Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 92

Police Court To-day Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain P.M. Betting Case

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

Timothy Maher pleaded guilty to a charge of a breach of the Totalisator Act. Mr. H. L. Kinsey appeared for the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Stealing Charge Three Men Committed For Trial at Orange

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 2

Richard Brooking, 48 miner, Herbert Edwin Wright, 37, miner, and William Ernest Smith, 35, painter, were committed for trial at Orange on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Vicarage Murder Appeal Against Death Sentence Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 2

An appeal on behalf of Edward Cornelius, aged 29 years, who was sentenced to death for the murder of the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil at St…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Investigating London Death London

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

The police are investigating the death of Mrs. Beatrice Sutton, who was separated from her husband twenty years ago. Her two sons are farming…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Man Before Court MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 1

At the City Court to-day Herbert Kopet, 23, laborer, was charged with having murdered Edward speering, on the Rockhampton train, near…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Court Monday, April 6, 1936 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Cases Against Butchers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 6

D. E. Lewis, municipal health inspector, proceeded against Ellen Byrnes for having sold minced meat which was in contravention of the Pure Food Act…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Items of News Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

At the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., the licence of the Farmers' Home Hotel, Wagga, was transferred from…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sensational Chase Police Pursue Youths Till Car Crashes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

A sensational chase took place early this morning when the police car started off in pursuit of another car containing six youths. It was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man Attacks Intruder And Marches Him to Police Station BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

Brisbane Patrick Loughlin, a resident of Burleigh Heads, was awakened this morning by a sound of screws being turned in his room at the rear of his…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Train Murders Suspect Remanded Police Escort from Brisbane Awaited MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

At the City Court to-day Herbert Kopet, aged 23 years, laborer, was charged with having murdered Edward Speering on the Rockhampton…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

S.P. Betting Crown Widens Scope of Commission Charges Against Police Officer SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

The Royal Commission inquiring into starting price betting resumed its sittings to-day. Judge Markell said that in view of the serious charges…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Orphan Children in Custody of Convent High Court Refuses Appeal SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

The High Court to-day, by a majority refused special leave to appear by Alfred Uren and Alberta Louisa Uren, of Lower Portland,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Forty Hours' Pay for Thirty Hours Week Outside Court Limit, Says Judge Beeby MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 5

"Forty hours pay for a 30-hour week is outside the limit which the court can consider in providing payment for the idle time of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Stealing from Police Station Three Men Sentenced to 3 Months Goal

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

At the Ardlethan Police Court on Monday morning, before Messrs E. J. Davoren, J. Easdown and E. C. Knight’s J’s.P., John Allen…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tumut Stealing Case Before The Court Yesterday

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

At the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., James Parker was charged with stealing one crow bar, one…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Ardlethan Police

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

Mr. R. H. Hankinson, M.L.A., forwards us a copy of the following letter which he has received from the Secretary to the Commissioner…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Campaign Launched by N.s.w. Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

THE unveiling of the Police Safety Campaign poster over the Toll Gates of the Sydney Harbour Bridge last week by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, was the signal for the commencement of an intensive" State-wide campaign for road safety…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Inebriates Sentenced to a Dose of Castor Oil Each Making the Punishment Fit the Crime

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

Seven delinquents in an American court, charged with intoxication in New Year revels, were sentenced to fines with the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Burglar Menace Absence of Adequate Police Protection

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

LEETON pays its full share of the hundred millions a year it costs the ratepayers of Australia for the misgovernment of this country,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Push Bicycles Must Have Lights Warning Issued By Police

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 7

The police have instructed us to issue a warning to all owners of bicycles, and to request them to have affixed to their machines lights and…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →