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Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 88

Adelongites Before the Court Who Owned The Mixer

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 5

At the Adelong Police Court on Thursday last, Robert Clark Anderson Benson, was charged before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., that he did…

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Ganmain News. Ganmain Police Court Resisting the Police

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 5

Following complaints by local that residents, Sergt, McGeoch and Constable Phillips proceeded to an unemployed court at 11 p.m. on Friday last and…

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Woman Granted Divorce Husband Often in Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

Kathleen Teresa Campbell was to-day granted a divorce from her husband, Ernest Everald Lind[?]sy Campbell, on the ground of desertion, Mr…

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Police Court Tuesday, July 9 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Protected Animals' Case Dismissed

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

Thomas Coughlan was charged that one William James Sinclair did knowingly have in his possession certain protected animals, to wit, sixteen…

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Chain Letters Warhing Issued by Police SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

The Metropolitan Superintendent of Police (Mr. T. J. Lynch) to-day issued a warning to anyone having any connection whatever with the chain…

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Sudden Death on Tennis Court Mr. "Rex" Maiden

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 3

There was a sad happening at the Bethungra tennis courts last Sunday morning. A team was on the way out from Cootamundra to play…

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False Bail Alleged Woman and Two Men Charged With Conspiracy Hiding Places Said to Have Been Planned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Mrs. Mary Maxwell, aged 21 years, tie mother of three children; Alexander Rouse, aged 28 years, and his brother,…

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N.Z. Tragedy Coroner's Court Crowded Half-caste Girl's Death Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 4

[?] coroner's court was crowded to-day when the inquest was opened into the death of Mary Raymond, a half-castle girl whose decomposed body was…

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Charity Worker Charged Benevolent Society's Funds Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 1

Allegations that Mrs. Esther Patton, a well-known charity worker of Caulfield had made payments from the funds of the Benevolent Society for…

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Chain Letters Police Issue Warning Test Case Probable Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 6

The Metropolitan Superintendent of Police (Mr. T. J. Lynch) to-day issued a warning to anyone having any connection with the chain letter craze…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M. Alleged Wool Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 4

Sidney Ham[?]stead pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of dead wool, valued at £3, the property of George Thompson…

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Hearing Resumed Magistrate's Arm in Sling SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

The hearing of the charge against Patrick Brady for the alleged murder of James Smith was resumed at the Central Police, Court to-day…

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High Court Judgment Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

Judgment was given by the High Court to-day which held any bond holder drawing his interest in Australia on the fifty million dollar loan…

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Woman's Body Found Husband on Murder Charge Glen Innes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

The body of Mrs. Morella Hansen, aged 35 years was found near her home yesterday with serious head injuries. Her husband, Ernest Hansen,…

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Woman Fatally Stabbed Police Make Arrest Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

Stabbed in the abdomen, by a man who attacked her in the yard of her home at Fremantle yesterday, Mrs. Angelina Be, aged 57 years, the mother…

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Murder Trial Holmes' Alleged Statement Tendered

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 2

Crowds again thronged the precincts of Central Court yesterday, when the charge against Patrick Brady, of alleged murder of James…

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Ball-returning Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 2

The need for practice brought out the inventive genius of Mr. George M. Kendall, assistant principal of a girls' school at Peterborough (U.S.A.), and…

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Police Court Wagga, Monday, July 15 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Unregistered Pistol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 2

Elizabeth Wills was charged with having stolen a handbag, the property of Keencutters, Baylis street, valued at [?]. She was also charged with…

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High Court Judgment Australian Bonds in U.S. Interest Assessable Income Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 4

Judgment given by the High Court to-day held that any bondholder drawing his interest in Australia from the 50,000,000 dollar loan flouted by the…

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Tattooed Arm Case Sensational Statement Read by Police Allegedly Made by Holmes Reference to Death of James Smith SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 3

A sensational statement to the police, alleged to have been made by Reginald Holmes (now deceased), was read at the Central Police Court to-day on the resumption of the case in which Patrick Brady, aged 45 years, shearer,…

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