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Courts & crime, 1932

1,504 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 76

W.A. Murder Case Rowles' Appeal Dismissed Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 1

The Court of Criminal Appeal today dismissed the appeal of John Thomas Smith alias "Snowy" Rowles, who was convicted of the murder of Lewis…

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Stabbing Case Police Make Arrest Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 3

Detectives to-day arrested a man in connection with the stabbing of Harry Jackson at Mascot on Sunday night. The man wan later charged with…

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Sutherland Murder Man Arrested Fight at Unemployed Camp Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 3

Detectives this afternoon arrested Thomas Jenkins, aged 34 years, on a charge of having murdered Micheal Desmond, aged 48 years. The charge…

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Glen Innes Tragedy Shooting of Daley Farmer Police Baffled Glen Innes

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 1

Police inquiries here failed to unravel the mystery surrounding the shooting of Alfred Victor Chaffey at his farm yesterday. Sydney…

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Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court on Tuesday eight residents were each fined £2, with costs, for failing to register their wireless sets. Six young men were…

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Stealing Flowers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

Those who steal the beautiful flowers growing in the public gardens of Wagga are particularly mean-spirited people and, if caught, should be…

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Police Court Today Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Liquor. Case

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 5

Frederick John Groves pleaded guilty to being on the Hotel Cootamundra promises in contravention of the Liquor Act…

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Mrs. Saywell Little Hope of Recovery Victim of Assault Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

Little hope is held out by the doctors for the recovery of Mrs. Saywell who, with her husband, who succumbed to his injuries was brutally assaulted…

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Willimbong Shire Friendly Appeal Court Six Appeals Decided

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

In the Friendly Appeal Court held by Willimbong Shire Council on Tuesday, concluding the Same night, 46 applications were received for…

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Glen Innes Murder Chaffey Shot at Close Range Robbery Not Only Motive Glen Innes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

The post mortem examination of the body of Victor Chaffey, a dairy farmer who was murdered at his home on Monday, revealed that he had been…

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Collecting His Wages From His Employer's Debtors Wages Claim at Leeton Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 8

At the Leeton Police Court before Mr Parker, Albert William Hodson obtained a verdict for £7/5/6 from Brian Hopley by way of wages,…

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Police Parade

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

A theatrical display in the form of a parade of 1500 police marching through Sydney streets took place yesterday. The State Governor took…

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Murder Charge Quarrel in Unemployed Camp

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 6

A drunken orgy, a quarrel over a woman, and the swift blow of an axe are believed to have been the sequence of events leading to the…

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Attempted Suicide Bootmaker Charged Did Not Want Dole Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

When Allan Murphy, aged 50 years, a bootmaker, was charged at the Burwood Police Court with having intended to commit suicide, evidence was…

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Hospital Maid's Death Police Inquiries Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

Inquiries are being conducted by the police into the death of Cassy Martin, aged 21 years, a maid employed at the Runnymede private hospital,…

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Youth Shot Down Companion's Story of Murder Admitted to be Fabrication NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

Samuel Calderwood, aged 19 years, was fatally shot in the head in the bush near Muloring, in the Kurri Kurn district, this morning. His companion,…

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Mrs. Edols Contempt of Court Urged Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols, was summon[?]d before Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court to-day. Then the Registrar, Mr. N. C. Lockhart,…

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Police March Through City Streets Governor Takes Salute Mr. Lang Cheered SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

More than 1400 members of the police force marched through the city streets today. They were reviewed by the Governor (Sir Philip Game),…

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First Prize in Lottery Waitress Claims Shake Equity Court Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day, Winifred Davies, a waitress, of Paddington, asked that an order be issued for payment to her…

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Holdsworthy Murders Moxley in Court Remand to May 3 Inquest on Tuesday Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

At the Central Court this, morning William Cyril Moxley. aged 34 years, a woodcutter, was remanded until May 3 on a charge of having at Liverpool…

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