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Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 92

MURDER Tamworth Murder TAMWORTH

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 2

The inquest on George Robt. King, 28, was opened by the Coroner today, Lionel John Roberts, 17, who had been charged with the murder…

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Murder Justifiable

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 3

Some foreign observers consider the extraordinary tenderness the Japanese authorities are displaying towards the assassins is partly due to…

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Vicarage Murder Alleged Statement

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 2

Charged with the murder of the (Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil at his vicarage in Fitzroy on December 12 last year, Edward Cornelius, 29,…

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"Petrified Maori" Showman Sent to Gaol

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 8

At the Yass Police Court Bronte Hodge, 30, a side showman, was sentenced to six months for falsely pretending that a certain figure shown…

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Garage Tragedy Charge of Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 13

John Leighton Massey, 21, mechanic, and Aubrey Potter, 22, mechanic, were committed for trial on a charge of murder from the City…

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New Police Chief Acting Inspector Comans

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

Sergeant Hill, who has been Acting Inspector of Police at Wagga since Inspector McIntosh's retirement, has been advised that Acting Inpector…

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Vicarage Murder Man Sent for Trial Evidence of Domestic Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

Edward Cornelius, aged 29 years, mechanic, was committed for trial at the City Court to-day on a charge of having murdered the Rev. Harold…

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Unusual Charge Conspiracy to Murder and Suicide Man Remanded for Sentence Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 5

Edward Miller, aged 39 years, motor engineer, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to-day to an unusual charge of having conspired with Violet Ada…

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£500 Damages Verdict Quashed by Full Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 6

The Full Court to-day set aside the previous decision and granted a nonsuit in the case in which Edward Septimus Moulton appealed against the…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 2

At the Leeton Police Court yesterday morning, John Boyd, 29, and William Smith, 33, were charged with using indecent language in…

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Police Warning

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 3

We have been asked by the police to warn persons having accounts at the local banks against giving cheque forms to strangers, as these…

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Licensing Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

At the Narandera Licensing Court on Tuesday last, Charles Walking applied for the transfer of the license of the Hotel "Victoria, Griffith,…

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Wrestling Police Stop Contest Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 6

The wrestling content between Tom Lurich and Hardy Kruskamp was stopped by the police at the Leichhardt Stadium last night shortly after it…

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Murder Charge Youth Sent for Trial Tamworth Shooting Tamworth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Lionel John Roberts, aged 17½ years, was committed for trial by the deputy coroner (Dr. A. M. Mactaggart) on a charge of murdering George Robert…

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Fatal Collision Two Die From Injuries Driver Car Driver Charged with Manslaughter Yass

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Jack Hatton, single, a carpenter, was riding a motor cycle into Yass last night with William Burden, married, a painter, son of a well known…

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Court Proceedings Against Hospital Patients Junee Board on the Warpath

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Possibly unique as far as Junee is concerned ,several expatients of the Junee and District Hospital last week found…

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Intent to Murder Two Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day, John Joseph Finnie, aged 31 years, laborer, was charged with having shot of William Bourigan with intent to…

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Police Court Friday, February 28 Drunks, Etc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions on Friday Gustav Peterson (68) was fined £1, in default two days, on a charge of drunkenness…

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Petrified Maori Leads to Gaol

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

At the Yass Police Court Bronte Hodge, 30, a sideshowman, who was arrested at the Show, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for…

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Border Police

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Difficulties in arresting promptly criminals who cross the border between Victoria and New South Wales will be obviated by an…

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