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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 75 of 95

Causes Court (Yesterday) Before his Honor, Mr. Justice Maxwell. Grenfell Case

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 2

Arthur William smart, farmer, of "Omar," Grenfell, claimed £3,000 damages from the Grenfell Municipal Council for injuries sustained in a…

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An Assault Case Cootamundra Health Inspector

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 8

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Monday before Mr. Grugeon, P.M Arthur Anthony Wilson was charged with unlawfully assaulting Henry…

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Mother and Son Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 3

There was a further adjournment until September 27 at the Central, Police Court to-day of the case in which Mary Anne Milne, aged 71 years,…

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£451 DAMAGES Claim Against Council Successful Supreme Court Case of Local Interest

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 5

Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Maxwell, at the sittings of the Supreme Court on Circuit at Cootamundra, last Tuesday, a…

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Reinstatement of Four Police Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

It was announced today that no compensation will be paid by the State Government to the four-constables who are to be reinstated in…

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Soviet Mobilisation Germany Worried Secret Police Active London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

Official circles in Berlin are disconcerted because of the extent of the Russian mobilisation, states the Rotterdam correspondent of "The…

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"Cold-blooded Burgling" Protest Against High Tennis Court Survey Cost

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 3

"THAT seems a lot of money," said Cr. Mountford on Tuesday night, when a communication was received from the Irrigation…

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Charged with Murder Shot Fired After Men and Women Quarrel Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 4

An unidentified man died in the Melbourne Hospital this morning from a bullet wound which was received in a quarrel over a woman. The police…

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Murder Allegation Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 10

On a charge of having murdered Kit Kee, at Kelso, Patrick Ryan, aged 28 years, married, and James Ryan, aged 18 years, were remanded in the…

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Bathurst Gaol for Interment of Enemy Aliens

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 4

Some of them in merry mood, others gazing hungrily on the world outside gaol walls which had bounded their vision for many years, 160 prisoners…

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True Stories of French Secret Police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1939 · page 6

Patrolling the waterfront of Marseille in search of opium smugglers, Louis Lemoine, brilliant French undercover man, and his friend, Capt. de Beck, see a man murder a woman on a freighter anchored in the harbor. Boarding…

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Police Court Drunks Etc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 2

R[?] and John Fran[?] Robertson [?] were [?]ach [?] 3 in default the using of the court on charges of drunkenness…

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Aliens Must Register Police Intimation

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 3

It is announced that, in accordance with the wartime registrations, all aliens residing in this district must at once call at the Tumut Police…

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Presentation to Police Essay Prize-winner Ceremony at St. Joseph's School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 4

AT the recent N.S.W. Police Essay Competitions, John Cleary of St. Joseph's School was successful in winning one of the…

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She Carries a Gun New York's Famous Police Woman Miss Mary Shanley A World Figure

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 6

SHE always carries a gun, but the only time she injured anyone with it was when she swung her handbag which held it and knocked a robber down…

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Alien Registration Forms at Police Stations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 4

The provisions of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations for the registration and control of all aliens in the Commonwealth are now…

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Three Murders Mentioned at Dubbo Trial 61-Year-old Man Charged Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 6

When Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61 years, came up for trial before Mr. Justice Owen to-day, charged with the murder of Timothy O'Shea, aged 50…

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Couple Found Dead Murder and Suicide Theory Evidence of Struggle Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 4

Edward James Carroll, aged 57 years, and Clara Mary Carroll, aged 44 years, were found dead to-day in their home at Newtown. It is believed by the…

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Girl's Right to Marry Full Court Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 2

Whether Shirley Waller, aged 18 years, of Bondi should marry without her mother's consent was argued before the Full Court to-day. The…

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Gaol Treatment Improves Prisoner's Arthritis Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 4

Sentenced to three years' imprisonment for receiving, William Thomas Woods, aged 48 years, metal polisher, told the court that the treatment at…

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