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Courts & crime, 1936

1,822 stories in Riverina's papers · page 61 of 92

Race Broadcasts Equity Court Directions Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 12

Mr. Justice Nicholas in the Equity Court to-day directed that station 2UW, Cyril Angles, race broadcaster, and George Taylor, defendants in the…

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Murder Charge Wife Who Loved Another Man Statement by Accused Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 10

A tragedy which followed the disclosure by a wife that she was in love with another man had its sequel in the Bendigo Supreme Court to-day…

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Riverina Haulers Court Proceedings Adjournment-application Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 5

Two prosecutions against Riverina road haulers for operating without transport liceness are listed for hearing in the District court on Thursday…

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Governor of Gibraltar Warns Inhabitants Must Not Display Sympathy With Either Side in Spanish War Pope Protests Against Murder of Priests Rebels Surrounding Badajoz London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 1

The Governor of Gibraltar has warned every [?]tant of the Rock to retrain from abusing British hospitality by publicly…

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Murder Trial Ends Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 4

After a retirement of an hour the jury at the Criminal Court to-day re­turned a verdict of not guilty on the grounds of temporary insanity in the…

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Skin Thefts Alleged Four Men Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 8

When four men appeared at the Parramatta Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen fox, opossum and other skins, the police alleged that…

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Swallowed Steel Prisoner Moved From Gaol to Hospital Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 1

Robert Twomey, aged 27 years, has been removed from Pentridge Gaol to the Royal Melbourne Hospital seriously ill with four or five pieces of…

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Armed Assault Alleged Man Acquitted by Jury "Unsafe to Convict" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 3

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Arthur Kingsley Taplin, aged 21 years, was charged with having, while armed with a revolver, assaulted Charles…

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Betting Inquiry Commissioner's Comment on Police Visit Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 8

When Mr. Windeyer, K.C., was addressing the Royal Commission inquiring into starting price betting to-day he referred to the visit by the…

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Adulterated Milk Police Court Cases

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

At the Coolamon Police Court today, Herbert Stead was charged with conducting an unregistered dairy and with selling adulterated milk…

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Whisky Theft at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 4

Interest in Junee is centred in the theft of a case of whisky, one of three consignments to Wilbrigie Station. The whisky was taken at Junee. Detective…

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Items of News Theft of Oil Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 4

On charges of having maliciously damaged a drum of oil, the property of the Texas Oil Co., Wagga, and of having stolen a quantity of oil,…

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Police Court Tuesday, August 11 (Before Mr. J. H. Harris, P.m.) Failing to Suppress Rabbits

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 6

John T. Bean v. Robert Davis, failing to suppress rabbits on his property, kown as West End, Yends. Mr. O. O. H. Dangar appeared for…

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Local and General Hospital Tennis Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. P. Cleary, one of the working bee at the hospital tennis court, is an all-round handy man, and particularly at carpentering and painting…

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Berlin Olympiad Oliver Qualifies in 100 Metres Backstroke N.S.W. Police Finish Fourth in Rowing Heat Pat Norton Eliminated in Semi-Final BERLIN

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 4

Finishing with something in reserve, Percy Oliver (Australia) gained second place in the fifth heat of the 100 metres backstroke at the Olympic Games to-day and qualified for the semi-finals…

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Triangle Tragedy Husband Who Killed Third Party Sentenced Increased Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 1

The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day increased the sentence imposed on James Richard Geddes for man-slaughter from one year with hard…

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Armed Robbery Court Dismisses Appeal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 10

The Court of Criminal Appeals to­-day dismissed the appeals of Leslie George Knight, aged 21 years, and Henry Joseph Brignall, aged 20 years,…

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Actors Award Arbitration Court Hears Claims Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 10

Chief Judge Dethridge in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day began the hearing of the claim of Actors' Equity of Australia, for a…

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S.P. Betting Police Agents Unreliable Counsels' Allegations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 8

"Every time we have had police agents here they have been proved to be absolutely unreliable," said Mr. Cassidy, K.C. (for three M'sL.A.),…

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Film Stars Court Case Los Angeles (U.s.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 5

A settlement of the suit involving the film star, Mary Astor, provides that the mother shall have the child, Mari[?], for the nine school months…

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