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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,368 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 69

Balwyn Murder Victim Identified Two Italians Arrested Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 1

The man whose charred body was found in a burning wooden culvert at Balwyn on Monday has been identified as Rocco Petulla, aged 30 years, an…

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Man's Suicide Worry Over Court Case

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 2

Thought to have been worried over he prospects of having to appear before the court as a material witness against a man charged with having…

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Man's Suicide Worry Over Court Case BATHURST

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 3

Thought to have been worried over the prospects of having to appear before the court as a material witness against a man charged with having…

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Balwyn Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

The man whose charred body war found io a burning wooden colvert at Balwyn (Vic.) on Monday week last has been identified as Rocco…

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Alleged Theft From Co-partner

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 3

The bearing of the case in which Harold Arthur Cossell is charged with stealing £11 from a co-partner was continued. Mr. Brian Clancy,…

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Police Court Wagga, Monday, May 21 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Transport Act

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 3

For failing to comply with certain conditions of the Transport Co-ordination Act, G. S. Atkins, who conducts a transport business between Wagga…

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Shooting of Moncrieff Anderson Verdict of Murder Returned Mrs. Anderson Committed for Trial

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

There was only a small crowd present in the gallery of the Wagga court house on Friday morning when the inquest…

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Wagga Murder Case Mrs Anderson at Long Bay Under Medical Observation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

Although Mrs Lilian Anderson, who was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered her husband, Moncrieff Anderson, at Wagga, is now…

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Motorist's Suicide Believed He Killed Cyclist Letter to Police Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 4

Two days ago J. Anstey, of Waima-kirari River, was knocked down by a motor car, the driver of which did not stop. He is now improving. Later a…

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Men Sentenced at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 2

Roy Edward Virgo, aged 32 years, was yesterday, at the Albury Court of Petty Sessions, committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Morey Appeals "Some Other Hypothesis Than Murder" Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 1

EDWARD Henry Morey, who, at Wagga, on May 11, was found guilty of the murder, in December last, of Percy Smith, and was…

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Attempted Murder Alleged Against Girl Strychnine or Face Powder? MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 2

When Esmay Lorna Fitzmaurice, aged 17 years, domestic servant, was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with having attempted to administer…

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Morey Appeals Against Conviction Grounds Stated "Some Other Hypothesis Than Murder"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 2

Edward Henry Morey, who at Wagga on May 11 was found guilty of the murder in December last of Percy Smith and was…

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Theft of £295 Girl Hit with Hose Pipe Seven Years' Goal for Assailant Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day. James Cook, aged 33 years, a chemist, who pleaded guilty to having hit a girl cashier over the head with a piece…

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The Police Magistrate

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 1

For some considerable time the question of allocating the duties of Police Magistrates in .the country centres has been before the Department…

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Wagga Murder Case Mrs. Anderson at Long Bay

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 1

UNDER MEDICAL OBSERVATION Although Mrs. Lilian Anderson, who was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered her…

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Cowra Murder Charge May Bt Altered to Concealment of Birth

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 1

In Chambers in Sydney on Friday application' was made to Mr. Acting Justice Maxwell on behalf of Mary Agnes Lane (19), of Cowra, for bail,…

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Naylor Case A.J.C. Appeal to Full Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 8

The A.J.C. committee, in its appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Long-Innes in the Rufus Naylor case, states that His Honor was in error on…

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Charges of Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 2

Ernest Moss, a young man with seven aliases, was before the Ganmain Police Court on charges of stealing bicycles by trick from J. J…

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Charges of Stealing Ganmain

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 2

Ernest Moss, a young man with seven aliases, was before the Ga[?]ain Police Court, on charges of stealing bicycles by trick from J. J…

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