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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 101

Court Incident at Albury Solicitor Objects to J.P. Alleges Ignorance Op Law

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

Objection to a Justice of the Peace sitting on the Bench was taken by a solicitor (Mr. E. E. Jones), who was appearing at the Albury police court…

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Narandera Fatality Sensational Develop-ments Post Mortem Reveals Holes in Skulls Police Find Discharged Pea Rifle Funeral Postponed NARANDERA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

Sensational developments occurred to-day following Investigations into the deaths of Mrs. Dorothy Jean Gash, aged 30 years, and her infant son…

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Dismembered Body Remains Identified Son Charged With, Murder AUCKLAND

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

Douglas Alexander Armstrong was detained by the police to-day, while they proceeded with their inquiries into the death of his father, Edwin…

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Apex Club's "Night in Gaol"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 3

Were the Wagga Apex Club to present its annual ball without something original, Wagga and district people would think something was…

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Murder Theory in Morundah Tragedy Police Investigations Suicide Possibility Discounted by Detectives NARANDERA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

The detectives are now definitely satisfied that Mrs. Jane Mary Gash, aged 31 years, and her son. Stanley, aged 21/2 years, were shot…

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Refusal to "Murder" "Loch Lomond"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 2

Listeners to the Detroit (Michigan) broadcasting station were surprised when a "swing" version of "Loch Lomond" being played by a…

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Police Ball To-night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 2

Wagga's 1938 social season will be opened in the Kyeamba Smith Hall to-night with the Police Charity Ball. Well and favorably known…

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Japan Charged at League Meeting Use of Poison Gas Alleged GENEVA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

Charges that the Japanese several times used gas on the Shantung front in a desperate effort to overcome the resistance of the Chinese were made to…

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Police Promotions System Attacked at Conference Unjust Dismissals Alleged SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

Complaints about the promotion system in the police force were made by speakers at the annual conference of the Police Association to-day…

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Wife Murder Alleged Committed for Trial MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

On May 4 the body of Amelia Jane Lowe, 32. with her head smashed almost to pulp, was found in her home at Mooroopna. At the inquest…

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Nurses's Illness Police Mystified Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

Kathleen Wilson, aged 36 years, nurse, is gravely ill at the Royal North Shore Hospital. The police are waiting for her to recover before they can…

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Wife Murder Alleged Man Committed for Trial Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 3

On May 4 the body of Amelia Jane Lowe, aged 32 years, with her head smashed almost to pulp, was found in her home at Mooroopna. At the…

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Confidence Trick Henty Grazier Nearly Victim Man Charged in Melb. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

Henry Frederick, 52, of no fixed abode, was charged with conspiring with two other men, named Wagner and Malone, to obtain £1000 from…

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Confidence Trick Henty Grazier Nearly a Victim Man Charged in Melbourne MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

Henry Frederick, aged 52 years, of no fixed abode, was charged at the City Court to-day with conspiring with two other men, named Wagner and Malone…

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Unique Conviction in N.Z. Gaol for Having Faulty Brakes on Car Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

For the first time in New Zealand a man who was not driving the car himself has been convicted of man­slaughter following a car accident…

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Sons on Murder Charge Two Cases in New Zealand Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 2

After a brief hearing Douglas Alexander Armstrong, aged 21 years, was remanded at the Wellington Police Court on a charge of murdering his…

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Court Scandal Should Win Tonight Whizalla to Score in the flying Stoke

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

Tonight's meeting is sure to attract another large crowd. The racing from all appearances looks as though it will be as good, if not better, than…

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Narandera Fatality Sensational Developments Post Mortem Reveals Holes In Skull Police Find Discharged Pea Rifle

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

Sensational developments occured on Monday following investigations into the deaths of Mrs. Dorothy Jean Gash aged 30 years, and her infant…

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Terrible Grime Brutal Treatment of Baby Girl Victim in Hospital Police Hunt For Perpetrator SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

One of the most heinous crimes in the criminal calendar was perpetrated in the industrial suburb of Leichhardt in broad daylight to-day when a 3½…

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Son Charged with Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

Douglas Alexander Armstrong was detained by the police on Tuesday while they proceeded with their inquiries into the death of his father,…

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