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Courts & crime, 1937

2,006 stories in Riverina's papers · page 63 of 101

Six Police Intervene

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 4

When the wrestlers crashed out of the ring and continued to grapple on the floor at the Leichhardt stadium on Saturday, six policemen forced them…

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Millie Creek Murder Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

The Jury, at Goondiwindi needed only, a short retirement before returning a verdict of guilty against Harold Thomas Mullen, woolshed hand…

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Police From Wagga District

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

Sixteen police officers have been sent from the wagga police district to the border to assist in the patrolling of the quarantine regulations for…

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Wrestling Six Police Intervene to Force Wrestlers Apart Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 8

When the wrestlers crashed out of the ring and continued to grapple on the floor at the Leichhardt Stadium last night, six policemen forced them…

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Infantile Paralysis Border Patrol Police From Wagga District WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

Sixteen police officers have been sent from the Wagga police district to the border to assist in the patrolling of the quarantine regulations for…

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Infantile Paralysis Patrol of Victorian Border 180 Police Engaged Others Watch Airports and Railways SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

From noon to-day, 180 police are patrolling the entire length of the New South Wales-Victorian border ceaselessly, from the Pacific coast to…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

Burnett McCready (27) was charged at the police court on Tuesday last, that on or about the month of May, at Murrami, he stole a roan…

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Ten Years' Gaol Manslaughter Verdict Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 6

The trial of Ernest Long aged 39 years, laborer, on a charge of the murder of Henry Blois aged 16 years took place at the Central Criminal Court…

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Wagga Police Return

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

With the exception of one, the contingent of 16 police from Wagga and district, which went to Albury on Saturday to engage in special duty in…

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Wagga Police Return Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

With the exception of one, the con-tingent of 16 police from Wagga and district, which went to Albury on Saturday to engage in special duty in…

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Victorian Border Patrolled by Police

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

Every precaution is being taken by 150 New South Wales police on the border on patrol duty to combat possible attempts to smuggle Victorian…

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Police Raid Seaside Hotels Sidney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

The police raided four well-known hotels at Bondi, Coogee, and Watson's Bay during the week-end and took the names of 57 persons who were on the…

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Local Police Force Shorthanded The Quarantine Regulations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

As a result of the establishment of a police patrol of the Victorian border following on the quarantine regulations in connection with the…

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Infantile Mortality Doctor's Bequest to Be Tested in Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

The bequest of pr. Peter Muskett, who died 28 years ago, of £13,000 as prizes for essays on the prevention of Infantile mortality, will be tested…

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Fined at Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 4

Arthur James Loy, of Rockhampton. (Q.), was fined £10 at the Wagga Police Court yesterday on a charge of having articles of clothing in his…

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Alleged Theft From Government Counting House Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Frank John Campbell, aged 24 years, fitter. was charged on a provisional warrant with having at Babdina (Q.) broken…

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Three Years For Assault and Robbery SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day John Sterling, laborer; John Gaul, storeman; and Thomas Keating, laborer, who had pleaded guilty to two charges…

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Assault and Robbery Attack on Elderly Lady Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 6

Albert Wilson, aged 21 years, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge of assault and robbery at Lithgow last July. It…

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Wife on Murder Charge Unusual Statement SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Mary Cecilia Thomas, 39, was charged with having, at her home at Lane Cove, murdered her husband, William…

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High Court Allows Appeal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 4

The appeal of William Christie Abbie, against a sentence in New Guinea to 21 months hard labor on a charge of stealing two ounces of gold, was…

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