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Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 101

18 MONTHS For Stealing in N.Z. AUCKLAND

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Godfrey Halse, 46, was sentenced to 18 months reformatory detention at Palmerston North Supreme Court, N.Z., for stealing £2,900 while manager of…

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Husband on Murder Charge Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

The coroner to-day found that Mrs Alice Findlay, aged 40 years, who was found at Large on Christmas Day with her throat cut, had been murdered by…

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Albury Murder Another False Trail Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

The police have investigated another unproductive clue regarding the identity of the Albury "Pyjama Girl" A man who had only a short period to…

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Assaulting Police Accused Remanded Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

A jury at the Quarter Sessions, after being locked up all night, failed to agree in the case in which Hedley Gibson, Thomas Dillon, and John…

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An Amazing Case Motorist in Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

A murder charge against a motorist was the sequel at the Redfern Court of a traffic fatality at Mascot on January 29…

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Katoomba Inquest Death of Young Woman Man For Trial on Charge of Murder KATOOMBA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

The Coroner (Mr. H. J. Caton) to-day committed Ronald Stewart Young, aged 24 years, for trial on a charge of having murdered June Clemenger,…

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Former Gundagai Stock Inspector Proceedings in Divorce Court Forster V Forster

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

In the Sydney Divorce Court on Monday of last week, before Mr. Acting Justice Edwards, Mrs. Rita May Forster (form-…

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Car Theft Alleged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

Charged by provisional warrant with having at Melbourne on January 18 stolen a motor car valued at £185, Arthur Norwood Bland, aged 25 years,…

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Katoomba Murder Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

An inquest on the death of Miss June Clemenger, a tppist, who was found dead beneath a pine tree near Medlow Bath railway bridge…

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Wages Tax Tangle Federal Collections Legal Magistrate Decision

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

At the Central Policed Court on Wednesday before Mr. Harrison, S. M. Vincent Lang Proceeded against Tasmanian Steamers Pty. Ltd., for…

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Jury Disagree Alleged Assault on Constable Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1

The jury at the Quarter Sessions, after being locked up all night in the case in which Hedley Gibson, William Thomas Dillon and John Thomas…

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The Pyjama Murder New Glue Collapses

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

The latest theory that the victim of the Albury Pyjama girl murder was identical with Miss Hazel Weldon, member of a Trangie (N.S.W.)…

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Gaol Escapee Tells Remarkable Story Plaited Twine Into Rope PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

Raving eluded the police since January 21, when he escaped from the Fremantle Gaol, Arthur Martin, aged 41 years, presented himself at the…

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Arrest at Cootamundra Man Charged with Grevious Bodily Harm Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

At 4.25 o'clock this morning Constable Clifton arrested a man in Wallendon-street, Cootamundra, and subsequently went with Sergeant Walsh…

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£1000 Reward Lidcombe Bombing Police Reach Deadlock Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

A reward of £1000, believed to be the largest sum ever offered under similar circumstances, was announced to-day by the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Breaking and Entering 4 Men Sentenced Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

Sentence was passed by Judge White, at the Quarter Sessions today, on four men who were alleged to have been responsible for the theft of motor…

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Albury Murder Another False Trail

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

The police have investigated another unproductive clue regarding identity of the Albury “Pyjama Girl” A mari who had only a short…

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Police Court Today Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M. Grievous Bodily Harm

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 3

Cyril Herbert Oldham was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Roland Richard Penning. Remanded until Monday next…

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Arrest at Cootamundra Man Charged with Grievious Bodily Harm

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

At 4,25 o’clock on Friday morning Constable Clifton arrested a man in Wallendeen street, Cootamundra, and subsequently went with Sergeant…

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Severn River Mystery Police Find Weighted Arms London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

Police investigating the mystery of the dismembered body which was found in the River Severn have also discovered two handless severed arms, weighted…

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