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Courts & crime, 1935

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Lindberg Baby Murder Trial Of Hauptmann Dramatic Court Scenes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

What United States newspapers describe as "the greatest trial of the century" opened at Flemington (New Jersey) on Wednesday with the…

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Albury Woman Child Murder Charge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 12

Charged with the murder of her child, Mary Alice Clara Stevens, 23, of Albury, was again remanded the Melbourne City Court on Thursday…

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Police Chief Rumors Denied

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 9

A report current in police circles, that a special claim to the post of Commissioner, shortly to be vacated when Mr. Childs takes the usual…

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South Australian Murder Investigations Unavailing Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

Police investigations into the murder of Mrs. Dora Figg and four children near Mylor last month have been without result, according to the…

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Lindbergh Baby Murder Trial What the Father Heard Flemington (N.j.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

Although little that bad not so far been revealed has entered the trial of the "Lindbergh baby, an extraordinary atmosphere of tragic expectancy…

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Unsolved Murders Victorian Police Baffled Victims Women and Girls

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 14

In 10 years there have been five unsolved murders in Victoria, in which the victims were either young girls or women. In each case the…

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Three Men Charged SYDNEY, Later

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Three men were charged at the Redfern Court to-day in connection with Saturday's disturbance at Waterloo…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain P.M. Case Adjourned

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

The cam in which A. V. Mahou with J. T. Shea as garnishee, was adjourned untill January 21…

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Melbourne Murder Definite Clues MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

For the first time since the discovery of the body of Ethel Belshaw of Tarwin Meadows, in the tea tree scrub at Inverloch, on Wednesday,…

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Melbourne Murder Definite Clues May Assist Detectives Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

For the £rst time since the discov-ery of the body of Ethel Belshaw, of Tarwin Meadows, in the tea-tree scrub at Inverloch, on Wednesday, the…

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Albury Murder Det.-sergeant M'rae in Wagga Mystery Trip

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

As the result of the numerous visits made to Wagga by Detective Sergeant M'Rae in connection with the Percy Smith murder and the Albury culvert…

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Shooting of Constable Two Men Before Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

At the Parramatta Court to-day James Lucas, 46, dole worker, appeared on three charges following the shooting of Constable John Tucker…

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Intensive Man Hunt for Three Burglars Police Constable Shot Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

When attempting to apprehend three burglars at Bargo early this morning Constable John Packer Arthurson, aged 32 years, was shot in .the lower…

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Wild Rioting in Sydney Streets Courageous Girl Protects Brother From Mob Many Injured in Brawls Police Have Hard Tasks to Quell Disturbances SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Many people were injured yesterday in several of the wildest street fights in Sydney for many years. The police had a rough time trying to quell the disturbances. It was a case of the devil finding employment for idle hands…

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Police Court Friday, January 4 DRUNK

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

Stephen Boyce (36) was fined 10s, in default one day, on a charge of drunkenness. ALLEGED STEALING…

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Police Paddock for Lease

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

The district surveyor (Mr J. J. Baker) announces that the former police paddock, near the Wagga saleyards, is available for special lease in…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, January 7, 1935 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m) Bed Clothing Stolen

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Frank Sutton Voase was charged with having stolen two sheets and three bedspreads in September, the property of Welwyn Hospital, Wagga,…

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Constable Shot in Affray at Bargo Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

"The allegation is that the defendant held a revolver against a constable's abdomen and shot him," declared the police prosecutor at the…

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African Tribesmen. Ritual Murder of Englishman. Dance After Death

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

The ritual murder of Mr. Theodore Powys, son of Mr. T. F. Powys the novelist, by Samburu warriors on the sheep farm owned by Lady…

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Albury Murder Man Interviewed by C.I.B. SYDNEY

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

Officers of the C.I.B. yesterday interviewed a man in connection with the Albury murder, but it is not known whether any useful…

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