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Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 101

Police Rifle Shooting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 4

In the interstate Police rifle shooting at Williamstown yesterday, New South Wales successfully defended the Dunlop challenge shield. The…

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New Headquarters For Police £126,000 PLAN

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 3

The State Government is considering a proposal for the erection of new police headquarters on land in Liverpool Street adjacent to the…

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Coptic Monks Stay-in Strike Proceeds Police Action Ordered Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 5

A force of 250 policemen has been instructed to capture the monastery near Assuit in which the Coptic monks have been carrying on a stay-in strike…

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Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

Cecil Ronald Jelly, aged 25 years, was charged at the Wagga Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., with having stolen at Wagga a dress…

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Orchardist Charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

Shots fired in an orchard at Allandale, near Young, on February 9, resulted in Kenneth Thomas M'Mahon, aged 22 years,. orchardist, being…

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Theft of Watch

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

Edward Hanley, aged 48 years, a stranger to Wagga, was arrested for drunkenness at one o'clock on Saturday morning, and was taken to the…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Drunk and Disorderly

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

Frederick James Thomas pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 5/; in default, the rising of the court. (He had…

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Girl Disappears Police Fear Foul Play Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1
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Detectives have grave fears for the safety of Patricia Reardon, aged 8 years, who vanished yesterday from her tome in Essendon. After 20 hours…

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Police Raid Thirteen Arrests in St. Kilda Flat Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1

Raiding a that in St. Kilda-road, early this morning, a squad or gaming police arrested 13 men. They also seized nearly £1000 in cash…

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Davis Cut Revenue French Court Decides Against Tax Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 4

The Davis Cup contest is not an entertainment, but an event of national interest, was the judgment of the court, which decided against the Revenue…

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Assault Charge in Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 2

Sydney Aubrey Haddocks, 56, a Public Servant, was charged at the Central Court on Friday with having, at North Sydney, on March 1…

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Police Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions on Friday, Homy J. Carter was fined £1/10/, in default three days, on a charge of being found drunk in…

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Magistrate's Humane Action Gaol or Welfare Farm for Youth of Eighteen

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 4

The Police Magistrate, Mr. Harris, showed at Junee police court recently, that he tempers with his administration of the provisions of…

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Tenancy Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 3

William G. Pagden proceeded against Ernest S. Smith in the tenancy court on Thursday, for possession of premises occupied by Smith…

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Malicious Wounding 2 1/2 Years' Gaol SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

A sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment was imposed on John Joseph Abrahams, 18 years, wood turner, at the Quarter Sessions…

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Malicious Wounding Two and a Half Years' Gaol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

A sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment was imposed on John Joseph Abrahams, aged 18 years, wood turner, at the Quarter Sessions to-day…

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Alleged Stealing at Lockhart Drover Loses £75 BUT £53 Has Been Recovered

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

In the eyes of the world, Lockhart is a small place, but every now and then incidents occur which make the ordinary citizens gasp in…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 8, 1937 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) No Driver's License

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 7

Michael J. Lyons was charged with having driven a motor car in Baylis-street when he was not the holder of a driver's license. He pleaded guilty,…

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Wife Murder Alleged. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 1

The trial of William Frederick Brauer, aged 54 years, farmer, on a charge of having in October last murdered his wife, Wilhemina Mary…

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