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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,368 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 69

Wool Stealing Charge South Gundagai Man Convicted. Dealings with Chinaman

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 3

A wool stealing case came before Police magistrate (Mr. J. A. S. Balmain), at the Gundagai Police Court on Tuesday last, when Harry Fields…

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Murder Suspected Body Found in Culvert Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 6

Suspicions of murder were aroused by the finding of the charred body of a man in a calvert beneath the Bulleen road, between East Kew and…

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Woman Strangled New York Tragedy Port Engineer Charged New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 1

The Associated Press Association San Francisco correspondent says that 22 hours after the badly beaten body of Miss Louise Jeppesen, aged 23…

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Sheep Stealing Graziers' Deputation to Chief Secretary Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 2

Several resolutions that were carried by the recent conference of the Graziers' Association were placed before the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey)…

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Counterfeit Coins Man Sentenced to Two Years Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 1

A sentence of two years' imprisonment was imposed on Robert Ashton, aged 32 years, at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having made…

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Death of Japanese Caledon Bay Aborigines Charged Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 3

In the Police Court to-day, Mow, Natcharlna, and Naikiji, Caledon Bay aborigines, were charged with the murder of Tanaka, the captain, and four…

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Police Find Clues Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 1

Baking through a large pool close to the culvert under which the charred body of a man was found at Balwyn, the police late this afternoon…

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Committed for Trial Cowra Girl on Murder Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 5

Mary Lane, the slightly 19-year—old. Cowra girl against whom a charge of murder was preferred following the finding in a Smith-st. (Cowra)…

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Man Sentenced Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Austin Oswald Colbran, 42, laborer, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for house-breaking…

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Police Court Tuesday and Wednesday, May 15 AND 16 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Alleged Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2

Charles Simpson, who was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Leslie McLean on 2nd April, was again remanded…

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Alleged Theft of Pound-keeper's Saddle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 8

The charge against Phillip G. Mac Kenzie, of stealing a saddle, the property of Arthur Dempsey, and valued at £7/10/- was resumed at…

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Balwyn Murder Photograph Found MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2
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Detectives investigating the Balwya murder, in witch the charred body of a man was found in a box drain are now investigating the report by a…

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Balwyn Murder Two Italians Charged Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 4

The body of the man whose charred body was found under a culvert at Balwyn on Monday has been identified as that of Rocco Petulla,…

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Theft Of Wool

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 5

At Tumut Police Court, Colin Donald Fullarton, for stealing 108lb of lambs wool was fined £15, with £3 14 costs and ordered to refund £2…

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Balwyn Murder Story of Quarrel Night Before Tragedy Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 1

Police investigations into the Balwyn murder took a sensational turn this afternoon when the detectives ascertained that the night before the…

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Shooting of Moncrieff Anderson Coroner's Inquest Yesterday Verdict of Murder Returned Mrs. Anderson Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 6

There was only a small crowd present in the gallery yesterday morning when the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Moncrieff Anderson was opened by the District Coroner (Mr. J. A. Harris). At 3.30 o'clock…

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Anderson Shooting Victim's Wife Commuted on Murder Charge Infatuation for Condemned Man Morey Series Of Letters Tendered In The Evidence

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 1

A series of letters, disclosing an infatuation on the part of Lilian Anderson (26) for Edward Henry Morey, who was last week sentenced to death at Wagga for the murder of Percy Smith, were a feature of the inquest held at Wagga Court House…

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Man with a “Record” Convicted of Stealing by Trick Mania For Bicycles “More in Gaol Than Out” Says Police Sergeant

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 1

Ernest Moss (38), alias Ernest Robert Keith Clark, alias Ernest Eric Dixon, alias Charles Seymour, alias Ernest Clarke, alias Ernest Dixon,…

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Police Court Saturday Before Mr. E. W. Anderson, J.P. Assaulting inspector

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 2

Leonard Hopkins, 22, a stranger, pleaded guilty to behaving in an offensive manner in the vestibule of the Town Hall, and was fined £1, or 2…

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