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Courts & crime, 1932

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Forged Lottery Tickets Police Investigating Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

The chief of the C.I.B. (Superintendent Walsh) stated to-day. that the Police Department had received official complaints regarding the sale…

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"The Yankee at King Arthur's Court"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 8

Add Rogers to Twain and the result is the season's funniest. America's two greatest laughmakers are united for the first time in Mark…

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Police Fire on Crowd One Man Killed Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

One man was killed when the Benares police were forced to fire on a crowd attempting to hold a meeting…

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Police Force Discontent Denied Statement by Minister SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) last night gave an "absolute and flat denial" to the allegation in a section of the press that the…

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Police Force Discontent Denied Statement By Minister Statistical Information

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) to-night gave an "absolute and flat denial" to the allegation in a section of the press than the police force…

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Two Year Old Crime Three Men Disappear Suspect Arrested on Murder Charge Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Police inquiries into the disappearance of three men, extending almost over two years, [?]inated to-day in a charge of murder being preferred…

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Junee Assault Man Committed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 22

At Junee on Friday, Laurie Motcalf, charged with assaulting and robbing Sidney Sproon, clerk, of Matong, was committed for trial…

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Items of News Assault Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

Edward Henry Morey was charged before Mr. I. Beavers, J.P., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday will having unlawfully assaulted Charles…

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£20,000 Theft West End Sensation

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 20

One of the most daring highway robberies in years was carried out on Monday morning in the heart of the West End, London, and in the…

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Gandhi Arrested Taken To Gaol with Congress President

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Gandhi and the president of the Congress (Vallabhai Patel) were arrested at Gandhi's residence at Bombay at 3 o'clock on Monday morning…

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Police Association Appointment of Secretary Executive Censured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

At a meeting of 70 members of the New South Wales Police Association at Regent street station to-day a resolution was passed censuring the…

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Police Court To-day

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Samuel Batros, for whom his brother appeared, pleaded guilty to passing a car on the wrong side, while…

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Alleged Assault Showman Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

A man, aged 22 years, employed at a sideshow at Punchbowl, was arrested last night on a charge of having assaulted an eight year old girl…

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Assault at Albury Elderly Bedridden Woman ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

When Walter Watson arrived home after midnight, he found his bedridden mother, who is 78, suffering from blackened eyes, cuts about the head…

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Bungendore Mystery Murder or Suicide? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1
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Detective Sergeants M'Rae and Allmond yesterday returned to Sydney, after exhaustive inquiries in the Goulburn district relating to the finding…

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Assault at Albury Elderly Bedridden Woman Another Woman Arrested Albury

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

When Walter Watson arrived home after midnight, he found his bedridden mother, who is aged 78 years suffering from balckened eyes, cuts…

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Police Raids Two-up "Schools" Exciting Incidents Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Women in night attire ran from adjacent buildings into the street, calling for help, and men leaped from windows, when a squad of plain-clothes…

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The Boyton — Elliott Case At the Supreme Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

In the Supreme Court on Wednesday last, W. Justice Halse Rogers dealt with the ejectment action of Thomas Henry Boyton, junior, of…

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Lottery Tickets Forgeries in Victoria Police Commissioner And Lottery Director MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner of Police (Major-General Bla[?]ey), commenting on the Victorian forgeries of New South Wales lottery tickets and the…

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