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Courts & crime, 1937

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Police Claim Damages Writs for £130,000 Issued SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

Writs claiming altogether £130,000 were issued yesterday against, the New South Wales Government by 13 members of the police force who were…

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Solicitor Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

Alexander Stanley Gourlay, aged 48 years, a solicitor who pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday to 24 charges involving misappropriation…

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Terrorism Alleged Colored Man Charged Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 5

That three colored men had terrorised the whole district and that women were afraid to remain at home without their husbands, was alleged…

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M.L.A. Sued Judge Threatens Gaol Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 5

On the application of Mr. L. J. Stark, solicitor for Dee Jay Boxes (Victoria) Pty., Ltd., Judge Wasley in the County Court to-day made an order against…

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Thirteen Writs by Dismissed Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

The Under Secretary for Justice (Mr. Nott) having been appointed nominal defendant to actions against the Government by the dismissed…

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Death of Two Children Mother for Trial on Murder Charge Doctor Refuses to Answer Questions ALBURY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 5

Poignant scenes marked the inquest held at the Wodonga (V.) Court House to-day, when the story, of a tragedy at Leneva, a pretty…

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Jockey Sentenced for Theft

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 2

Leo James Daniels, 25, a jockey, who gave his address as Cheltenham, Melbourne, was on Friday, at Wagga, sentenced to nine months…

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Theft of £545 Two Committed For Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

Charged at Young Court with breaking, entering, and stealing, a charge involving £543, Muriel Edna Goodlock told the court, "I intend…

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Police Court (To-day.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Malicious Damage

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

Albert McCormack pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging one plate-glass door panel, the property of the Commissioner for Railways, doing damage…

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Police Claim for Damages Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

When the Executive Council meets on Wednesday, a nominal defendant to actions against the Government for £130,000 damages, by dismissed police,…

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Balranald Tragedy Verdict of Murder and Suicide Balranald

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 1

At an inquest into the deaths of Miss Jean Reid, aged 17 years, and Robert Leslie Crees, aged 43 years, laborer, married, who were found dead…

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Robbery at Young Woman Charged with Burglary Young

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

In connection with the investigation into the robbery of £545 from the Town Hall sundae shop, at Young, on January 28, Detectives Humphries, of…

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Wheat Stealing Charge Defendant Convicted and Fined £30

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 8

At Corowa on Tuesday last, before Mr S. A. Thornley, relieving P.M., Rudolf Daniel Dalitz, of Oakuands, was charged with having…

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Police Appeal Adjourned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

On the application of counsel, the appeal of Sergeant Jennings arising out of the report of the Royal Commission on starting price betting was…

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Settlement Problem Professor Outspoken Governments Charged with Indifference About Classifying Lands

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

Speaking at the School of Political Science in Canberra recently, Professor S. M. Wadham, Dean of the faculty, of Agriculture at Melbourne…

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Three Years' Gaol Motorist's Callousness Couple Killed on Eve of Wedding Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

Three years' imprisonment with hard labor was imposed on William Henry Day, who was convicted of the manslaughter of Rex Oliver and his…

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Bits & Pieces Nights Off in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 3

Illustrating the truth of the philosophy that "stone walls do not a prison make," it is revealed that prisoners onthe island of .Guernsey, in the…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Theft of 330 Sheep West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

District wide interest was displayed in proceedings in the West Wyalong Police Court, when Thomas. Leslie Nicholson, a well-known resident of…

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Torture Allegations Japanese Police Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 4

There was a sensation in the House of Peers when Mr. Kischichi Kokubo, a septuagenarian who has been twice Imprisoned for political activity, drew…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 2

Mr. R. Dona[?]son, Police Magistrate, presided at the Hillston Police Court, when the following cases were dealt with…

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