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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 95

Polite Court FRIDAY, 5th MAY (Before Mr. T. A. Dooian. P.m.) Driving Vehicle While Under Influence

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 4

Neville Bamblett (25) was charged with driving a horse attached to a Balky in Cadell Street, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Alleged Attack on Press Photographer Report in Parliament No Witnesses of Assault SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

The police report of the alleged assault upon a press photographer at the scene at the Avro-Anson crash at Riverstone recently declares that…

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Sunday Sport Rev. Bingley in Bankruptcy Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

"It is a matter for regret that the Bathurst Ministers' Fraternal had not indemnified the Rev. A. J. Bingley in consequence of losing the…

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Sunday Sport Rev. Bingley in Bakruptcy Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

"It is a matter for regret that the Bathurst Ministers' Fraternal had not indemnified the Rev. A. J. Bingley in consequence of losing the…

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Woolcott Forbes Case Police See Documents Several Persons Interviewed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

Several persons closely associated with a company with which John Woolcott Forbes had dealings asked the police to take possession of some papers,…

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Triple Tragedy Three Shot Dead in Tasmania Evidence at Inquest Victim's Husband on Murder Charge HOBART

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

Evidence that his daughter had told him that she had been ill-treated by her husband, to whom she had been married for only five months, was…

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Air Court Inquiry Into Recent Smashes Judge Piper May Preside Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

It is expected that Judge Piper, of the Arbitration Court, will be appointed to conduct the Federal Air Court of Inquiry which will firstly deal with…

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Malicious Shooting Four Yeaes' Gaol for Stepfather Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 2

Henry Alexander Lindsay, aged 34 yean, laborer, who pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to having maliciously shot at John Skeen, with…

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Shocking Cruelty to Horses Grenfell Man Sent To Gaol

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1

After he had been adjudged guilty of shocking cruelty to wording horses, which in some cases had scars and lacerations…

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Detectives Busy Startling Report to Police Chief Expected Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 6
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Detectives who nave been examining the documents of a public company, with which John Woolcott Forbes it is said hod dealings, are following up…

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Noises in the Bush Police Arrest Armed Men Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 4

Two men asleep in a car, with loaded rifles across their knees, were taken to the police station when detectives swooped down on a lonely…

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Threatened with Razor Albury Wardsman's Experience Man Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 6

Because he refused to allow a man to enter the grounds of the Albury District Hospital, a wardsman at that institution was threatened with a ra[?]…

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Police Court TUESDAY, 9th MAY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

Francis Edward Dunn (39), Malcolin Robb (35) and Phillip Janice Bennett (35). were each fined 10., in default one day's imprisonment, on…

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Irishmen Sentenced in Possession of Explosives London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Cormac M'Garrigle was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for being in possession of explosives. The judge explained that leniency was due to the…

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Poland Firm Germans Expelled and Sentenced. Warsaw

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Further evidence of Poland's firm attitude is provided by the expulsion of 13 Germans from Posnan because they had adopted a disloyal attitude…

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After First 25 YEARS Special Land Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

A large number of registered letters were sent out this week and the addressees, who rushed to the post office with ideas of collecting…

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Pilfering From Cars Yenda Police Make Arrests Yenda

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 4
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Pilfering from motor cars parked in the Streets of Yenda at night during the temporary absence ot the owners has become very frequent during the…

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Thrilling Serial Intriguing True Stories of French Secret Police (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 4

ON MONDAY NEXT in these columns will be published the first of a series of thrilling stories by the well-known writer, Capt. Eugene de Beck, dealing with operations of the French Secret Police…

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