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Courts & crime, 1932

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Griffith Murder Victim's Son Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 21

On Friday Salvatore Trimachi was remanded from the Griffith police court, to February 12, on a charge of murdering his father, Rocco…

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Fruit Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

Fruit stealing is much in evidence en the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area this year. One man, who was captured at the point of a gun, was…

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Communist Charged Revolver and Knuckle[?]duster Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 3

William Marsh, aged 29 years, an engineer driver, who was arrested at Newtown to-day after being found in p[?]session of a kn[?]ckle-duster and a…

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Items of News District Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

[?] Sessions will begin at Wagga on The next District Court and Quar[?] March 15…

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Simba Mystery Police Visit Stables Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 7

The police inquiring into the disappearance of the racehorse Simba visited a number of stables in the Western Suburbs to-day, but failed to…

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Nine Victims Stabbed To Death Gruesome American Murder Winnipeg

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 2

Seven children and their mother and father were brutally stabbed to death at Elma, Manitoba, 50 miles south, of Winning, early this…

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Prison Revolt Battle At Dartmoor Police Charge Howling Mob

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 12

A desperate battle between convicts and warders, as a result of which 84 prisoners and five warders were injured, occurred at Datmoor…

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Police Court To-day

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 4

Before. Messrs. W. J. Witt and E. Evans, Js.P…

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Repairs to Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

The Justice Department called for tenders for certain work on the interior of the Junee Court House, which was necessary owing to the…

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Three Men Escape Scale High Gaol Wall London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

Three prisoners who were taking part in a gymnastic class at the Wake field (Yorkshire) gaol eluded notice and scaled the high bound[?]ry wall…

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Jockey's Admissions Gipsy [?]Ate Was "Pulled" Atkins Before Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 4

Admissions that he had "pulled" the mare Gipsy Fate at Gosford, two week ago at the instigation of a man who had put £50 on another horse…

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Cattle Stealing Graziers' Loss Two Men Arrested Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

Two men were arrested early on Sunday morning in thickly wooded country on the banks of the Clarence River, and charged with cattle…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, February 1. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Bicycles Without Lights

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Two men and two youths were charged with having ridden bicycles at night without lights. The municipal traffic inspector (Mr…

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Brutal Assault on Tram Conductor Attacked and Robbed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

Walter Loftus, a tram conductor, was the victim of a brutal assault and robbery at a late hour last night. The first known of the affair was when…

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Indian Situation Bombay Outbreak Police Attacked Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

There have been more disturbances at Bombay. An angry mob attacked the police with bottles and sticks, held up trams, and smashed lamps…

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Company Directors To Appear Before Bankruptcy Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

Four former directors of Bond's Industries, Ltd., have been served with summonses under section 18 of the Bankrupt Act, ordering them to…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

At the Hillston Police Court on Tuesday, last, before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M., Charles Herman was proceeded against by David Martin…

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Court's Wide Powers [?] Judgment Ignored Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 2

If a judgment is entered against Mr. Lang as Treasurer of New South Wales, and he fails to carry out the order made against him, it may,…

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Thieves in Motor Car Police Fire Eight Shots Three Men Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

Eight shots were fired by the police after alleged thieves iii a motor car at Sutherland early this morning. Railway Detective Morley hid on a…

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Love in a Tin Hut Coota. Couple Elope to Cowra But Girl Was Under Age, and Police Pounced

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 3

Conscious he had done wrong, a scared Cupid flew out the window— temporarily at any rate—when two Cowra constables walked to the door…

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