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Courts & crime, 1933

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Wireless Station for Police Department

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

The N.S.W. Government is calling for tenders for the erection of a wireless broadcasting station for the Police Department…

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Riot in Gaol Peshawari Prisoners Attack Bannuchis Six Killed, 20 Injured Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Six were killed and 26 injured in a riot between prisoners in the Dikhan gaol, on the frontier to-day. Ill-feeling, which had been acute for some…

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Mysterious Murder Discovery After Fire Dispute Over Identification London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

What appeared to be a simple case of a man being suffocated by smoke from a sudden fire in his office while typing at his desk has developed into…

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Police Court To-day Railway Trespass

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

A stranger who had been found trespassing on the railway was dealt with. About a Water Bottle…

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Park Murder Draper Arrested a Young Married Man Unrelenting Police Hunt SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

A 26-year-old draper, suspected of having murdered May Miller, also known as Iris Marriott, aged 30 years, in Queen's Park, Waverley, one of the…

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Park Murder Draper Arrested Young Married Man SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

A 26-year-old draper, suspected of having murdered May Miller, also known as Iris Marriott, 30, In Queen's Park, Waverley, on…

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Welcome to the Police Magistrate

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

At the opening of the Tumut Police Court on Tuesday a cordial welcome to this part of his circuit was extended to the newly-appointed…

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Tumut Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.m.) Theft of Gold Watch Man Convicted

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

A[?] Court last [?] was [?] he did, at Tumut, steal, in the [?] Annie Davis, one…

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Park Murder Salesman Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

The General Court was crowded today when Eric Ronald Craig, aged 25 years, salesman, was charged with having at Waverley on December 9…

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Park Murder Draper Arrested

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

A 26-year-old draper, suspected of having murdered May Miller, also known as Iris Marriott, aged 30 years, in Queen's Park, Waverley, one of the…

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Soviet Officials Hoaxed Humorists Sentenced to Death London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

According to toe Moscow corrospondent of the "Sunday Times," two former tradesmen, named Odrinsky and Ragozin, have been sentenced to death…

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Police Court Wagga, January 9, 1933 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.m.) Lurid Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

Four men, William Peter Mullins, Patrick John Bricknell, William Ford, and George Dale, all pleaded guilty when charged with having on…

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Five Fires Police Probe Farm Mysteries

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

Five mysterious farm fires, which have caused considerable damage, are being investigated by the Harden police…

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Russian Peasants Sentenced to Death Plundering of State Farms Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

Twelve leaders of organised peasants were sentenced to death at Roskef for having plundered State collective farms and encouraged the…

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Communists in Spain Widespread Activity Police in Control Madrid

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

The attempts made by Communists to foment a revolt spread yesterday to the whole of Valencia. Rebels seized the Town Halls at Pedralba,…

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Clovelly Shooting Court Held at Hospital Dennett Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

A court was constituted in a ward of St. Vincent's Hospital to-day when John Joseph Dennett was charged with having shot at Alfred Dennett…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 8

At Hillston Police Court on Tuesday last, before Messrs. J. R. Teague and E. H. Graham, J's. P., Ernest Arthur Fogg was fined. 20/- or two…

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Items of News Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Messrs. W. Scroope and E. Kidd, J'sP., several young men were charged with having been found…

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Dramatic Outburst in Bathurst Court "You're A Liar"

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 2

In a wild outburst from the dock John Mills (27) declared at the Bathurst police court on Monday that he had been "framed" and that…

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Court Statistics Revenue Receipts in Wagga in 1932 Litigations Rise and Fall

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 4

Wagga, contributed its share to the revenue of the State in 1932 in the payment of legal penalties, costs, and fees. Generally speaking, however, the…

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