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Courts & crime, 1933

1,405 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 71

Motor Traffic Wagga Conviction Appeal to Higher Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 2

The application by Price Alexander Hill for a writ of prohibition against Frederick Bizazrd, of Sydney, and the police magistrate…

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Nephew Charged Tarrawingee Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 10

At the wangaratta Court on Wednesday, before Mr. A. Clarke, P.M., Leo Alphone Starr, 18, was charged with having on or about July 23,…

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Murder of Woman Nephew Arrested

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 2

Leo Alphonse Starr, 18, a nephew of Miss Kate Starr, whose dreadfully mutilated body was found at her home on Thursday last was arrested…

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Breaking and Entering Berala Railway Station Father and Son Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 7

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day Robert Stockbridge (48), contractor, and his son Alfred Arthur Stockbridge (20), laborer, were…

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Police May Shoot Nazi's New Orders Berlin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 16

The Nazis announce that persons distributing pamphlets or leaflets against the Government are liable to be shot by the police or Brownshirts…

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Woman's Death in Paris Hotel "Suicide," Say Police Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 6

After examining five young men who were present at the time of the tragedy the authorities stated that Miss Dorothy Wright (23), believed…

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Eric Craig Appeal Dismissed May Go to High Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 2

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday unanimously dismissed the appeal of Eric Roland Craig against his conviction and sentence of death…

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Craig's Appeal Fails Court's Unanimous Decision Crothers' Story Not Believed Further Appeal to be Made to High Court SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 1

Craig's appeal before the Full Court failed and the next move on his behalf will be an appeal to the High Court. The grounds of the appeal will be: (1) That the Full Court of Criminal Appeal was incorrect in holding…

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Loss of Collier Marine Court Inquiry Open Finding Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 4

The need for the installation of wireless on Australian coastal vessel was stressed by Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., when delivering his finding at the…

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Workers' Compensation Commission Murder of Daughter

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 3

In the Workers' Compensation Commission before Judge Perdriau and Messrs Routiley and Halliday, Comissioners, Geraldine Evelyn [?]…

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Germany Dire Reprisals Police Orders "Ruthless Shooting London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 1

The Nazi Police force has been ordered to prevent, if necessary by the ruthless use of firearms, attempts by Communists to circulate propaganda…

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Football Riot Referee Severely Handled Police Restore Order Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 3

Incensed by the action of a referee in sending a player off, a section of the crowd watching a football match at Botany yesterday [?]ted and the…

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Boree Creek F. & S. A. the Police Station

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Boree Creek Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on the 3rd. instant. There was a fair attendance…

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Sheep Losses Police Action at Moree Moree

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 2

Following special investigation by the police into sheep losses throughout the district a number of persons will appear before the court this week…

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Police Raid Two Men Arrested SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 1

The police raided an office in William street, City this morning, and arrested two men on a charge of conspiracy. The police seized a large…

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Wild Scenes in City Men Clash with Police

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 4

There were wild scenes in the city later in the day when the police clashed with the evicted men who were marching through the streets to the…

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Boy Wounded When Police Fire at Thieves Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 4

Reginald James (16), of Glebe, was shot in the right leg in an unusual manner to-night. Constables Neville and Larkin, who…

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Gundagai Police Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. Balmain, P.M. on Tuesday Thomas Joseph Wadlake was granted a second-hand dealer’s licence…

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Gandhi's Wife Sentenced Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 2

Gandhi's wife was sentenced at Ahmedabad to six months' imprisonment for defying the magistrate's order that she should leave the town…

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Would Order Flogging Judge on Assault Case Youth Sent to Prison Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 1

In sentencing Eggards Charlton (19) to 18 months' imprisonment on a charge of occasioning actual bodily harm, Judge Curlewis said that he was…

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