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Courts & crime, 1933

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Raid on Cafe Mr. Cleary's Card Used by Police Agent Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 6

Evidence that a police agent had tendered a card bearing the name "W. J. Cleary, general manager of Tootn's Ltd," to a waiter at the…

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Farmer Sentenced Concealment Charge Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

Stanley Miller, aged 44 years, a farmer, near Warrigul, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Criminal Court to-day for having…

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Sensational Story Conspiracy Alleged Attempt to Wreck Compound Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

A sensational story was told at the Glebe Court to-day when M[?]ton William Orr, aged 31 years a garage proprietor, and Allan Gerham, aged 29…

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Craig Trial Court Crowded SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Halse-Rogers, of Eric Roland Craig, charged with the murder of…

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Court Martial of Lieutenant Baillie Stewart Step-Brother Gives Evidence LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

At the resumption of the court martial of Lieutenant Baillie Stewart, Lieutenant Eric Wright, the accused's stepbrother, said: "I told him he was…

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Harold Norris Charged with Assault Remand Granted

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 2

Arthur Harold Norris, aged 27, of Gundagai, appeared before Mr. F. C. Beston, J.P., at the local Court House, on Tuesday, charged with that…

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Mildura Assault Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 4

Keith Smith, the 13-year-old victim of the recent brutal assault at Mildura was sufficiently recovered to-day to give the police a description of his…

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Murder Trial Craig Again Before Court, Bessie O'Connor's Death Defence an Alibi Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

The trail of Eric Roland Craig, aged 26 years, a salesman, on a charge of having murdered Elizabeth Isobel O'Conner at National Park on…

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Offensive Letters Three Months' Gaol for Writes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

Albert Cecil Melzer, aged 36 years, a wool classer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the City Court to-day for having sent an…

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Hit with Bottle Assault on Women Assailant Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

Attacked by a young man at a dairy just outside Lithgow last night, Mrs. Ellen Evans was battered about the head with a bottle. She was…

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British Court Martial Seven More Charges Against Stewart London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

In Accordance with the recommendations of the Judge Advocate (Mr. P. N. Graeme), the court martial found Lieutenant Baillie Stewart, aged 24…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 5

Before Mr. Balmain, P.M., at the Quandialla Police Court Alphonsus Samuel Ticehurst was charged will: stealing 80 sheep, the property of…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Balmain, P.M. Traffic Cases

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Richard C. Winnette pleaded guilty to failing to drive close to the footpath before stopping. Constable Banner: The car was…

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Settler Shot Aborigine Charged Darwin Case Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

"Stockman Jimmy," a well known aborigine, was charged at the Darwin Supreme Court to-day with having murdered William Tetlow at Dailey…

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Court Cases Those We Publish and Those We Cannot

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 5

One of our contemporaries announces to its readers that it will be "useless in future for anybody to ask that their names be kept out of…

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Craig Trial for Murder of Bessie O'connor Identification Question Purchase of Petrol on Night of Crime SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

The trial or Eric Roland Craig on the charge of having murdered Bessie O'Connor at National Park on December 14 was resumed at the Central…

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Sensational Story Alleged Attempted Mail Robbery Frustrated by Police Men Jump from Mail Van Detectives Make Arrest MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 5

A daring attempt to rob the mail travelling from Melbourne to Ballarat is believed to have been frustrated by the police when the train stopped at…

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Vegetable Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 4

The secretary of the Wagga District Hospital (Mr. A. B. Sadleir) reported last night that on Thursday night a quantity of vegetables had…

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Craig's Statement Bessie O'connor Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

"I did not murder Bessie O'Connor. I did not even know the girl." Those were the words with which Eric Ron and Craig, salesman, standing trial at…

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Interesting Court Ruling

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 3

An interesting decision was given at the Albury Police Court yesterday by Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., in his reserved finding in a case in which…

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