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Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 95

Witnesses Threatened Allegation by Police Prosecutor Armed Robbery and Assault Charge Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Mention of police witnesses being intimidated was made by the police prosecutor at a suburban court to-day. The case was one in which Leslie Kennedy…

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Murder Alleged Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

Edward Landrigan, an old aged Pensioner, was committed for trial by the coroner to-day on a charge of having wilfully murdered John Robert Larkin…

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Alleged Assault Griffith Man Arrested Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

Following upon extensive inquiries into the alleged attack on a man who was found unconscious in Kooyoo-street, Griffith, last week, plainclothes…

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Assault Charge Offence Proved But No Conviction Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

A young man who appeared at the Redfern court to-day on a charge of assault denied knowledge of the alleged occurrence and expressed the…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, April 3, 1939 (Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.m.) Defective Brakes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

Cecil T. Turner was charged with having driven a motor car the brakes of which were defective. Sergeant Hill said that defendant's…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Woman's Handbag Found Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

A woman's handbag was found on Friday about a quarter of a mile from where the "Pyjama Girl's" body was discovered, according to a report…

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Police Inquiries Into Annandale Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

The police have been instructed to investigate a fire which destroyed a shop in Annandale early this morning. The occupier, John Margate…

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Police Investigate Old Resident's Death Died From Injuries Received

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

A local citizen who was [?]known—especially [?] circles—Mr. [?] Roach died in [?]…

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The Latest Second Edition I.R.A. Terrorists Sentenced at Old Bailey Ten Years for Dangerous Man London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

The participants in the Irish Republican Army terrorist plot, who were convicted at the Old Bailey on Friday, were sentenced to-day. Gerald…

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Midnight Affray Man in Leeton Hospital Police Make Arrest Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

Residents of Yanco were disturbed at midnight by the sounds of a violent affray near the railway gates. Subsequently it was found that Mr. L. Cox…

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Scottish Heiress Joins London Police Father An Iron Magnate LONDON, March 14. (By Air Mail)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 6

Barbara Ure, daughter of a wealthy Scottish iron magnate has become a 56/- a week recruit of the London…

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Alleged Theft of Car

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2
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In connection with the stealing of a motor car from the residence of Mr. T. Daley, Gundagai road, Junee, on Saturday night, the police arrested a…

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Court Martials in Spain Anarchist Leaders and Secret Police Madrid

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

The court martial ol six anarchist leaders has been started. Twenty-one Republican secret police were court martialled in Valencia. The accused…

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Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. W. A. Hicks, J.P. Bethungra Case

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

Harold Charles Smith, 21, Stewart Keith Morrison, 30, were remanded until April 17, on a charge of breaking and entering the store of Stanley…

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I.R.A. ACTIVITIES Three Sentenced LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

Molly Gallacher (18) was sentenced to 3 years in the Borstal institution for concealing in her rooms explosive material belonging to the Irish…

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Possessed Explosives Men Sentenced in Ireland Belfast

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

Michael Walsh and Arthur Joseph M'Govern were each sentenced to ten years' imprisonment to-day for being in possession of potassium chlorate and…

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Mob Passion and Murder London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

Shortly after midday today a crowd of mourners for King Ghazi of Iraq attacked and burned the British Consulate at Mosul (Iraq), and murdered…

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Murder Allegation "Stand Over" Men Threaten Accused Cabaret Shooting Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

Evidence that a man who was charged with murdering the deceased had complained of being threatened by "stand over" men was given to-day at…

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Defied Police But Yielded to Priest New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

A desperate gunman, besieged for hours in a crowded apartment house by 70 heavily armed police, was finally induced to surrender by a persuasive…

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