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Courts & crime, 1932

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Captain Lancaster Indicted on Murder Charge Miami

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 2

Appearing at the Circuit Court on an indictment for the murder of Haden Clark, an aviator, Captain Lancaster pleaded not guilty. The judge…

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New Guard Police Inquiries. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 6

Continuing their inquiries into the New Guard organisation, detectives questioned a number of persons in the suburbs last night and to-day. Several…

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Bankstown Council Communist Threats Police Present Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

Ten members of the poice force were present at the Bankstown council meeting last night as a result of reports that Communists were likely to…

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Cashes a Cheque Sequel In Local Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 2

At the local police court last Tuesday, before Mr. F. N. C. Beston, J.P., Alfred Wilkinson was charged with obtaining from C. H. Cork, by…

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Darwin Unemployed Stone Courthouse Arrested by Police. Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 5

Four unemployed men stoned the courthouse to-day, breaking most of the windows. They submitted to arrest quietly. Yesterday an advertisement…

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Assault on School Teacher Man Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

At the Hyde Police Court, to-day, Arthur Beard was remanded on a charge of having assaulted a school teacher, Samuel Watkins…

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Stolen Bank Funds Shied Man Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Horace Join Finn, aged 49 years, a clerk, the third man who was arrested in connection with the disappears ace of money…

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Youth Shot Companion for Trial Charge of Murder Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

An inquest was held to-day into the neath of Samuel Calderwood, aged 19 years, who was snot dead at Mulbrink on April 29. Cecil Barr, his companion…

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Armidale Fire Cause of Outbreak Police Inquiries Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

The police arc continuing their inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the tragic fire at the premises of Braund and Co. yesterday…

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Mrs. Edols Sentenced to Six Months

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 14

Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols, Sydney society woman, was sentenced to six months imprisonment with light labor, by Mr. Justee Lukin, in the…

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Escape From Hospital Patient Under Police Guard Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 13

Using the sheets from his bed and a piece of sashcord, John Reidy, 43, a cripple, who was under police guard, escaped from Sydney Hospital…

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Industrial Court Claim For Overtime Verdict for Respondent

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 8

Before the Industrial Magistrate's Court at Wagga on Monday, Frederick John Extras claimed £178 from Henry Ernest G[?]ssing, chemist, of…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Harrison, P.M. Alleged Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 2

Leslie John Neale was remanded until May 27 on a charge of stealing 14 fencing posts, of the total value of 28/, the property of James Graham…

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Put Mother Man's Name to Cheque Man Sentenced For Attempted Fraud

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 2

As a sequel to the case heard earlier last week, when C. H. Cork sued Alfred Wilkinson for obtaining the sum of £1 by false pretences,…

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Murder Charge Lake Cargelligo Case Accused Acquitted Lake Cargelligo

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 2

A remarkable scene followed the conclusion of the inquest on Edgar Douglas Cook, aged 39 years, the victim of the Lake Cargelligo shooting…

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"Cat" Burglar Sentenced to Three Years Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

A sentence of three years' imprisonment was imposed by Judge Armstrong at the Quarter Sessions today on Alan Parker, aged 33 years,…

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Alleged Forgery 139 Counts Shipping Clerk Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

Thomas Bayle, aged 65 years, an employee of Sydney Snow Ltd., was charged at the Central Court to-day on 139 counts of forgery. It was…

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Wagga Police Court May 23, 1932 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Breaches of Traffic Regulations

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 3

A number of persons were charged with having committed broaches of the traffic regulations, from riding bicycles without lights, to driving in…

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Grazier Kidnapped Held in Bondi Fiat Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Henry Edward Messervy, an engineer, and Allen Kelly, a plantation manager, were charged on three counts of…

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"I'll Take It Out" Man Goes to Gaol on False Pretences Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

At the Leeton Court on Thursday last before Mr Parker, Walter James New, alias Brennan on charges of dole fraud was lined £2 on each of…

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