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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

696 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 35

Stealing a Pruning Knife

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 4

Gordon was further charged with stealing one pruning knife valued at 4/6, the property of Thomas Conway, at Mullengandra, on March 30…

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Stealing at Mullengandra. a Painter Pleads Guilty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 4

Henry Gordon, 53, a painter, on remand, was charged with stealing one fountain pen valued at £1, the property of Eva Maud Shea, at Mullengandra, on March…

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Motor Car Tragedy. Chauffeur Haines' Death Two Men Committed for Trial for Murder. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 3

An inquest concerning the murder of William Patrick Haines, 21, the motor car driver, whose body wag found hidden in a motor car on the Bulleen road on…

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Pay of N.S.W. Police. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 3

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Black) has instructed the Inspector-General of Police to report upon the proposal to increase the pay of the police…

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Horse Stealing

The Independent · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

Daniel Goagrove pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing, at Cores, on 3rd October, 1015, one gelding, the property of James Robinson. He was…

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Brutal Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

George Pappageorg[?], manager of the Allies Cafe in George street, Haymarket, was murdered between midnight on Wednesday and 6 O'clock on Thursday…

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[?] Charge of Assault. £100 Damages Awarded

The Independent · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

A good deal of interact was centered in a civil action, heard before Mr Justice Bevan on Monday and Tuesday morning last. The parties to the caw were John Rust…

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Warden's Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

Patrick James Farrell applied for permission to cuter Portions 405 and 381, parish Corowa, County Hunie, the pro[?] of L. H. inehbold far purposes of…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, April 3. (Before MR Laidlaw, P.M.) Loss of a Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 43

"William James Stewart Gardiner was charged with, on March 1, on March 1, at Albury, he did steal a comeback wether the property of Frederick Alfred Maxwell. Colonel…

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Tuesday, April 4. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P. M.) Theft at Mullengandra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 43

Henry Gordon, 53, a painter, was charged with stealing a fountain pen, valued at £1, the property of Eva Maud Shea, at Mullengandra, on March 30…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Thursday Evening. Murder in Greek Cafe

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

George Pappageorgi, aged 50, a Greek, manager of the Allies Cafe, in George-street, was, brutally murdered in the kitchen of his premises at an…

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Wednesday, April 5. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

A. he Plazza v. Arthur Reynolds Claim £2717. No appearance of defendand. Adjourned till next court, Alridge v. Hill…

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Albury Licensing Court. Monday April 3. (Before Mr. Laidlaw. P.M., Dr. Woods and Mr. A. G. Daniel, L. M.'s

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

An application for the transfer of the license of the Star HOtel from James Sherry to Andrew W. Doyle was granted. The P.M. remarked that Mr. Sherry had…

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Family Difference. Before the Henty Court. Wheat Stealing Charge Preferred

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 3

Before the Henty Local Court on Thursday, Mr. C. J. Helm, P.M., on the bench, a case of a distressing nature was [?] of the son of an…

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Twelve Months’ Imprisonment. Stealing a Gelding

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions on Monday, before his Honor Judge Bevan, Daniel Cosgrove was charged with stealing a gelding at Coree on 3rd October 1915,…

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Damages for Assault. Verdict for £100

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

Before his Honor Judge Bevan on Monday, in the District Court, John Rust sued James William Taylor for £100 damages for alleged assault…

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Submarine Murder Flagrant Instance of Ruthlessness. Forty-eight Men Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

A German submarine on Wednesday night torpedoed and sank the Manchester steamer Zent without any warning while the boats were being launched…

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Verdun Conflict Heavy German Assault. Counter-Attack Succeeds. Foe Uses Heavy Bomb Engines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

A parts communique states:- "The Germans, under cover of a violent bombardment, attacked our positions between Bethincourt and Hill 265, and…

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Daysdale Police Court. Thursday, April 6. (Before Mr. J. La[?] P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 3

Constable Mullins proceeded against G. F. Duane, of the Oaklands Hotel, for selling liquor during prohibited hours. An adjournment of the case was asked…

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Wodonga. Licensing Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 1

At Wodonga yesterday, before Messrs. A. L. Wright and W. H. Moulder, J's.P., a hawker's license was granted to Narum Singh…

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