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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 88

Man Killed Murder Charge Against Two Men Contradictory Stories Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 4

Contradictory stories were told by Alfred Wright, aged 26 years, laborer, and Alexander M'Carthy, aged 31 years, laborer, in the Criminal Court…

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Unique Court Held in Leper Ward Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 4

A court was held in the leper ward of the Darwin Hospital to-day, when the evidence of an aborigine was taken in a case in which three other…

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"Clear Contempt" Sun Newspapers Fined £200 High Court Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 1

The Full bench of the High Court of Australia to-day fined Sun Newspapers Ltd. £200 and the editor, Thomas Dunbabin, £50. Their…

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Police Court Tuesday, May 28 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris. P.m.) Found on Licensed Premises

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 4

Francis George Sommers, Len Clark, Norman Hagen, Thomas A. Nolan, Thomas Baker, and Timothy Daley were charged with being found…

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Police Stations. May Be Closed

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 5

We understand that the Grong Grong and possibly Marrar police station are to be closed. This action is contemplated for…

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Many Petty Thefts Police Make Inquiries

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 3

DURING the past three or four weeks the police of Leeton have received a lot of complaints about petty stealing…

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Disturbance at a Dance Two Girls Insulted and Assaulted Two Defendants Charged Stouch and Language Also Salutary Fines Imposed

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 1

Messrs R. L. Blakeney and Moreton J. Colyer. J's. P.. presided on the Bench at the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday last, when two…

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Transport Case Wagga Appeal Transferred To Come Before High Court SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 2

The High Court to-day granted an application on behalf of the New South Wales Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways that the…

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Municipal Valuation Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 8

At the Wagga court house yesterday, Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., presided over a valuation court for the purpose of hearing objections against the…

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New Police PoItcy Closing Country Stations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 6

Protests are being made from all parts of the country against the new police of the Commissioner of Police in closing country stations…

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Municipal Valuation Court Urban Lands Definition

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 4

The Municipal Valuation Court for the purpose of hearing objections against the municipal valuations of rateable lands was presided over in…

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Transport Case Appeal to Come Before High Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 2

The High Court in Sydney on Thursday granted an application on behalf of the N.S.W. Commissioner for Road Transport that the case…

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Sensational Story Revealed by Police Plot to Rob Ballarat Bank Bribes Offered Constables Two Arrests Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 10

Two arrests were made late yesterday following inquiries which have engaged the attention of detectives in Melbourne, Ballarat, and other…

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Murder of Architect Wife Acquitted Chauffeur Sentenced to Death London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

"I am content that they have set free. Whatever happens to me does not matter," said George Percy Stoner, aged 19 years, chauffeur, to…

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Thief Forced to ’Phone Police SYDNEY

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 3

When nightwatchman Robert Stapleton looked through a window of Elridge’s shop at Newtown, early yesterday…

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Municipal Valuation Court Rural Farm Lands Appeals by Ratepayers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 3

Important decisions regarding the application of the provisions in the Act relating to the rating of urban farm lands in the Wagga Municipality…

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Watchman's Resource Makes Suspect Call Police Arrest at Gun-point Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

There was a dramatic gun-point arrest at Newtown this morning when a thief is alleged to have been forced to ring the police station and inform…

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Bankruptcy Court Sydney a Gundagai Case. (Before Mr. Justice Lukin.) Applications to Set Aside Bankruptcy Notice

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 2

Re Edward Quilty. Ex-parte Joseph Daniel Carberry. Application dismisesd with costs. Mr. Hungerford (instructed by Mr…

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Police Retrenchment a Protest (To the Editor)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 2

Sir,—Kindly allow me to voice my protest at the injustice of the Police Department in closing a number of Police Stations at country…

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Woman's Body Found Wedged Under Wharf Murder Suspected Parallel to Albury Crime! Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

The body of a young woman, badly decomposed, was found wedged under a pile of the Tanaki wharf today. There is no doubt that she was…

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