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Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 68 of 95

Police Court Thursday, August 10 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Regulations

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 1

Ronald Claude Smith was charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle on July 2 on the back Narandera-Wagga road…

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Shooting Charge Alleged Intent to Murder Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 7

Charged with having shot Kenneth Hoy Cartledge on July 14, in Victoria, with intent to murder him, William Grosvenor, aged 26 years, laborer, was…

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Police Funeral To-day Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 4

Police Inspector Alexander C. Muir, who was drowned at Woy Woy yesterday, is to be accorded a police funeral to-morrow. The service will be held…

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Thirty-eight Charged Probable Demand for Separate Trial Parliament House Raid Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 1

Proceedings against 38 men arrested after 37 of them had invaded Parliament House, are likely to be protracted if the defence adheres to its…

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Police Inspector's Dogs Poisoned Valuable Animals Destroyed At Narandera

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 3

AT Narandera on Saturday, inspector Willis, who superintends this police district, found that some person had administered…

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Late Inspector Muir Tributes From Court Death Comes as Shock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 4

Tributes to the late Inspector A. J Muir, who was farewelled from Wagga only last week, and who met his dead at Woy Woy on Sunday when a launch…

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Robbery of Postmaster Two Jockeys Sentenced Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 5

Two years' imprisonment was imposed upon Sydney Jackson, aged 22 years, and Leslie Malone, aged 21 years, both described as jockeys, in the…

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Forty Charges Theft Allegations Against Company Director Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 4

When he came before the Central Police Court to-day on 40 charges of stealing various goods of an aggregate value exceeding £300, Robert…

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M.L.A. Barrister Sued Return of Loan Claim Woman Alleges Assault Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 4

Miss Ellen Margaret Guymuer today claimed £30 from Mr. P. K. Kopley M.L.A., barrister, stating that it was a loan which had not been repaid…

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Press Offices Reopened Police Guard in Rome London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the British United Press offices, which were closed when the chief, Mr…

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Radio Announcer Examined in Bankruptcy Court Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 5

Donald Day, the well-known radio announcer, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court to-day. He said he first got into financial difficulties…

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Setting Car in Motion Supreme Court Judgment Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

If a person starts the engine of a motor car but does not release the brake or put the vehicle into gear, he, nevertheless, attempts to set the car…

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Anti-i.r.a. Raids Made by Dublin Police London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

Dublin police to-day made their first anti-I.R.A. raids under the Eire public safety legislation recently passed by the Dail…

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44-Hour Week Fed. Court Agrees to Principle SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

For the first time, the Federal Arbitration Court laid down the principle that, in general, a 44-hour working week should be the standard for…

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Farmers and Settlers Annual Conference Police on Country Board Universal Training Urged SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 4

Young policemen patrolling the country roads were accused by delegates to the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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44-Hour Week Federal Court Agrees to Principle Important Decision Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

For the first time, the Federal Arbitration Court to-day laid down the principle that, in general, a 44-hour working week should be the standard…

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Camp As Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 6

It has been said that stone walls do not a prison make, nor Iron bars a cage—but a Government proclamation can make a camp a prison and other…

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Walker Charged at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 1

At one [?]once Court today Ronald Bruce Walker was charged with having conspired, with John Woolcott Forbes and others. Walker, who protested his innocense, said he was at a…

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Conspiracy Charge Bush and Woolcott-forbes Case Burning of Scrip Books Story Told in Police Court SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 3

Evidence relating to the alleged burning of a scrip book from which share certificates had been issued, was given at the Central Police Court to-day…

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Palais Manager Charged Allegations of Fraud Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 3

The charge of conspiracy against James Charles Bendrodt, aged 48 years, manager, and James Ross Clarke, aged 50 years, manager, was withdrawn at…

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