelkeepers Who Solicit Your Patronage New Guard. Favorable Police Report "To Act Only If Police Are Overwhelmed."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 December 1931 · page 6

A copy of a police report in regard to the New Guard movement and its objects was tabled in Parliament by the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Woman Locked in Persistent Caller Christmas Eve Assault Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 December 1931 · page 2

Stella Bun, of Elizabeth street, Redfern, who is in a serious condition with a fractured skull in the Royal South Sydney Hospital, has told the…

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Thorby Charged with Assault Case Dismissed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 2

Following an incident at Dubbo in which Mr. Thorby, the successful United Country Party candidate for Calare, was alleged to have stepped…

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Attempted Murder French Purser Charged Infatuated with Tahitian Girl Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 1

Rene Canut, purser of the liner Ville de Verdun, which traded with Australia, has arrived in custody to await trial for the attempted murder of…

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Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 1

Sergeant Thomson, three foot Constables and one mounted Constable…

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Paddington Murder Victim's Wife Leaves Hospital Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Barrie, who was brutally battered by two men, who murdered her husband at Paddington a couple of weeks ago, left hospital…

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Tarpaulin Disappears Police Sergeant Suspended Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 1

It is reported that a first-class police sergeant in the metropolitan area has been suspended from duty following allegations in regard to the…

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Bungendore Murder Victim Identified Clever C.I.B. Work Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 2

Aided only by a few slender clues, the police have identified the victim of the Bungendore murder as Sydney James Morrison, who formerly lived…

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Alleged Theft Constable Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 1

Constable Hitchcock, of Windsor, who was suspended from duty three weeks ago, was arrested last night on a charge of having stolen leather…

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Bungendore Murder Tracing Victim's Movements Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 2

As a result of the definite identification of the remains of a man found at Bungendore the police expect to able to trace Morrison's whereabouts…

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Theatre Hold-up Young Man Charged Alleged Robbery Under Arms Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 2

The story of a sensational hold-up at the Regent Theatre on December 14 was told in court to-day when George Gabriel, aged 25 years, was…

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