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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,405 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 71

Man Over Bridge Report to Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 2

Two young men reported to the North Sydney police late last night that they had seen the body of a man hurtling from the footway of the…

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That Tennis Ball Must Be Returned Ruling by Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 8

Tennis players will rejoice at the court's division that tennis balls cannot be retained by the owner of the property into which they are hit…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court on Friday morning, before Mr, D. F. Parker, P.M., William Phillip White, of Illabo, was charged with stealing fifty hags…

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Junee Station Theft

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

A stranger to Junee walked on to the railway station platform and, picking up a bag belonging to a commercial traveller, made off with…

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Police Threatened

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

On Friday night two men were given in charge by a railway official at Culcairn. When the police were taking them to the police station, a number…

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Moving Dead Body at Young Argument at Inquest on lightning Victim Police Charge Doctor with High— Handedness

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

Because Dr.' W. H. Cook, of Young, removed the apparent-y decd body of the late Hedley Eldridge, after he had been struck by lightning last Monday,…

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Burglary and Petty Thefts

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

Tumut seems to have become the rendezvous of the housebreaker, burgar and petty thief. Last week onslaughts were made on residences…

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Constable Suspended Alleged Assault Appeal Lodged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

The Commissioner for Police (Mr. Childs) yesterday suspended a first class constable attached to a city station following on a report that a…

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Pardoned Prisoners Want to Return to Gaol Sofia (Bulgaria)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 3

Thousands of prisoners who were pardoned during the celebration of the birth of the daughter to the King and Queen of Bulgaria are now begging…

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Police Disperse Marchers Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 3

"Enough taxes," "Not a son more," "Decreases, not increases" were among the cried at a meeting of several thousands of taxpayers representing the…

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Death of Bessie O'connor Inquest Opened Court Crowded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Bessie O'Connor, aged 16 years, who was murdered at National Park on December 14. The…

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Communist Newspapers Confiscated by Police Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 2

The police confiscated to-day's issues of the Communist newspaper, the "Reg Flag," containing manifeste of war on Herr Hitler and call…

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Suspension of School Teacher Threatened Demonstration Police Precautions SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 1
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The threatened demonstration outside the Paddington Public School yesterday as a protest against the suspension of Miss Beatrice Taylor…

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“Mr. Horsley, of Yabtree” City Man Gets Month's Gaol

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 2

Telling people that he was “Mr. Horsley, of Yabtree,” a city man was able to secure credit at a Sydney shop, in December last. But the…

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Theft by Time Standard Yard Loses Length Check by Science

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 4

Two ten-thousands of an inch have disappeared from the Imperial standard yard since it was constructed, and an apparatus has been evolved to…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

Before Messrs. Waddell and E. Conkey, Js.P. John Marsh, 34, was charged with stealing one swag, containing one…

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Burglary at Weeden's Ltd the Sequel

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 1

At the Tumut police Court on Monday morning, before Messrs R. L. Blakeney, R. Mate Thompson and T. E. Wilkinson, J's.P., Arthur Robin…

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Assault Charge Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 1

At the Central Court Ernest Lavington Morrison, 58, laborer, was charged with having assaulted Henry victor Drury, then heat and otherwise…

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Police V. Doctor

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

At the inquest into the death of Hedley Eldridge, who was struck by lightning at Young, the police contended that Dr. W. H. Cook had…

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