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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 101

Union Organiser Goes to Gaol for Three Years Orange

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

At the Orange Quarter Sessions Judge Belts sentenced Edward John Rise, 22, to three years' Imprisonment for having demanded £10 from Hector…

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Brungle Mission Disturbance Lady Charged with Being Drunk and Disorderly Discharged with Caution

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

At the Tumut Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Sheridan, P.M., Christina Hickey, an aborigine, was charged under the…

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German Secret Police Make Many Arrests (Basle (Swttz.)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

The German secret police are reported to be arresting many sympathisers with the Relchswehr in the Rhineland provinces. It is understood that the…

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Road Transport Log Filed in Arbitration Court 30-Hour Week Sought Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

For the first time a log covering the conditions in the road transport industry was filed in the Arbitration Court to-day by the Road Transport…

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Franco-spanish Sensation Son of Ex-king Alfonso Arrested Allegedly Punning "Executions" by Microbe Poisoning on Behalf of Nationalists Long Questioning By Paris Police LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Surete Nationale alleges that the Marquis de Portago (son of ex-King Alfonso), who was arrested at St. Jeanne de Luz, was organising on behalf of the Spanish…

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Sheep Stealing Walwa Farmer Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 7

Benjamin Mann, farmer, of Walwa, appeared in the Walwa Court of Petty Sessions on three counts of sheep stealing. He was…

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Virus Poison Conspiracy Three Franco Men Charged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 16

The Marquis de Portage, a friend of ex-King Alfonso and a Franco sympathiser, Jesus Martin, and another Spaniard have been charged…

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Official Secrets Four Men Charged London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 2

The names of Crown witnesses were again withheld when the case of four men, charged under the Official Secrets Act, resumed at Bow…

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Wearing of Trunks in Public Streets Councils Powerless; Police Hesitant Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 1

Mr. A. R. Bluett of the Local Government Association, referring to the outcry against the wearing, of trunks in public, screets, said to-day that…

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Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. N. Sheridan, P.M. (Further Remand)

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 3

Cyril Herbert Oldham, who is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Ronald Richard Fenning was remanded for a further week…

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Freddie Bartholomew's Debts Revelation in Court Hollywood

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 2

Giving the reasons for his petition to court for permission to discontinue paying 20 per cent, of his salary to his father, Freddie Bartholomew averred…

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Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

Michael Mansell was fined £2 with 8/ coats for behaving in an indecent manner…

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Sentenced to Strangulation San Sebastian

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

The Military Court at Oviedo sentenced to death by strangulation Ramon Niguelgonzalez, who was found guilty of murdering 75 persons in the…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, February 14 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 5

The licensee of the Victoria Hotel was charged with having been the licensee of premises on which a person was unlawfully found after hours…

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Disorderly Conduct in Russell-st., Tumut Four Men Sent to Gaol

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

At the Tumut Police Court on Friday morning, before Mr. F. W. Smart, J.P., four men (John Wilson Evans, David…

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Engineering Unions Judge's Remarks in Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

In order to give striking engineers at Mort's Dock and Cockatoo Dock every opportunity of bringing the dispute to an end, Judge Beeby, in the…

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Judgment Debtors Questions Allowable District Court Rule Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 6

Judge Curlewis, in the District Court, directed the attention of legal practitioners to the provisions of the District Court Act relating to the…

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FORMER M.L.C. in Court Denies Receiving £100 for Not Nominating Echo of Council Allegations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

Stories in circulation at the time of the first Legislative Council election concerning £100 being offered for votes, were referred to in the Bankruptcy…

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Gelignite Under House Youth Admits Theft Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 3

Gelignite sufficient to cause terrific destruction was found under a house at Kogarah at the week-end. Last Wednesday 42 plugs of…

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Big Polish Trial 101 Communists Charged London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

The Warsaw correspondent of "The Times" declares, that the trial has begun of 101 Communists charged with activities against the State. More then…

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