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Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 92

Junee Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Motor Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 4

In the second week in January two motor care collided at Old Junee, with the result that William Newman, of Murrulebale, was charged with…

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Police Court Wagga, Monday, March 2. (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.m.) Adulterated Sausages

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

Geoffrey M'Garry was charged with having sold adulterated sausages. He pleaded guilty. Mr. D. E. Lewis, municipal health…

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Murderer's Appeal Dismissed by Full Court Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

Although it criticised Mr. Justice Brennan's summing up at the trial, and the Queensland Court of Criminal Appeal's reasons for dismissing the…

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Leg Cut Off Ghastly Accident on Hume Highway Victim in Critical Condition Car Driver Charged with Wanton Driving

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Terrible injuries were sustained by John Hatton, a single man employed in Canberra and resident in Yass, and his companion William…

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Big Murder Trial English Doctor Charged with Slaying of Wife Dismembered Bodies Found LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

The biggest murder trial in recent years began at the Manchester Assizes to-day. There was a surprise when. Dr. Buck Ruxton, who was recently…

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Young Grazier Charged with Manslaughter

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 2

Following an accident on Friday night on the Hume Highway, about two miles' from Yass, Bernard Ross Ryan, 26, grazier, was charged with…

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Murder Trial London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

THE biggest murder trial in recent years began at the Manchester Assizes. There was a surprise when Dr. Buck Ruxton,. who was…

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Showman Sentenced "Petrified Woman" Fraud on Public

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

There were two unique exhibits In Yass Court which are now the property of the police. One was what purported to be a coffln. Inside It was…

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Railway Porter Sentenced to Six Months SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

George Augustus wassail Armstrong, 45, railway porter, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to having embezzled £105 at Hornsby, the property…

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Six Months' Gaol Attempted Jewel Robbery SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions William James Ashcroft, aged 20 years, laborer, was sentenced to six months' Imprisonment on a charge of having…

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Six Months' Gaol Attempted Jewel Bobbery Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, William James Ashcroft, aged 26 years, laborer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having…

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Motor Revenue Big Quota for Police Dept. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) stated that, out" of the revenue to his department for the registration of motor vehicles…

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Motor Revenue Big Quota Fob Police Department Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) stated today that, out of the revenue to his department for the regulation of motor…

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Hume Highway Smash Missing Youth Found Police Opinion of Escapade "Spirit Op Adventure"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 5

Wandering aimlessly, quite lost and suffering slight concussion, the youth who sensationally decamped on a bicycle from a wrecked car on Monday…

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Sensational Charges In N.S.W. Legislative Assembly Starting Price Betting Demand For Inquiry Into Police Methods SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

Serious charges against the police in connection with starting price betting were made by members of both sides of the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. Lazzarini (Lab.), in moving for the appointment of a select…

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Railway Porter Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, George Augustus Mervyn Haffle, aged 45 years, railway porter, who had been in the service 25 years, was…

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Accountant Charged Alleged Thefts from Company

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

At the Wagga police court on Tuesday, Archie Firth Davey, accountant in the employ of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., at Wagga, was charged with…

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Titles Office Murder Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 7

Police tests with a special apparatus in Sydney police headquarters have revealed that James Edward Scriven, aged 64 years, who was shot down by…

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Police Court Thursday last—Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M. Breaches of Traffic Act

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Francis Boston was, proceeded against for failing to return a number plate within 3 days of expiry of certificate or registration…

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Warden’s Court Forfeiture of Tenement

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Complaint for declaration of forfeiture of tenement No. 92 (Ardlethan); Arthur Stuart Perrin v. Thomas Henry Smith for failure to…

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