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Courts & crime, 1934

1,368 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 69

Five Years' Gaol Dole Applicant's Act Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 2

A sentence of five years' imprisonment was imposed on Kenneth Joseph Breen, a young man, to-day when he pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Dr. Dollfuss German Complicity in Murder Alleged Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

It was officially stated that the Government is publishing, prior to the opening of the League of Nations Assembly, a booklet of…

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Mining Losses Huge Sum Involved Police Investigation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

Following statements made to the C.I.B., detectives are investigating certain aspects of the affairs of three gold mining companies. One person…

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Divorce Court Hickey v. Hickey Case to Be Heard at Yass

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

In the Divorce Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Boyce, Mr. C. M. E. Collins (instructed by Messrs. Tress and Cocks, Sydney, agents for…

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Police Court Tuesday and Wednesday (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Motor Traffic Breaches

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 2

Allen Stanley was fined 2s 6d, together with 8s court costs, in default two days, on a charge of driving a motor vehicle without head lamps…

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Unusual Court Case Why He Was Summoned Technical Offence

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 4

Webster's dictionary and the "Young Chronicle'' featured in ... unusual case at the Young Police Court, when L. B. Hing, a Chinese…

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S.P. Betting Police Raid Succeeds

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 September 1934 · page 15

The first police raid for three years on Deniliquin starting price book makers was carried out by Inspector Purke, with a posse drawn from…

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Albury Sensation Girl's Battered Body Found in a Bag Partly Charged and Clad in Pyjamas Farmer's Gruesome Find On The Howlong Road ALBURY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 September 1934 · page 1

The battered and partly charred body of a young girl was found in a bag under the culvert on Howlong road, four miles from Albury, this…

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The Swinging Cradle Police Allege Manipulation Men Fined at Young Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 September 1934 · page 4

Manipulation of a game so that the man in charge of the machine could, make players win or lose was alleged by the police against two men who…

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Albury Murder Probable Time Fixed Still Complete Mystery Is There a Link With Wagga?

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 4

The murder of the young woman whose body was found partly burnt in a culvert near Albury on Saturday is still a complete mystery…

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A Game of Chance Leads to Court Man Heavily Fined

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 3

AN interesting case came up for decision at Narandera police court, when Keith Shung was charged that by means of a card,…

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Sergeant Jones Popular Police Officer Formerly of Tumut Tributes at Farewell at Casino

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 3

Sergeant A. H. C. Jones, who, after his transfer from Tumut, has been in charge of Casino police for the past three years, and has been…

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Dying Man's Request Surprised Police SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1934 · page 1

An old man who was taken to hospital in a dying condition this morning requested the Redfern police to go to his room, which he rented from…

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Murder Victim Still Unidentified Melbourne Garage Proprietor Gives Valuable Information ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1934 · page 1

THE murder of the young woman whose partly burned body was found in a culvert near Albury is still a mystery. Detectives from…

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Murder Mystery Still Unsolved Search Widens Hue and Cry Over Three States Victim Still Unidentified Melbourne Garage Proprietor Gives Valuable Information

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1934 · page 1

Under what circumstances the young woman, whose partly burned body was found in a culvert near Albury, was done to death is still a mystery. Detectives from Sydney and Albury are combing the district, and since it…

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Monthly Police Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 2

Before Mr. J.A. S. Balmain, P.M., in the Gundagai Police Court, on Tuesday last, the following cases were heard:—…

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Murrumburrah Police Paddock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Ross, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under Secretary, Department of Lands, in reference to his inquiry in regard to the police…

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Albury Murder Search Over Four States Detectives Visit Holbrook Victim Still Unidentified

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 5

The woman who was found murdered on the Albury-Corowa road on Saturday is still unidentified, despite the efforts of the police in four…

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Albury Murder Search Over Four States Detectives Visit Holbrouk Victim Still Unidentified

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 4

The woman who was found murdered on the Albury-Corowa road on Saturday is still unidentified, despite the efforts of the police in four…

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A Mining Matter Before Warden's Court Existing Lease Cancelled

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 4

At the Warden's Court, on Tuesday last, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., a complaint by. Thomas George Lindley against Percival…

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