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Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 101

Millie Creek Murder Police Search for Victim’s Car Robbery Believed to Be Motive for Crime

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 4

In their search for the murderers of Ernest H. Brown, aged 53 years, wool classer, police are looking for a chocolate and cream colored Auburn…

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Millie Greek Murder Police Search for Victim's Car Robbery Believed to be Motive for prime MORES

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

In their search for the murderers of Ernest H. Brown, aged 53 years, wool classer, the police are looking for a chocolate and cream colored Auburn…

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False Swearing Man Sent to Gaol for 12 Months Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 4

In the Quarter Sessions to-day Leslie Leonard M'Carthy, aged 29 years, laborer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for having made a false…

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Spanish War Third Captured German Airman Sentenced to Death by Basques London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 4

A message from Bilbao states that the third captured German airman, Wandel, has also been sentenced to death…

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Lindergh’s New Son Strict Secrecy Observed Police Guard Home

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 2

The “Daily Mirror” states that Mrs Lindbergh, wife of Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the United States airman gave birth to a son in a nursing…

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Lindbergh's New Son Strict Secrecy Observed Police Guard Home London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

The "Daily Mirror"' states that Mrs. Lindbergh, wife of Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the United States airman, gave birth to a son in a nursing…

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Poor Man and Rich Arbitration Court Judge on Spending Basic Wage Application Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

Presenting the case for the employers before the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, in the application by 52 unions for an increased basic wage,…

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Police Court MONDAY, 24th, May Drunkenness

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

William Johnstone (23), on a charge of being found drunk in Botton Street, was fined 5/, or the rising of the court…

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Police Promotions

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

The following promotions of constables to constables first-class were announced by the Police Department yesterday: G. Fairfax, W. H…

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The Millie Creek Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

The police are convinced that Ernest Harry Brown, the victim of the torder murder, was shot with his own rifle, while he was asleep, camped on…

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Police Dismissals Actions Against Government for Damages Court Reserves Decision SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

The Full Court reserved judgment to-day in the special case relating to the dismissal from the police force of Ernest Harold Fletcher. Fletcher had…

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Millie Creek Murder Police Search for Victim's Car Robbery Believed to Be Motive for Crime

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

In their search for the murderers of Ernest H. Brown, aged 53 years, wool classer, the police are looking for a chocolate and cream colored Auburn…

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Mechanising the Police

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

The constable on wheels is fast replacing the constable on foot, states Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Allan Inspector of Police in England and Wales,…

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Millie Creek Murder Victim Identified Body Carried Over Border

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 4

The victim of the Millie Creek murder was on Tuesday identified as Ernest H. Brown, a wool classer, whose home is in Victoria-street…

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Murder of Brown Wanted Man Not Yet Located SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

The police have not yet located the man for whom they are searching in their effort to solve the murder of Ernest Barry Brown, near the Queensland…

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Murder Appeal Fresh Evidence Claimed in Scriven Crime Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

Rupert Davies, aged 28 years, and William John Cody, aged 24 years, who are both under sentence of death for the murder of William Edward Scriven…

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Ginger Rogers Skates on Her Tennis Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 3

By an ingenious device Ginger Rogers can now indulge in one of her favorite diversions—roller skating—far from the prying eyes of the public…

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Aborigines Killed in Tribal Feud Echo of Murder Trial Alice Springs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The police are endeavoring to trace the alleged murderer of two aborigines who lost their lives recently a tribal feud. The victims are…

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