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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 88

Police Cordon' Round Suspects Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 4

The police have thrown a cordon around two men who are believed to have carried out a series of robberies in East Gippsland. The men are expert…

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Circuit Court (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Maxwell) Finley Tragedy Father Surged with Murder Found Not Guilty on Ground of Insanity

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 2

The annual sittings of the Circuit Court were opened yesterday before His Honor Mr. Justice Maxwell and juries…

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Coining Plant Chance Discovery by Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 4

Detectives to-day thought they recognised a well-known Melbourne criminal in Campbell street. Taking him to the police station they searched…

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Woman Claims £500 Alleged Breach of Promise Letters Read in Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 1

At the Supreme Court to-day Phyllis Martha Torrens claimed £500 from Christine James Moller, of Gympie (Queensland), for alleged breach of…

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Anzac Day Celebrations Sixty-Three Special Trains Arranged Loyal Address to King Charge Against Ex-Police Official With drawn and Fresh Allegation Made SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 4

The Deputy Premier (Col. Bruxner) informed the Legislative Assembly to-day that the Government's decision to carry ex-soldiers by rail from all parts of the State to enable them to attend the Anzac Day…

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Theft of £1800 Manager Sent to Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Edgar Hartley M'Call, aged 36 years, a company manager, was sentenced to 28 months' imprisonment for the there…

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Farmer's Death Youth Charged with Murder Present at Inquest Girls' Extraordinary Story SCONE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

The inquest opened to-day concerning the death of Ernest Bruce Fenwick, aged 40 years, a well-known dairy farmer, who was found fatally…

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Police Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

An innovation so far as Wagga is concerned will be the police ball, which will be held at the Kyeamba Smith Hall on May 1. The function…

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The Police Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 2

The Police Ball to be held at the Kyeamba Smith Hall on May 1 promises to be an immense success, and arrangements are already well in…

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Finley Murder Trial Grounds of Insanity Upheld

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 8

At the Narandera Clacuit Court on Wednesday, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the grounds of insanity, in the case in which…

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Architect's Death Young Wife and Chauffeur Each Claims Responsibility for Murder LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 3

The story of a love intrigue between a Bournemouth woman and her chauffeur, ending in the murder of her husband, which they both declared…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, P.M. Car, Registration

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 4

Jacob Whitfield pleaded guilty to falling to return an expired motor car registration Defendant: It has been registered…

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Murder Charge Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 6

Charles William Price (alias Edwards), teamster, aged 42 years, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having murdered Evelyn…

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Narrandera Circuit Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

In the Narrandera, Circuit Court, before Mr. Justice Maxwell, verdicts of not guilty were returned in the cases in which Francis Burdett Burgoyne,…

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Supreme Court Under Lock and Key Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 6

The racehorse, Supreme Court, recently in Australia, has entered 3. Fryer's stable at Hewera. There is still an clement of drama about the…

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Car Over Cliff Hospital Patient Guarded by Police Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

While cruising at Naremburn last night, the Police Wireless Patrol was informed, that a car had run over a cliff and had been wrecked. This…

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Urana Police Court

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Before Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., on April 5, Henry Joseph Walden (33), Jim Johnson (43), and Henry Elliott (60), were charged…

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Syrian Sentenced Bankruptcy Act Breaches Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court to-day sentenced Charles Joseph Tannaus, a Syrian hawker, to three months' gaol on three charges…

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Family Murder Verdict of Insanity Found

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

After a retirement of two hours, the jury on Thursday at the Narrandera Court returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity…

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Murder Charge Domestic Dispute Ends in Tragedy Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Shot over the heart with a charge from a shotgun, Fitzharding Murton, aged 45 years, of Wombat Flat, near Daylesford, died shortly afterwards…

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