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Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 88

Faint in Court Mother and Daughter Young Woman Bound Over Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 2

During the hearing of a charge against a girl of having stolen property worth £90 from her mother, both women collapsed at the North Sydney…

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£10,000 Missing Canberra Mail Case Accused Man Before Court Alleged Accomplice as Witness SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 2

Joseph Harold Ryan, aged 34 years, appeared at the Quarter Sessions today on a charge of having on May 1, 1931, at Queanbeyan, stolen £10,000…

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Murder Trial Four Men Charged at Perth Woman's Story Midnight Visit to Bathroom PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 4

The hearing of the charge of murder against Charles Silverman, aged 44 years tailor. Stanley Thomas Flynn aged 26 years, laborer, Cyril Thomas…

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Canberra Mail Case £10,000 Theft Alleged Ryan-trial Resumed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 1

The trial of Joseph Harold Ryan, aged 34 years, on a charge of having stolen. £10,000, the property of the Commonwealth Bank, at Queanbeyan…

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Police Court Cases

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 1

A special sitting of the Hillston Police Court was held on 24th and 25th July, 1935, before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., when the following cases…

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Police Court Tumbarumba, July 25 Before Mr, C. W. Swiney, P.M.

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 1

Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., had a comparatively short day at the Tumbarumba Police Court on the occasion of his bi-monthly visit on…

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Perth Murder Trial Woman's Alleged Statement Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 4

A statement alleged to have been made by Mrs. Pearl White, was produced by Detective-Sergeant Cowie today at the trial of Charles Silverman,…

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Byron Presented to Police Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 8

Byron, after his poor showing in the Sunset Welter at Moonee Valley on Saturday, was immediately retired. The gelding has been presented to the…

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The Carberry—quilty Case a Hearing in the State Full Court SYDNEY

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 4

An action by Joseph Daniel Carberry, of Gundagai, against John James Higgins Gardiner, Edward Quilty, and Phoebe…

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District Court (Before His Honor Acting Judge Lloyd and a Jury of Four) Wagga, Wednesday , JULY 31, 1935 Claim for Work Done

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 2

John Matthew Peacock claimed £67/10/ from Herbert Piper for fallowing alleged to have been done by him on the property of the defendant…

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Perth Murder Case Four Men Committed Jewel Robbery Confessed PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

Giving evidence for the prosecution at the police court hearing of the case in which four men are charged with the murder of Edgar Whitfield…

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Brutal Murder Professor Mutilated with Pen-knife Allegedly by Wife's Suitor Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

Walter Bauer, Professor of Chemistry at the Ohio University, who was abducted, it is believed, by one of his wife's rejected suitors, was so badly…

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Alleged Abduction Police Charge Withdrawn Couple Were Married Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

A charge of abduction laid against Angell Petroff, a Bulgarian basketshoe manufacturer, was withdrawn at the Fitzroy Court to-day. The…

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Le Court Harding Likely Albury Double for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 8

Indications are that the benefit meeting of the Albury Racing Club to be held to-morrow will prove most successful from both a racing and…

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District Court Wagga: Thursday, August 1, 1935 (Before His Honor acting-Judge Lloyd) Dispute Over a Horse

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

Peter John Hughes, of Junee Reefs, claimed £100 from A. P. Wade, of Randwick and formerly of Borambola, in connection with an alleged breach…

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Four Men Committed Murder Charges in Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 3

Each of the four men charged with the wilful murder of Arthur Elgar Whitfield caretaker at Messrs Garis Bros jewellery show, on the night of…

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Charred Bones Found Queensland Murder Mystery Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 2

Human bones, believed to have bee those of Ora Howard Mils, a timber-getter, who had been missing for several weeks from Boonah…

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Murder and Suicide Russian Shoots House-maid SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 2

Side-stepping a sw[?] advancing motor car, the driver of which had endeavored to frustrate the cold-blooded crime, a man shot dead…

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Wagga District Court (Before Acting Justice Lloyd) Car Smash Damages

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 8

In Wagga District Court on Thursday, a[?]ng out of insurance claims in a motor car smash Eric Leslie Angel proceed against Donald…

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Another Burglary

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 3

Cootamundra police are investigating a robbery which took place last night at Murray Bros. store. The front door was forced open, and…

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