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Courts & crime, 1932

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Attempted Murder Man Fired at in House Midnight Mystery Canowindra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 1

Mystery surrounds a deliberate attempt made shortly after midnight to-day, to murder Henry Norman Cassidy in his home by the Belabula River,…

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Oaklands Police Court

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. Parker, P.M., at the Oaklands Police Court recently, an interesting case was heard arising out of a collision with a sulky driven…

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Enforcement Act Resisted in High Court Further Argument Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 2

Argument before the High Court, in the action in which the State of New South Wales is seeking against the Commonwealth of Australia a…

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Coff's Harbor Escapees One Surrenders Both Men at Junee Not Recognised By Police Coff's Harbor

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

Nelson Raynor, aged 19 years, who escaped from the local lock-up six months ago with Dick M'Greger, this morning surrendered himself to the…

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Horse Racing on Unlicensed Course Exciting Police Raid Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 6

The police raided the Horsley Estate, eight miles from fairfield yesterday following a report that betting on a large scale had been carried on…

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State Default High Court Case Judgment Next Week Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 2

It is probable that the High Court will deliver its reserved judgment on the application involving the validity of the…

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10 Per Cent. Wages Cut Arbitration Court Case Mr. Crofts' Ideas on Ottawa Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 1

Mr. Crofts, supporting the claim for the rest[?]ration of the 10 per cent, cut in wages, which was again before the Full Bench of the Arbitration…

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Police Court Tuesday, March 29

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Archibald Williams was fl[?]ed 10/-or one day, for drunkenness and 10/, or one day, for using indecent language…

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Old Man Killed Paddington Murder Young Man Sentenced to Death SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

AT the Central Criminal Court yesterday William Morton, 26, a laborer, was charged with having murdered Alexander Frederick…

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Paddington Murder Old Man Killed Young Man Sentenced To Death SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

At the Central C[?] court to-day, William Morton, aged 26 years a laborer, was charged with having murdered Alexander Frederick…

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Leeton Police Court Only Motor Traffic Cases

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 3

When the police magistrate, Mr. Parker made his fortnightly visit to Leeton on Thursday last, the only cases listed were for breaches of the…

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Two Men Charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court Yesterday, before Mr. D. F. Parker, T.M., [?] young men, Jack Goodman Lyons and Reginald Longdon, were charged…

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Attempted Robbery Builder Sentenced Revolver and Bomb Produced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment was imposed at the Quarter Sessions to-day on Charles Burton-Rich, aged 60 years, a builder, after…

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Lottery Tickets Woman Duped Complaint to Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

The police are investigating the complaint of a woman who stated that ,sle visited an agent for lottery tickets in the city, and handed over the…

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Murdered Family House Set on Fire Man Telephones to Police Oslo

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

Responding to a request made by a man speaking calmly over the telephone to send the police and the fire bridge to Verdal, near Trondibe[?]…

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States' Intervention in High Court Case Mr. Latham's Views Naples

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Interviewed on arrival hero by the [?] Orontes, the Commonwealth Attorney-General (Mr. Latham), who received a civie welcome, said that the…

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Stolen Mutton Three Men Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 14

Before Mr. I. Beavers,. J.P., at Wagga Police Court yesterday afternoon, three young men, Norman Carter (23), Leslie Baldwin (22) and…

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Wife Charged Shooting at Husband

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 8

Mrs. Gladys Isabella Cassidy was charged at Canowindra on Monday with the attempted murder of her husband. Henry Norman Cassidy, on…

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Bridge Incident De Groot Charged Great Public Interest Crowd Out of Hand Police Use Batons SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 4

Early this morning thousands of people lined the streets outside the Central Police Court, whore Francis Edward de Groot, the central figure…

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Back To Gaol Escapee Sick of Liberty

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 5

After nearly six months' freedom since he and Dirk McGregor escaped from Coff's Harbor lock-up in September, Nelson Raynor, 19, returned,…

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