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Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 62 of 101

Wife on Murder Charge (Continued from Page 1) Amazing Statement Read Husband's Alleged Words "Get Me Out of My Misery"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 10

The police produced a statement alleged to have been made by Mrs. Thomas. In it the accused, said her husband had been ill for five months…

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Milk Carters Fight Three Men Charged at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 2

A milk carters' flight in the early hours of the morning resulted in the combatants issuing summonses against one another. The cases were heard…

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Millie Greek Tragedy Mullen on Murder Charge BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

A statement alleged, to have been made by the accused, Harold Thomas Mullen, was produced at his trial at Goondiwindi Mullen was charged…

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Millie Creek Tragedy Mullen on Murder Charge Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 6

A statement alleged to have been made by the accused, Harold Thomas Mullen, was produced to-day at his trial at Goondiwindi Mullen was…

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Warspite Incident Court's Decision LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

The court of Inquiry which investigated the incidents on the battleship Warspite in June, ordered the dismissal of three ratings from the navy and…

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Doctor's Conduct Death Ends Court Appeal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

An Auckland message states that an appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the New Zealand Medical Council not to place the…

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Gundagai Sensation Alleged Stabbing Affray Young Man Seriously Injured Police Make An Arrest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 6

Arrested in the early boon of yesterday morning [?] an alleged stabbing affray, Reginald Reuben Morton, alias Blucher…

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Claims to Be Heir to Zaharoff Armament Millions Will Wear False Beard InCourt “It Will Prove J Am His Son” London (By Air Mail)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 3

Wilh a false beard, a pile of legal documents and a birth certificate in his trunk, a £4–a–week London shoemaker left for…

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Police Court To-day

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

Before Messrs. P. Shannon and W. J. Witt, Js.P. Drunk and Language Thomas Monckton Pleaded guilty to…

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Police-ambulance Ball

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

The balance sheet of the Police Ambulance, Ball, hold on June 16, showed total receipts £215/15/5; while expenses including £101/17 for…

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Police Court Tuesday, August 24 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Drunk and Language

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

William Charles Millard (33) was fined £l/10/, in default three days, on a charge of using indecent language in Audley Street; and £1/10/, in…

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High Court Overrules In Lithgow Fatality Case SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

The High Court to-day overruled the demurrer entered by the Lithgow Council against the claim of Mrs. Mildred Mary Hording, for £3000…

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GUNDAGAl Sensation Alleged Stabbing Affray Young Man Seriously Injured Police Make an Arrest

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

Arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning, following an alleged stabbing affray, Reginald Robert Morton, alias…

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Incident on Warship Court Finds That Discipline Was Unsatisfactory London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

The court of inquiry which investigated incidents on the battleship War-sprite, Which occurred in June, found that the discipline of certain ratings…

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District Court TUESDAY, 24lh AUGUST (Before His Honor Judge Coyle) Motor Vehicle Collision

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 6

Innocenzio Campisi, an Italian settler at Leeton, claimed £34 from Eunice Frances Egerton, School teach­er at Leeton, for damages in respect…

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180 Police On Border

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 1

One hundred police sergeants and constables left Sydney by train to-day for the Victorian border towns to prevent infantile paralysis…

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Rioting in East Africa Arab Tribes and Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 2

MOMBASA (East Africa), Thursday.—Arabs, with swords and stones, to-day attacked District Officer Leslie and Chief Inspector Nelson. Both…

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German Doctor Wins Case Court Permits Registration Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 1

The High Court to-day upheld the decision of the Victorian Supreme Court in permitting the registration of Dr. Moritz Meyer as a legally…

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Meets Murderers Lord Gowrie in Ramu Valley "A Murder a Month" One Man's Record Bag

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 4

The most interesting part of the tour of Papua and New Guinea, from which His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) has just returned, was…

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Murder Trial Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

When the trial of Ernest Long, laborer, on a charge of the murder of Henry Bols, 16, commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, the…

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