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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 101

Municipal Appeal Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

The only hearing in the Municipal Appeal Court which also took place on Thursday last, was the hearing of an appeal by Mrs. Annie C. Peevers,…

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Woman's Death Motorist Charged with Manslaughter Evidence at Inquest Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

"You had better stop. Your number is up!" This remark was alleged by Sidney George Bunn, motor driver, to have been made by him after he had…

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The Batlow Case Son on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Edgar Arthur Evans, orchardist, 31, was charged with having murdered his father, Arthur Clarke Evans, 71…

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Police Discovery Plant to Disguise Bicycles SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

A police wireless patrol last night visited a lonely spot in the bush at Bankstown, and discovered a plant, they allege, to disguise bicycles. It…

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"Labor Daily" Election Evidence in Court Case Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 4

Albert Charles Willis, in evidence before Mr. Justice Long Innes to-day in an action involving the election of the directorate of the Labor Daily Ltd.,…

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Police Court TUESDAY, 16th MAY (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Alleged Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 6

John Roy Larkins (30) was charged with stealing two fox skins of the value of 10/, the property of Maurice Curry at Narandera…

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Court Visits Witness Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 3

The Probate Court adjourned to-day to a small house in Bourke-street, Surry Hills, where evidence was taken from Mrs. Rose M'Lachlan, witness in…

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Record Crowd at Police Ball Fine Effort for Ambulance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 2

DUE to fine organising, the first annual Police Ball, held in the Cabaret Hall on Wednesday evening, was an…

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Warden's Court Tuesday, June 15, 1937 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, Warden) Inquiry for Assessment of Compensation

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 2

Edward Ernest Osborne applied for an inquiry for assessment of compensation under his license to prospect…

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Man Charged with Murder "Already Acquitted," Says Counsel Unusual Legal Position. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 1

When Patrick Doyle, aged 26 years, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of murder, his counsel, Mr. R. Sproule, submitted…

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Theft Of Sheep "To Feed Family"

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 9

Henry William Thompson, 25, a relief worker, who pleaded guilty to three charges of sheep stealing, before Mr. Grugeon, P.M., at the…

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Se[?]terced To Death Assault on Girl

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 7

Sentence of death was passed in Sydney on Wednesday, upon Arthur Leonard Kelly, 27, window cleaner, after he had been found guilty of an…

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Batlow Shooting Result of Impulse Son Sentenced to Three Years

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 9

Penal servitude for three years was imposed by Mr. Justice Haise Rogers, on Edgar Arthur Evans, St. o'chardist, at Central Criminal…

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Incorrect Prrmits P.P. Board To Act Conference with Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 2

Directors of the Wagga Pastures Protection Board, at a meeting yesterday expressed concern at the lax methods employed in many cases in…

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Suicide Corner Revolvers Produced Alleged Threat to Police

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 4

Tall, well-built and dean shaven, a youth who declared he was 18, but who, as he stood in the dock at the Yass Court, looked…

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Police Court FRIDAY, 18th JUNE

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 2

Baden John Allen (27) and William Allen (26) were each fined £2, in default four days, on a charge of using indecent language; and 10/,…

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Many Strange Titles For Police Court Magistrates

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

Police magistrates receive many strange titles from witnesses and defendants at times, many of whom have gained their knowledge of court…

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Murder Charge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 2

Following the arrest of a man for the murder of John Woods (66), prospector, whose partly burned body was found in a Maryborough mine…

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Murder of Twins

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 6

Miss Varley said another prevailing custom was to kill the second of twins. The method was cruel. The ash from a burnt grass was made into a caustic…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, June 21 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 6

For having failed to record a bet in the form prescribed at the Wagga Gold Cup meeting, a bookmaker was fined £10 with 8/ costs in default 21 days…

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