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Courts & crime, 1938

2,009 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 101

Inspection of Dairies System Criticised Menace to Health Police Desire Change

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

The general secretory of the Police Association, Mr. C. J. Cosgrove, at the association's conference, described the…

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New Court Rules Bench and Bar Dispute Dinner Invitation Refused Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 8

Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria have declined to attend the annual dinner of the Victorian Bar Association, which will be held next…

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Boy Loses Eye Claim for £10,000 Damages Alleged Slippery Condition of Police Yard Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

A claim for £10,000 damages for the loss of an eye was made against the Government in the Causes Court to-day by John William Walter Grover, the…

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"A Night in Gaol"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 6

Gaol is a harsh word and generally signifies a place where people are forcefully sent to spend a few days without the pleasures of life. The…

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Barmaid Charged Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 1

Elaine Flynn, aged 23 years, barmaid of Sydney, was charged to-day with having stolen £726, the property of Andrew Whitley Smith, of Sydney, on…

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Bank Clerk Charged Deficiency of £69,000 Mentioned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 4

Cecil Robert Trotman Foote, aged 37 years, clerk, was charged in the Brisbane police court with having stolen, on or about May, being then a servant…

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One Drink Not Enough Magistrate Dismisses Traffic Case. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 8

Mr. Arnold, S.M., declared in the Central Police Court to-day that he did not believe that the Act intended to convey that a man who had had…

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Murder on Cruiser Alleged Seaman Remanded Hong Kong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 4

Able Seaman Edwin Dwyer of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, has been remanded on a charge of murdering Leading Seaman Robert Dickinson, while the…

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Double Murder Now Definite Theory in Morundah Tragedy Skulls Examined in Sydney NARANDERA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 1
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After consultation with ballistic experts and Government medical officers in Sydney the detectives now believe that Mrs. Jane Maria Gash could not…

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Determined Suicide in Presence of Wife and Police Mans Race to Dam Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 3

Despite the concerted efforts of his wife, a police sergeant, and several neighbors, Sidney Albert Hughes, aged 46 years, of Corrimal, succeeded in…

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Labor Victories In U.S.A. Strikers' Right to Picket Supreme Court Decides Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 1

Organised Labor won two important victories to-day when the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the National Labor Relations Board's power to order…

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Equity Court Case Judgment to Go to Attorney-general Despite Settlement Being Announced Extraordinary Allegations SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 3

Mr. Justice Long Innes pronounced in the Equity Court to-day that, dep[?]te settlement of a case which [?] had been argued before him for several…

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Theft Charge Against Woman Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 4

Bail was refused at the Adelaide Police Court to-day when Eileen Flynn, aged 23 years barmaid, of Sydney, was further remanded on the…

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Serious Case Man Charged with Arson Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 4

After stating it was a most serious case, the city coroner (Mr. Oram) today committed August Prank Raguson for trial on a charge of arson…

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Double Murder Now Definite Theory in Morundah Tragedy Skulls Examined in Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 2

After consultation with ballistic experts and Government medical officers in Sydney, the detectives now. believe that Mrs…

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Police Commissioner Mr. Mackay Wants to Retire Health Not Good Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 4

The disclosure that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) had asked the Government for permission to retire on the grounds of…

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Man Arrested Theft From Mrs. Leila Sawyer MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

Police yesterday surrounded a house in St. Kilda and arrested a man, charging him with the theft of jewellery from the car of Mrs. Leila Sawyer…

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Will Police Commissioner Retire?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

The Police Commissioner (Mr. McKay) will appear before the Police Medical Board to-morrow. This group of doctors will decide whether…

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Wife's Extraordinary Story Husband's Frequent Attacks Aquitted on Assault Charge Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 3

A story described by counsel as "unparalled in the courts" was told by Helen Reberger, widow, of Carlton, in the Cheltenham Police Court to-day…

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