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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 101

Police Court TUESDAY, 29th JUNE (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.m.) Drunk and Language

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

William Cole (54) was fined £1, in default 48 hours' hard labor, on a charge of drunkenness, and £2/10/, in default five days' hard labor, on a…

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Police Raid Visit to Binalong Cafe BINALONG

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

Following a visit by the police to the White Rose Cafe, Archie Regan, the proprietor, was brought before the court and charged with illegal betting…

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Husband Disappears Story Told in Supreme Court SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 8

The story of the complete disappearance of her husband, formerly a Narandera resident, was told in the Sydney Supreme Court before the…

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Riverina Transport High Court Judgment To-day Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Full Bench of the High Court will deliver judgment to-morrow in the Riverina transport case. It will, in effect, say whether…

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Domestic Tragedy Man, Wife, and Children Dead Murder and Suicide Finding at Inquest Gosford

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

A finding of murder and suicide was, returned by the coroner at the inquest to-day into the death of Leslie Humphries, aged 48 years, telegraph…

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United States Riots Police Brutality Alleged Newsreel to Be Shown Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

The Senate Civil Liberties Committee, during an investigation of alleged police brutality during the recent Chicago strike, had before it the coroner's…

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Body in Lagoon Recovered by Wagga Police Man Missing Since June 14

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

The body of Mr. John Thomas Benson, aged 64 years, was recovered from the Wollundry Lagoon yesterday morning by Constables Bigg and Morley, of…

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Italian's Death Evidence Taken in Sydney for Italian Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 3

The death of an Italian, Dominic Scarcolla, near Ingham (Queensland), in 1935 was freely mentioned before the prothonotary to-day when…

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Body in Lagoon Recovered by Wagga Police Man Missing Since June 14 WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

The body of Mr. John Thomas Benson, 64, was recovered from the Wollundry Lagoon yesterday morning by Constables Bigg and Morley. Mr…

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Small Debts Court TUESDAY, 29th JUNE (Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

S. Richards and Co. Ltd. v. G. J. du Rieu, claim £3/17/5, goods ordered sad delivered. It was stated that defendant bad…

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Prohibited Immigrants Police Hunt for Chinese. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 8

Having arrested four Chinese, three of whom were charged with being prohibited immigrants, and the fourth with aiding and abetting them, the…

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Contempt Of Court Cleric's Fine Paid London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 2

An [?]nonymous sympathiser paid the fine of £100 imposed on Very Rev. T. M. Johnstone, former moderator of the Presbyterian Church…

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Sunday Football Supreme Court Writ Issued Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 5

On behalf of Alfred Smeaton a vice-president of the Bathurst Rugby League. Messrs. Lynton, Williams, and Ellis solicitors, to-day filed an…

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Transport Case High Court Appeal Fails SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 2

The High Court to-day [?] the art application by the Riverina Transport Pty. Ltd. for an [?]Junction to restrain the State of…

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Transport Case Riverina Company's Application Dismissed by High Court Reasons to Come Later Interstate Carriage of Goods SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 1

The application of the Riverina Transport Pty Ltd. for an injunction to restrain the State of Victoria and the Victorian Transport Regulations…

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Amazing Theft of Sheep in Tasmania

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 2

An amazing theft of sheep has been discovered at hobart. The sheep have been missing for some time from the New Norfolk district…

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Police Court (To-day.) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Septic Tank Effluent

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 2

Ernest McIntosh, licensee of the Albion hotel, pleaded guilty, to a charge of allowing effluent from a septic tank to run into the gutter in Murray street…

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Shots Fired by Fugitives and Police Exciting Chase in Melbourne Suburb Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1

A revolver duel between police and fugitives was one of the features of a chase through the lanes of Brunswick this morning. Later a man was…

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Police Court Alleged Damage to Fence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 2

At the Leeton police court yesterday, Francis Harold Wilson (20), Arthor Lawrence Harrison (28), and Ernest John Wilson (22,) were…

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