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Courts & crime, 1935

1,747 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 88

Wall Street Panic Checked by Reserve Bank Buying Francs Apprehension Concerning Court Decision New Yoke

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

A situation rapidly approaching a panic on the Foreign Exchange Market was checked to-day, when the Federal Reserve Bank, acting…

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Suffocated Girl Murder Case

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Facts revealed by the autopsy on the body of the murdered girl, Ethel Belshaw, of Tarwin Meadows, Vic., prove beyond doubt that she…

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Sentenced to Death and Fined Madrid

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Sergeant Vazquez, the ringleader of the recent revolt, to-day was sentenced to death, and fined £1,400,000. This is the heaviest sentence ever…

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Shocking Crime Near Seymour Youth Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

With his hands and feet tightly bound, a large stone tied to his wrists, and a shot wound in the back of the head, the body of James Ross, aged 23…

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Police Court Tuesday, January 15 (Betore Mr. J. A. Harris', P.m.) Removing Wood Off Crown Land

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

Thomas M. Woolnough v. Ernest Sims, removing timber from Crown land without a license. Mr. Coogan appeared for defendant…

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Police Raids Wagga and Junee Activities

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

For some time the Wagga police have at intervals raided licensed premises at Junee. Recently the Junee police raided the Junee hotels after…

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An Escapee Cootamundra Gaol Sensation Outside Assistance Prison Bar Sawn Through Then Over the Wall! Chrysler Car Missing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

A prisoner recently arrested at Stockinbingal, and awaiting trial at the Young Quartet Sessions on 12th prox., on charges of alleged false…

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Contempt of Court Seven Days for Remark Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at tho Central Court to-day, sentenced William Cottman to seven days imprisonment for contempt of court…

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Young Robber Police Arrest Boy of 14 Nine Burglaries Cleared Up

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

No less than recent robberies in Griffith (town and district) were cleared up on Monday night, when the police…

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Daring Break From Cootamundra Gaol Iron Bar Sawn By Prisoner's Accomplice Escape in Stolen Car More Stories of Tragedy and Crime COOTAMUNDRA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

A prisoner recently arrested at Stockinbingal, and awaiting trial at the Young Sessions on February 12 on charges of false pretences and cashing of cheques, made a sensational escape from Cootamundra gaol between the…

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Inverlock Tragedy Police Confident Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

After interviewing over 3000 people, the detectives now believe they have a strong clue which may lead to apprehension of the murderer of…

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Police Punished Hungarian Sequel to Assassinations Geneva

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

Claiming to have now carried out the obligations laid down by the League of Nations, a Hungarian memorandum reports that five police…

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Sir Philip Game May Be Police Commissioner London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

The "Daily Herald" states that the former Governor of New South Wales (Sir Philip Game) is mentioned as a possible successor to Lord Trenchard…

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Queensland Shooting Wife Charged with Murder Alleged Argument Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

Following Hie discovery of her husband, Henry Dunn Banfield, dead from a bullet wound in the back of the head, Louisa Matilda Banfield, 42, was…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. J. A. A. Balmain, P.M. Clarkson Before Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

John Kinglsey Clarkson pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally using a Plymouth car, the property of York Motors, Ltd…

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Lindbergh Murder Trial of Hauptmann Wife Causes Scene in Court Dr. Condon's Address

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

FLEMINGTON (New Jersey) Saturday. —At the trial of Bernard Richard Hauptmann on a charge of the murder of Colonel Lindbergh's baby,…

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Factory Fire Man Charged with Arson

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.— A man allegedly bent on vengeance, smashed the show windows in A. and J. Watt's furniture warehouse in…

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Inverloch Murder Police Have New Clue Search for Young Man Seen Caressing Girl Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

Alter nearly three weeks of intensive investigation, police believe they have obtained a clue to the murderer of Ethel Belshaw,…

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English Cricketer Charged with Manslaughter London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 6

The death has occurred in hospital of Dennis Moysey, aged 19 years, one of the two youths on a motor cycle with which the motor car of the…

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Girl Seriously Injured When Escaping From Gaol Dubbo

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 2

While on remand on a charge of vagrancy. 17-year-old girl scaled a 20-foot wall at Dubbo gaol, and was discovered later seriously injured…

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