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Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 101

Police Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

At the Narandera court of petty sessions Bert Neville (30), James Higgins (19), Charles Simpson (25), and John Ross (30), were each fined £1, in…

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Police Court the Carlton Cafe Undergoing Elaborate Alterations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

A fight in Church Street on Sunday had a sequel in the police court yesterday morning when Ashley Hull (29) was charged with indecent For some time now the Carlton Cafe has been undergoing renovations and alternations to bring it in keeping with the latest design of cafes in the…

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Bendigo Gold Theft Echo Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

Said to be a member of Melbourne Stock Exchange, Frank Savage, who was arrested on the motor ship Weppartal to-day, appeared before the…

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Two Women Assaulted Han Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

[?] by Judge Sheridan as a menace to the community, John Thomas Begnas, aged 35 years, was to-day sentenced to three years…

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Tumut Police Charity Ball

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

A meeting of the committee to run the Police Charity Ball on May 5 was held at the Shire Office on Friday night last, Sergt. W. F…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, April 4, 1938 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Embezzlement Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

Robert Francis Shortt was charged with fraudulently embezzling the sum of £9/5/7, the property of Allen's, While Campbell Pty., Ltd…

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Two Years' Gaol Demanding Money by Menaces Sydney, Monday. James [?]

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

[?] aged 37 years, was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day when he pleaded guilty to demanding money…

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Bold Theft £840 Taken From Bank Counter No Trace of Thief Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

Displaying oaring above the ordinary, a thief succeeded in snatching £840 in cheques and notes from the Elizabeth-street branch of the Commercial…

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Tumut Police Ball to Open Tumut Dancing Season

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

A meeting of the committee organising the Tumut Police Charity Ball, to be held on May 3, the proceeds of which are to be divided between the…

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Bold Theft £840 Taken From Bank Counter Bank Counter No Trace of Thief SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

Displaying daring above, the ordinary, a thief succeeded in snatching £840 in cheques and notes from the Elizabeth street branch of the Commercial…

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Meat Workers' Union Seeks Exclusion of Retail Shops From Court Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

Application was to-day made to the Full Arbitration Court by the Meat Industry Employees' Union that the court should abandon its jurisdiction…

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District Court Thursday and Friday, March 31 and April 1 (Before His Honor Judge Coyle)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

John Oliver Schier v. William Douglas McBurne and Isabella McBurnie, claim £200 damages in respect of a motor accident…

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Murder Charge Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 1

Eric Alexander Smith, 20, sheetmetal worker appeared at the Central Criminal Court today on a charge of having murdered Albert Ernest Hedges at…

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Alleged Felony Stock Exchange Member Charged Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 1

Frank Savage, formerly a member of the Victorian Stock Exchange, was remanded to Melbourne to-day on a charge of having been an accessory…

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Alleged Murder of Woman Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day, John George Denham, aged 41 years, plumber, was remanded until April 18 on a charge of having murdered Ellen…

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Shocking Murder Mother and Daughter in Texas Tortured, Then Shot New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 4

After the discovery in a lonely mountain range near Van Horn (Texas) of the semi-nude bodies of Mrs. Constance Frome, aged 46 years and her pretty…

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Tumut Police Court Yesterday’s Hearing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

At the monthly Tumut Police Court, held pesterday, over which Mr. Frank Grudgeon, P.M., presided, the following…

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Gaol Escapee Dies From Bullet Wounds After Duel with Police Finding of Suicide SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) to-day opened an inquiry into the death of Adrian Jones, aged 28 years. who escaped from the Wollongong…

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Stockbroker Charged Gold Mine Encroachment Alleged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 3

Frank Savage, stock and share broker, appeared at tho city Court to-day and was remanded to appear at Bendigo on April 26 to answer a charge…

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Murder Charge Dentist Found Not Guilty

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

At the Mildura sessions, before Judge Magennis, Arthur Townsend Smith, dentist, of Deakin-avenue, was acquitted on a charge of having killed…

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