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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

11 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Bungendore Victim Identified. Murder and Robbery Theory. Sydney

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

Aided only by a few slender clues, the police have identified the victim of the Bungendore murder as Sydney James Morrison, who formerly lived in…

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Shooting Affray at Bendoc. Avaricious Miner Has to Face Murder Charge

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 4

Beridoc was treated to a sensational occurrence last Sunday week, the denouement of which %will be at the Supreme Court at Sale on…

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Court Courting

The Bombala Times · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

A divorce petitioner stated that, walking with a casual acquaintance, who said he had "a girl to meet," he found that the girl was the wife to…

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Sale Supreme Court. Tuesday, March 8. (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Wasley) Wounding the Shooting with Intent

The Bombala Times · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

William Watson, on bail was charged with, that at Clarksville, near Bendoc, he did maliciously wound Arthur William Clarke, with…

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Coroner's Court

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 2

At the Court House, Delegate, yesterday, Mr. Forrest, P.M., held an inquest concerning the death of Joyce Beryl Bryant…

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Appeal Court

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

The Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Ltd., N appealed against the valuation made by the Municipal Council of two properties, the one…

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Court Petty Sessions (Before Mr. J. W. Forrest, P.m.) Wednesday, 11th May

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

Cecil King was charged under, the Motor Traffic Act with failing to renew the registration of a motor vehicle. Mr. Boys, for defendant, said…

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Egg Stealing by Rats How it is Done

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 3

Amazing stories of how rats can steal fowls' eggs and carry them off unbroken to their holes are told by Adelaide's professional…

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Double Murder at Cooma. Women Shot at Close Range. Cooma

The Bombala Times · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 1

The district was shocked to-night by the discovery shortly after five o'clock of a terrible murder of Eileen Hain, 40, wife of a well-known stock…

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Cooma District Court. MONDAY, 10th October Before His Honor, Judge Sheridan Motor Collision Damages

The Bombala Times · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 2

Ivan Roland Groves, Bombala, baker, claimed £20 9/8 damages from Ernest Bray, Bibbenluke, mail contractor, alleged to have been…

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Court Petty Sessions

The Bombala Times · Friday 18 November 1932 · page 4

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., Leslie Norman Edward Hector was charged with breaking and entering the refreshment…

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