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Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 92

Set Tram Going After Attack on Conductor Assault Alleged Against Youths SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 2

Evidence relating to a run-away tram, and the alleged assault of its conductor, was given at the Redfern Court to-day when Eric Taylor, aged…

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Coolamon Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 2

At the Coolamon police court Adolph Albert Henseleit was fined £3 and ordered to pay 8/ costs for having destroyed 14 pine trees on a public road…

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Apprentices' Pay Important Court Ruling Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 2

Questions concerning the payment of apprentices who have reached the age of 21 years were determined by Judge Thompson in the District Court…

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Suicide Pact Ex-police Trainee Bound Over Jury's Three Verdicts Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 2

Finality was reached to-day in the case in which Lachlan M'Lachlan, ex-police trainee, was charged with having murdered George Vickers, also an…

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Alleged Stealing and Abduction

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 2

When Lancelot Frederick Waldron Monziea, a man that came to Tumbarumba about six months ago, left on Saturday he took with him a suit of…

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Tumbarumba Police Court Thursday, May 21 Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 1

For falling to cause children to attend school, three parents were proceeded against and fined at the Police Court last Thursday…

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Brutal Murder Aged Woman Attacked Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Anne Deas, aged 70 years, the victim of a brutal assault at her cottage in Ronald Avenue, and Warrawee, on May 13, died in the Hornsby…

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Appeal in Carberry guilty Case Court Reserves -Its Decision

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

The final stages of the long [?] battles, which has become known throughout the Gundagai district as “the Ca[?]berry [?] Case" were entered in Sydney, on Monday, when the State Full Court comprising the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick [?], Mr. Justice…

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Police Court Tuesday, May 26 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Charge of Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

William Charles Edward Millard (33) was charged with stealing a razor, of the value of 5/, the property of William Henry Murphy, on or…

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Telegraphic News SYDNEY, Friday Solicitor Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 7

Harold York Thompson, 35, solicitor, who mysteriously disappeared and was later found at Broken Hill, was to-day charged in Sydney with…

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King Alexander Murder Echo Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

Following a communication from the Jugoslay Government the Austrian police have arrested a business man suspected of being a participant in…

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Wool Scourer's License Police Oppose Application

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 5

AN application by William J. Hazelton for a Wool Hides and Skins Dealer's license, which came before Mr. Harris, P.M., at…

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P.P. Boards Country Police Patrols Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 6

THE Pastures Protection Board conference discussed a motion, from the Wagga Board recommending that permit inspectors be granted…

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S.P. Betting Question of False Evidence Request Made on Behalf of Police SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

When the Starting-Price Hewing Commission was resumed to-day Mi Lloyd, who appeared for the Police Association, said that, after examining…

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Gundagai P. P. Board Police and Permits Discussed at Last Meeting Mr. John Elliot Elected Chairman

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Gundagai P. P. Board was held on Friday Inst. Those present were Directors J. Elliot (chair), S. Glass…

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P.P. Boards Conference Accepts Wagga Recommendation Country Police Patrols Rural Bank and Arrears of Rates SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

The Pastures Protection Board conference to-day discussed a motion from the Wagga Board recommending that permit inspectors be granted power to…

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Forty Hours Prime Minister's Offer of Arbitration Court Inquiry A.C.T.U. President Critical Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

The announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) that the Federal Government would welcome an application by the trades unions to nave…

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Nurse Imprisoned Theft From Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 7

May Brown, aged 44 years, nurse of Dandenong road, Windsor, was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 months by Mr. Justice Lowe in the Criminal…

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Wagga Police Court Wagga, Friday, May 29 (Before Mr.M. A. Harris, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 7

Stanley Roy Lugton on Monday pleaded guilty to having stolen a lady's costume valued at £2/5/. He was remanded for sentence until yesterday,…

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Murder of Authoress New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 7

John Fiorenza, aged 24 years, an upholsterer's assistant, was to-day found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Nancy Titterton, well-known writer of…

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