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Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 88

Two Women Beheaded in Germany Espionage and High Treason Wielder of the Axe Wears Evening Dress Polish Officer and German Woman Are Sentenced to Life Imprisonment BERLIN

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

The beautiful golden haired Baroness von Berg and Frau von Matzner were beheaded by the public executioner to-day for espionage and high-treason, Herr Hitler having refused appeals for clemency. Baron Sosnowski, a Polish…

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U.S. Gold Policy Upheld by Court Exchange Prices Rise Government Bondholders Disallowed to Sue WASHINGTON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

By a majority decision of five votes to four, the Supreme Court of the United States to-day upheld the monetary features of…

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"Man Tracks" with the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 7

Ion L. Idriesss new book to be published in 'March, is of frontier life, dealing mainly with stirring episodes in the pursuit of lawbreakers in…

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Fake Florins Found Police Search for Plant Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 4

Following a discovery yesterday in the long grass in a street at Strathfield of more than 60 spurious florins tied up in a large handkeschief, the…

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Hood-renown Collision Admrial and Two Captains to Be Court-martialled London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 8

As the result of the collision between H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Renown last month, Rear-Admiral Bailey and Captain Tower, of H.M.S. Hood…

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No Brands on Permit Police Report Case to the P.P. Board to Prosecute or Not to Prosecute

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Gundagai P.P. Board, a letter was received from the Sergeant of Police, Gundagai, re a permit…

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Two Men Sentenced Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

At the Darlinghurst Sessions today Arthur Norman Daws, 28, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for housebreaking…

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Bank Manager Charged £3000 Involved Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

At the Supreme Court to day Francis Edmund Power, aged 45 years, a former manager of the Barmera branch of the State Bank, was remanded for…

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Wheat Buyer Charged. Former Coolamon Business Man

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

District with interest was [?] is Police Court proceedings at Unga[?] on Thursday of last week, when [?]Gordon Cameron, a former…

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Two Aborigines Sentenced to 10 Years Alice Springs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 2

Found guilty of murdering an aborigine named Kaiumen, two other aborigines, Numberlin and Nangee, were sentenced to-day to 10 years'…

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Maori Woman Charged Threats During Seances Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

Describing the case as "one of the most extraordinary trials in thus or any other court," the Crown Prosecutor to-day opened the trial of a…

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District Court TO-DAY Before Judge Coyle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 7

Vaughan and Sargent proceeded against J. F. Bradley for £10/8/2 for alleged to be owing for professional fees…

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Consorting with Aborigines Brungle Black and White Youth in Court Convicted on Two Charges

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

At Gundagal Police Court on Friday last, before Messrs. C. Stribley and J. F. McLaughlin, J's.P., Alfred Edward Conway, aged 21, a…

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Shot in Cemetery While Pursued by Police Inquest Into Man's Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

The inquest was continued today into the death of Richard Augustus Thurling, of Sefton, who was shot dead while being pursued by police near…

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Wagga Murder Morey Protests His Innocence Prison Chief Visits Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 4

Edward Morey, who was convicted and sentenced to death foe the murder of Percy Smith, whose body was found in a chaff bag in the…

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Bankruptcy Court Public Examination

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 3

In the Bankruptcy Court, Murrumburrah on Tuesday, a public examination was made of Robert Masters Boyton, formerly, in business as a…

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Shares Stolen in Sydney Couple Charged in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

William Campbell, aged 37 years, and Madge Munro, aged 28 years, described as man and wife, were charged at the Wellington court…

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Herr Kisch Torchlight Procession No Police Action Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

There were reports yesterday that the Commissioner for Police (Sir Thomas Blamey) intended to stop the ki[?]h torchlight procession on…

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Case at Coota. Court Alleged Cruelty to Animal

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 4

John Hallinan, of Bethungra, for whom Mr. Sargent, of Cootamundra, appeared, pleaded ! guilty to cruelly ill-treating a dog by hitting it on the…

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Police Raid Calcutta Sweep at Ie Aroha Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 8

Police raided an establishment at Te Aroha on Friday night while a Calcutta sweep was being conducted on one of the big events at yesterday's…

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