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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,368 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 69

Theft From Letters Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 1

Recently the proprietor of a turf publication notified the police that notes and postal notes had been disappearing from his daily mail…

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City Hold-up Two Men Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Charles Anthony Sertes Cuthbert, aged 26 years, motor mechanic, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment…

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Alleged Murder of Machinist Man Arrested Near Omeo Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 4

Members of the C.I.B., Melbourne, while returning from Omeo towards Melbourne late last night, arrested a man called John Hope Boles, for the…

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Police Force Most Efficient Body Superintendents M'kay's Tribute Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 1

The Metropolitan Police Superintendent (Mr. M'Kay) speaking at a [?] Club luncheon to-day, said that the annual cost per head of the…

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Cootamundra Industrial Court Breach of Award

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 8

In the Cootamundra Industrial Court, on Monday last, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., Ryan, Isnon, Ltd., were proceeded against on a…

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Wagga Murder Trial Mrs. Lilian Anderson's Second Ordeal Charge of Slaying Husband Accused's Statement as Evidence Challenged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 2

The Wagga Court House was filled yesterday morning when the second trial of Mrs. Lilian Anderson began for the murder of her husband, Mon[?]rieff Anderson, at Wagga on May 10. Mrs. Anderson was tried in Sydney early last…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 8

Arthur James Hallcroft was charged at Leeton police court that on the 23rd., day of July he was found drunk on the unemployed…

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Stock Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

The Gundagai branch of the Stockowners' Defence Association elected president, Mr. John Elliott (Tumut): secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. O…

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Burglary at Jugiong Mr. Thomas Coggans House Broken Into. Two Young Men Before the Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

On Thursday of last week Mr. Thomas Coggan's house on the road, near Jugiong, was burgled. Only for a short while during…

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Police Court Tuesday, July 24 (Before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

Frederick Norman Dempsey was charged with that on 14th June, 1934, he did knowingly have in a certain place, viz., a paddock at Woodland…

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Murder Trial Sensational Statement by Accused Alleges Husband Confessed to Slaying of Percy Smith WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 1

The hearing of the case in which Lillian Anderson, 23, was charged with the murder of her husband, Moncrleff Anderson, 33, at Wagga on…

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Wagga Murder Trial Mrs. Lilian Anderson's Second Ordeal. Charge of Slaying Husband. Accused's Statement as Evidence Challenged

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

The Wagga Court House was filled on Wednesday morning when the second trial of Mrs. [?]an Anderson began for the murder of her…

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Death of Kathleen Dorman Man Before Court Year After Tragedy Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 1

John Hope Boles, aged 33 years, who was arrested in the Omeo district on Tuesday, appeared at the City Court to-day on a charge of having at…

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Wagga Murder Trial Evidence For Defence Given Sensational Statement by Accused Alleges Husband Confessed to Slaying of Percy Smith Jury Locked Up For Night

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which Lilian Anderson, aged 23 years, was charged with the murder of her husband, Moncrieff Anderson, aged 33 years, at Wagga on May 10. was continued at the Wagga Police Court…

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Murder of White Man Aborigines for Trial. Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 5

Two aborigines, Takiar and Meerara, were committed for trial to-day on a charge of murdering a white man whose name is unknown, at Woodah…

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Mrs. Edols Appeal Against Sentence Dismissed by Court SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 1

The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day dismissed the appeal of Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols against her sentence, totaling two years' imprisonment, imposed…

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Second Anderson Trial Ends Jury Fails to Agree Remand to Next Court Bail Question Accused Goes Back to Long Bay

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 1

After being locked up for the night the jury returned at 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning and the foreman announced that the…

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Order Restored in Austria Wholesale Arrest of Nazis Court Martial of Rebels Body of Dr. Dollfuss Lies in State VIENNA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 6

Order has been restored in Austria and the Government is now in full control of the situation, having taken the Nazis by surprise by its swift action yesterday. More than 900 Nazis were arrested throughout the country, while…

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Junee Court Cases

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court, before Mr. Atkinson, P.M., Mrs. Elsie Shelton Longhurst, of Sydney, proceeded against J. Trott, of Junee, for rent…

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Wrestling Lurich Attacks Referee Police Intervene Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 6

After having been disqualified in the fifth round of his wrestling contest with Tommy Nylan at the Leichhardt Stadium last night, Tom Lurich…

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