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Courts & crime, 1933

1,405 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 71

Adelong Tragedy Woman Dies in Hospital Husband Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 5

The news of the arrest of Robert Joseph Clarke Anderson Benson, one of the oldest and hest known citizens of Adelong, on a charge of alleged…

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Police Court Monday. Hay 8, 1933 (Before Mr. D. S. Parker, P.m.) Unusual Case Adjourned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Jane Tonkin was proceeded against for selling milk which was not up to the standard. Mr. H. J. Kennedy (Messrs. Walsh and Blair)…

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Shot Fired at Police Officers Laborer Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

At the Burwood Police Court to-day, Alfred Arthur Stockbridge, aged 20 years, a laborer, was charged with shooting at Detective Clifton and…

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Local and General Cootamundra Burglary

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 2

Two Cootamundra youths were arrested at Goulburn with goods in their possession alleged to have been stolen from Messrs. Solomon Cohen, Ltd…

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Solicitor Charged Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Harry, A. Green, 33, solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to pay £3990 to Pattie Ingeberg Lovel!…

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Police Court Monday (Continued) Before Mr. Balmain, P.M. Liquor Act Cases

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 3

John Sissian, Paul Trussell, Arthur [?] and Leslie Gregory pleaded not guilty to being on [?] of the Australian hotel after…

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Court Decisions Upper House Abolition Referendum Imperative

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 3

In the discussions now taking place on the referendum to be held on Saturday the fact is frequently overlooked that the decision of the Privy…

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Solicitors' Clerk Sentenced on Stealing Charge Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 1

In sentencing John Harley M'Laughlin, solicitors' clerk, to 23 months' imprisonment on a charge of having stolen £629 from his employers,…

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Alleged Assault Admitted to Yass District Hospital

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 2

On Sunday night, Deo. T. Marshall, a youth of 15, was admitted to the yass District Hospital. Although confined to a bed, he was later…

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Matron's Fall Plead's Guilty to Theft Charge Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 2

Alter having been matron of the Cheltenham Sanatorium for 18 years. Jessie Cameron, aged 50 years, pleaded guilty af the Cheltenham Court…

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Solicitor Charged Fraudulent Omission to Pay Alleged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Harry A. Green, aged 33 years, a solicitor, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to pay £390 to Pattie…

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Jew-baiting Riots in Vienna Nazis Assault Americans London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 1

The London "Daily Telegraph" Vienna correspondent states that anti-Jewish riots of exceptional brutality started in Vienna University. Thirty…

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Presbyterian Church New Tennis Court Opened

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 1

The Presbyterian Church tennis court was officially opened on Wednesday afternoon (yesterday) by Mr. F. Cashmere, who is the Patron of…

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Stolen Letters Police Inquiring Into Premier's Allegation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 2

The police are inquiring into the Premier's allegations that a personal letter was stolen from his file. The matter has also been referred to the…

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Adelong Man Charged with Manslaughter of Wife Sergeant Asks For Crown Witness To Be Declared Hostile Coroner Refuses But Papers Are Noted

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Whilst the Coroner's Court was in progress at Adelong, on Tuesday last, Sergeant Barnes, who had called-Patrick Corcoran as a Crown witness, asked the Coroner's permission to treat him as a hostile witness, as he (the Sergeant) believed Corcoran was…

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S.P. Betting Police Campaign In[?]s Total £30,000 Yearly in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 6

The extent of the operations of [?]arting price bookmakers was dis[?]osed by figures in the possession of [?]e Police Department. Fines on men…

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Get the Plumber If Your Tap Leaks a Court Hearing at Coota. "And B— the Council"

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 2

The proverb is: "If your have a leaky water pipe, get the plumber," for at Cootamundra police court his week, a man who denied having said,…

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Police Court Yesterday Before Mr. K. Anderson, J.P. Indecent Language

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 May 1933 · page 3

"Michael John O'Keefe pleaded guilty to a charge of using indecent language. The police reported that the…

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Adelong Tragedy Well-known Resident Charged with Manslaughter

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1933 · page 6

Robert J. C. A. Benson, one of the oldest and best known residents of Adelong, has been arrested. For several years Benson had been…

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Police Court Tuesday, 9th MAY , (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.m.) Ear Marks Cases

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1933 · page 1

Mortimer O'Mahoney was charged with having in his possession one ram bearing an unrecorded car mark and failing within the time specified in…

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