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Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 92

Theft Charges at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

At the Junee Police Court this week Edward Cahill, Thomas Gerald Connelly, tables Byrne and Lea Griffiths, all under 30 years, were sentenced to…

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Fined £5 Theft on Train

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

A fine of £5, in default 10 days' gaol, was imposed on Patrick Meaney, 60. when he pleaded guilty at the Goulburn Police Court to a…

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Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Francis J. Mathers was fined 5/- in addition to 8/- court coats, in default 48 hours, on a charge of falling to return his expired number plato…

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More Police Wanted Councillors Dissatisfied

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

AT THE Council meeting on on Tuesday night a letter was received from the Police Department, Sydney in reply to…

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Police Court Sequel to Store Bobberies William Charles Waiters' Committed for Trial One Case Remanded. Tuesday and Wednesday (Before Mr. J. A. Harris. P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

Wilfred Charles Watters was charged with then being in the shop of F. C. Gamer, and Co., did commit a felony therein, and steal £99/15/7,…

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Ex-Coolamon Resident Awarded Damages by Supreme Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

The bearing was Concluded recently of the action by Cornelius O’ Connor 6d. of Paddington and late of Coolamon, to recover £8000 damages from…

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Cyanide in Sugar and Salt Attempt on Youth's Life Mystery on Young Property: Police Probe Happenings Analyst's Sensational Report

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

Young police are endeavoring to learn who attempted to poison Benjamin Stephen Smyth, a young harvest hand on Euralle…

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Man Sentenced on Wedding Day

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

After Gordon Herbert Milton was convicted in the Adelaide Police Court on Thursday on a charge of stealing four pairs of boots, he asked that a…

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Police Escort Volunteers Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

A volunteer crew was engaged for the freighter Weeroon[?] to-day. To prevent a clash with the strikers, the licensed Seamen were brought on…

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More Police Wanted Leeton Complaint

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 3

Complaining that on occasion he saw 14 prisoners herded together in two small cells on a steaming hot day at the police station. Cr. Struck…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 3

Before Messrs. E. I. Cocks and S. Windrim. Js.P. Attempted Suicide Reginald Williams was charged with…

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Gilgandra Murder Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 2

Detectives are completely mystified at the murder yesterday of John Hewitt, aged 94, who was battered to death at Gilgandra…

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Prisoner Escapes Second Dash From Gaol Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

Breaking parole at Fanny Bay gaol late yesterday, Clive Robert Stewart, aged 26 years, escaped into the thick scrub. A night search conducted by a…

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Stavisky Frauds Men Sent to Gaol PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 4

THE heaviest sentences imposed on those found guilty of complicity in the frauds were terms of seven years each for Gustave Tissier,…

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Stavisky Frauds Men Sent to Gaol Basis

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

The heaviest sentences imposed on those found guilty of complicity in the frauds were terms of seven years each for Gustave Tissier, formerly…

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Narandera Police Court Sequel to Store Robberies

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

At the Narandera Police Court last week William Charles Watters was committed to stand his trial at the Narandera Quarter Sessions on…

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Police Court Wagga, Monday, January 20 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) By-law Breaches

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. H. R. Nutt, municipal impounding officer, proceeded against four residents of South Wagga for having allowed cows to stray. One of the…

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Prison for Debtors Reform in England No Gaol For Honest Men

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

Magistrates and their, clerks all over England are busy setting up the new machinery to prevent hard-up defendants from going to prison. The…

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Pensioner Charged Murder of Nonagenarian Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 3

Detective Sergeant McCarthy, of Sydney, assisted by local police, to-day concluded his inquiry into the death last Sunday of John Hewett, aged 92…

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Impounded at Cowra Alleged Case of Horse Stealing Grenfell Man Sentenced to Six Months at Forbes FORBES

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

Adjourned from last week's court, the hearing of the horse stealing charge against Robert Daniel Jefferies, occupied considerable time of…

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