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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 95

Hotel Bombed Licensee's Wife Has Narrow Escape Police Question Man Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

Considerable damage was caused to the roof and bar of St. Andrew's Hotel at Queenstown last night by the expl[?] of a bomb. The missile was not…

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Gundagai Police Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

Only three cases were listed for hearing at the monthly Police Court over which Magistrate Frank Grugeon presided, on Tuesday last…

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Police Court (Today.) Before Messrs. S. W. Moorhouse and C. Levett, J.'sP. Stealing Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6

Norman Starr pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle lamp, the property of Harry Randall, valued at 22/6, and was fined £5 or 10 days' hard labor…

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Possessed Explosives Five Sentenced in England Girl Sent to Institution London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

Molly Gallagher, aged 18 years, was sentenced to three years in a Borstal institution for concealing in her rooms an explosive material belonging to…

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Dredging Lease Granted Mining Court Matters

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

The application by W H. S. Stew art for a dredging lease application on certain lands at Tumblong was granted by the Warden (Mr. F. Grug…

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Pyjama Girl Murder Man's Story of Woman in Distress Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 3

Detective Wilks, who is in charge of the "Pyjama Girl" murder inquiry, is still trying to identify the woman's clothing found in the lagoon…

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Blacks in Court Disputed Ownership of Horse and Sulky

Adelong and Tumut Express · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

Ruby Agnes Moore (late Mrs. Jack Cribb) proceeded against William Hamilton at the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F…

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Eric Campbell Case Not Proved in Full Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

Holding that the charges against Erie Campbell of perjury and complicity in the falsification of company minutes were not proved the Full…

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Test Cases for Valuation Court Fighting Fund From Ratepayers Decisions at Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6

DECISIONS to establish a "fighting fund" and to take test cases before the Land and Valuation Court to establish a…

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Last Year’s Bridge Fatality Charge Against Car Driver Ammended License Not Cancelled Compensation Claim for £5,000 Settled Out or Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

WHEN the case of the Police versus Alan Burkit Lyon, was called at last Tuesday’s Police Court, the prosecuting officer…

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Police Court THURSDAY, 6th APRIL (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Failing to Sign Treasury Receipt

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 2

John Leck was charged with being a bookmaker did carry on business as such on the Narandera Sports Ground without having previously…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Clothing in Lagoon Experts' Views

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 6

Since various articles of clothing were recovered from waterholes in a lagoon on the Howlong-road, near Albury, they have been examined by…

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Police to Clothe Wax Model Hopes of Identification Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 6

A wax model is to be clothed by the police with garments similar to those recovered last week from a lagoon on the Howlong-road in an…

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Murder of Consul Following Death of King of Iraq Statement in Commons London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 1

In a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon on the murder of the British Consul in Iraq (Mr. Monck-Mason) yesterday the Prime…

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Wagga Police Court (Before Mr. H. Hawkins P.M.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 9

Charged with having driven a motor car with defective brakes, Cecil T. Turner was fined £2 with 8- costs…

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Not Woolcott-Forbes London Police Mistake

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, has been informed by cable from Scotland Yard that the man arrested and charged on Friday as…

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Mob Sacks Gaol Riot in India Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 5

A mob of 1000 sacked the Ramdburg gaol. They battered eight warders and police. The riot occurred over the imprisonment of a Congress Party…

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Wagga Base Hospital Board Meeting Held Tennis Court for Nurses

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 4

A meeting of the Wagga Base Hospital board was held at the hospital last night. The president (Mr. O. A. F. Robinson) presided, and others present…

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Refugee Workmen Competition with Australians Reference in Arbitration Court Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 1

The matter of refugees competing with Australian workmen was one of considerable importance, declared Judge Piper in the Arbitration Court…

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Aborigine Sentenced Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 7

The trial of a young aborigine named Victor, in connection with the killing of his wife and a 19-year-old native, was concluded to-day when he was…

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