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Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 101

Rodney Disaster Marine Court Inquiry Conflicting Evidence on Over-Crowding SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

The Marine Court inquiry into the sinking of the launch Rodney, with the loss of 19 lives, began to-day. Mr. Evans (for the Maritime…

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Pagewood Tragedy Murder Charge Against Steward Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

Gregory Chatfield, aged 20 years, ship's steward, appeared at the Bega Court to-day on a charge of the murder of Jules Armour Maltby, at Pagewood…

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Big Gambling School Raided Near Deniliquin Sixty Men Charged Deniliquin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 4

Sixty men appeared before the court to-day as a result of a raid by 23 police in a paddock where 250 men and youths were congregated at Murray Downs on…

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Murder of Night Officer 3 Boys Before Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

Thomas Gibson, 18, Kemmell Coleman, 17, and William Date, 17, appeared at the Maitland Court today on a charge of having murdered Cyril…

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Theft of Rails Alleged Ballarat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 7

In the Ballarat Court to-day Roy M'Farlane, aged 32 years, William Grahame. aged 30 years. Matthew O'Keefe and Harold Reeve, aged 37…

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Nasty Literature Magistrate's Strong Comment Pftrth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 5

Certain types of literature, which were flooding the country and which were available to children and adolescents were condemned to-day by Mr…

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The Murdered Child Found by Police Dog SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

Albert Spicer, 65, was charged at the Central Criminal Court today with the murder of Marcia Hayes, aged 6, whose body was found in a bag in…

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Sought Car Thieves But Got A Wanted Man Local Police Make a Haul

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 5

On Monday last the Gundagai Police received report that a car had been stolen from Melbourne, and subsequently to the receipt…

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Bank Officers Claims in Arbitration Court Mr. Ogilvie's Allegation Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 7

Startling allegations were made by the Premier of Tasmania. (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, K.C.) in the Arbitration Court to-day when the bank officers' log of…

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Horse and Sulky Stolen Thief Sentenced to Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 8

JAMES Sharam (49) was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment by Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., at the Leeton police court…

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Ganmain Police Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 4

George Margosis pleaded guilty at the Ganmain Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday of last week, before Mr. Harris, Police Magistrate, to a charge…

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Alleged Stealing From Person Man Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

WILLIAM Harvey was charged at the Leeton police court yesterday, with stealing from the person of Anthony James…

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Merrylands Tragedy Young Man Charged with Murder Story of Shooting Told at Inquest SYDNEy

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5

Eric Alexander Smither, aged 20 years, sheet metal worker, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Coroner's Court to-day on a charge of…

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Child's Death Body Found by Police Dog Aged Man Found Guilty Sentenced to Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

Alfred Spicer, aged 65 years, gardener, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Marcia Hayes, aged 6 years,…

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Murder Charge Injured Youth Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day Eric Frederick Chatfield, aged 20 years, was charged with the murder of Julius Armour Maltby, at Pagewood, on…

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Assault and Suicide Man's Strange Attack on Woman Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5

Staven Foster, aged 55 years, attacked Mrs. Eileen Linz, aged 36 years, with an iron bar at his home in Nelson Place, Melbourne, to-day and…

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Telegraphic News Old Man Convicted of Murder Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 2

Convicted of the Central [?]Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Marcia Hayes, aged six, at Windsor, Alfred Spicer (65),…

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Ganmain Police Station Electric Power to Be Installed

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

The Hon. Hugh Main advises that he has received a communication in the following terms from the Commissioner of Police:…

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German Freedom Party Police Discoveries Many Arrests Reported Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

The Nazi secret police claim that they have at last tracked down the organisers of the "German Freedom Party" which for months has been…

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Assault on Farmer Three Men Fined Ungarie

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 5

Before Mr. J. S. Balmain, S.M, in the police court, Wallace George Freeman, farmer, proceeded against Daniel Walsh. John Ryan and Harold Bland…

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