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Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 95

Grazier's Expenses £20 a Week to Live Divorce Court Evidence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 4

Giving evidence Before the Registrar in Divorce, Mr. Body, yesterday, in the suit in which his wife is claiming permanent alimony and maintenance for…

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Sentenced for Conspiracy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Friday, before Judge Clancy, Aubrey Sara was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, Charlotte Merle…

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Missing Man Search Court Proceedings at Dubbo Police Oppose Bail Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

When Albert Andrew Moss, aged 60 years, was remanded on two charges at the Police Court to-day the police opposed bail on the grounds that there…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, April 17 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

John Gibson was charged with having driven a car in a manner dangerous to the public, and with having driven a car which had Inefficient brakes…

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Theft of Miniatures Duke and Guests' Finger-prints Taken London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

The "Mail" states that the police took the fingerprints of guests and members of the family of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough after the…

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Court Martial Sentences Baghdad

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

Sentences varying from eight to fifteen years' hard labor were imposed on six men at the court martial which followed the assassination of the…

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McKay and Talbot Before Court AUCKLAND

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

Gordon Robert McKay (43), and James Arthur Talbot (38), appeared before the police court on cha[?] connected with the Piha burned bones…

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Indecent Language at Brungle Mission Aborigines in Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

On Thursday, 6th inst., at the Tumut Police Court, before Messrs. R. L. Blakeney and J. Tod, J's.P., Cameron Bamblett, 30, of the Brungle…

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Court FRIDAY. 14th April Driving Horse Under Influence

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

Arthur Shipley (43) was charged with driving a horse attached to [?] sulky while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Case Dismissed Cruelty to Dog Kunama Man Before Adelong Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 6

At the Adelong Police Court, before Mr. F. Grugson, P.M., Patrick James Toner, of Kunama, was charged with that, on 20th…

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Murder of Consul Six Accused Sentenced Bagdad

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Sentences varying from eight to 15 years were imposed on six men at a courtmartial following the assassination of the British Consul (Mr. Monck…

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Missing Pensioner Man Charged with Murder Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 8

Albert Andrew Moss, aged 60 years, was charged at the Dubbo police station this afternoon with the murder of Thomas Robinson, aged 60 years…

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Dumosa Murder Two Men Sought by Police Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 7

Suggestions that the Dumosa murder mystery may be linked with the disappearance of two men in the Narromine district of New South Wales…

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Man Charged, and Remanded DUBBO, Later

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

At the police court today Albert Andrew Moss, 60, laborer, was charged with having feloniously slain Thomas Robison, 68, at Brummagen, near…

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Sweetheart in Gaol Young Man Seeks Permission to Marry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) to-day received an application from Cyril Millward, of Manly for permission to marry Gladys Burns, at…

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Alien Deportations U.S. Court Ruling Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

The supreme Court ruled in the famous Strecker case, which is expected to set a precedent for the Australian, Harry Bridge's, that former…

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Police and Armored Cars Move to South-West Africa JOHANNESBURG

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1
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A special train, followed by 200 police reserves, is being sent to South-West Africa carrying machine guns, armored cars, and a month's rations…

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Trouble Expected in S.W. Africa on Hitler's Birthday 300 Armed Police Sent From Capetown Capetown

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

The movement of 300 armed police, with machine guns, in a special train, and the introduction of a bill tomorrow incorporating the South-West Police in the Union Police, indicates the Government's anxiety regarding the situation in…

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Piha Bones Mystery Accused Before Court Arson and Interfering With the Dead Alleged Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

Gordon Robert M'Kay, aged 43 years, and James Arthur Talbot. appeared at the Auckland Police Court to-day on charges arising out of the…

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