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Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 95

Oddfellows' Secretary Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Charged with having stolen £196, the property of the National Independent Order of Oddfellows, William Walter Denny, aged 34 years, was…

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Wife Screamed in Street Husband Bound Over for Assault

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

AT Leeton Court on Thursday, a young married woman told the magistrate that she had been accosted in the early hours of the…

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Paris Liner Fire Ship's Watchman Charged with Arson Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Cesar Franck, aged 19 years, who gave the alarm of fire on the liner Parts has been arrested and charged with arson…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, April 24 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Used Bicycle Without Permission

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

John Fleming was charged with having taken and used a bicycle without the consent of the owner. Mr. A. Hayward (of Messrs. Lusher. Young and…

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Murder Charge Man Remanded at Dubbo Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Albert Andrew Moss, aged 51 years, was again remanded at the Dubbo Police Court to-day until May 1, on a charge of having murdered Thomas…

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Tasmanian Tragedy Man Charged with Three Murders Domestic Differences Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Gerald Estcourt, aged 22 years, was charged to-day with the murder of three persons at Grasstree Hill yesterday. They were his wife, Doree[?]…

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Fined for Assault on Passenger Incident Between Wagga and Junee SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Jack Gue, railway employee, struck William M'Millan, laborer, with a water bottle when they were on a train between Wagga and Junee, because he…

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Truda Again Charged Threat to Injure Alleged Loaded Revolver in Possession Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Evidence that he had threatened to injure Laurie Albert Stuckey was given at the Central Police Court today when Nicola Truda, aged 58 years…

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Railway Worker Fined for Assault on Passenger Incident Between Wagga and Junee Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Jack Gue, railway employee, struck William M'Millan, laborer, with a water bottle when they were on a train between Wagga and Junee…

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4 Men Arrested Police Surround Warehouse SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Police in cars and motor cycles were rushed to the warehouse of the Peerless Supply Coy, Pty., Ltd.. Camperdown, at midnight, and surrounded…

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Ex-Soldier Police Comment at Banquet Resented Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The secretary of the N.S.W. Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) said that the returned soldiers and sailors of the N.S.W. police force, because of…

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The Latest Second Edition Three Missing Men Police Hunt in Narromine District River Dynamited Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Despite an intensive search, the police to-day failed to find the man's body which was reported to have been hidden in a tree near Peak Hill, which…

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Contempt of Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

"Well, Miss," said the traffic policeman to the perfectly sweet motorist. "I suppose you know why I've stopped you?"…

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Ex-soldier Police Comment at Banquet Resented Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

The secretary of the New South Wales Police Association (Mr. C. O. Cosgrove) said that the returned soldiers and sailors of the New South…

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Theft of Diamond Rings Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

About 70 diamond rings, valued at £500, were stolen from the front windows of Flavell, Roberts and Sankey, jewellers, of Queen-street, yesterday…

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Motor Van Murder Inquest Held MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

At the inquest concerning the death of Richard McAlister, 38, who was murdered in his motor van on January 13 last. Miss Elizabeth Swale, who…

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Dumosa Dam Murder Identity of Victim May Soon Be Known Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

As a result of police investigations the identity of a man whose body was found in a dam near Dmnosa and who is believed to have been…

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South-west Africa Police Bill in Parliament Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

The Police Bill, providing increased police powers in South-West Africa, was read the third time in Parliament to-day by 88 votes to 26. The…

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Girl in Bed Gives Evidence in Court Action Against Motorist Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

Lying on a bed, and wrapped in blankets, Thelma Moller, aged 18 years, gave evidence in the District Court to-day regarding the…

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Sisters Killed Man Charged with Murder Jealousy Alleged as Motive ARMIDALE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 5

The Crown allegation that jealousy had been the motive for the crime, and that it had been premeditated, was made when Fabian Raphael…

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