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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

696 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 35

The Australian Agricultural Company and an Albury Police Magistrate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 41

This company was formed in 1824, under an Act of Parliament, which promised a freegrant of land to the extent of one million acres, on the condition of raising…

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Stock Inspector and Magistrate

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 1

Both of our Gundagal contemporarles take strong exception to trenchant slatements by Mr, Butler, P.M., in connection with a prosecution…

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The Middle Temple Murder. Chapter Xx.— (Continued)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 9

And Sparge, briefly, succinctly, retold the story or the Marbury case from the first instant of his own connection with it until the discovery of the silver ticket, and…

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Earlier Messages. The Fight for Pozieres. How the Australians Won. Trenches Carried by Assault. Story of Grim Night Charge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 2

In a thrilling despatch Mr. Phillip Gibbs war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" gives details of the fight at Pozieres, in which the Australian and…

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San Francisco Bomb Tragedy. Police Arrest Suspect. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

W. K. Billings, a lodger in the same house which harbored Schmidt, one of the men convicted for the dynamite outrage at the offices of Los Angeles "Times"…

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Prize Court Award

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1916 · page 2

The Prize Court has awarded a bounty of £4300 to Commander Martin Naismith, V.C for sinking a Turkish battleship, a gunboat, and a torpedo-boat in the Sea of…

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German Brutaiity. Horrible Murder by Huns Merchant Captain Shot. Master of S.S. Brussels. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 July 1916 · page 3

An official message from Berlin states that Captain Fryatt, of the British steamer Brussels (1380 tons), belonging to the Great Eastern Company, which was…

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Germany's Crime. Murder of Captain Fryatt. World-Wide Revulsion. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

The execution by Germany of Captain Fryatt, master of the captured British steamer Brussels, because it was alleged that he had attempted to ram and sink…

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Not War, But Murder. ssBritish Forces Confident. "Know They Are ;Winning."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

In a despatch from the British Headquarters Reuter's correspondent says:— "Summer has come with a vengeance. Although it is welcome to the artillery…

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Army Officials in Disgrace. Court-martial Ordered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Lloyd George) gave notice in the House of commons of an amendment to the Army Act to enable citizens to sit on a…

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The Fryatt Murder. British Cabinet Assailed. "Ixstigator of Sea Crimes." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

"The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states that the Cologne "Gazette" has described Captain Fryatt, captain of the Brussels, who was shot by the…

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A Railway Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 2

A particularly mean theft was perpetrated in the Melbourne express last Saturday morning. A lady who had occasion, owing to a family…

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Murder of Captain Fryatt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 28

In the House of Commons, Mr. Herbert Nield (Unionist) asked whether the Government was ascertaining the names of those who constituted the so-called court…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, August 2.(Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

William Row proceeded against Herbert Parkin for unlawful assault, on 25th July. Defendant, who was represented by…

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The Middle Temple Murder. Chapter XXII.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 9

Spargo watched the effect of this sudden announcement. The two girls showed no sign of astonishment or of unusual curiosity; they received the news with as…

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German's Contempt of Court. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

Hendrick Randow, a German, called a constable a liar in court this morning, and was lined £2, or one month, for contempt of court…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, August 2. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw. L.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

Margaret O'Leary, of the Court House Hotel, was granted a booth license for the racecourse on the occasion of the coursing meeting on 9th inst…

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Henty Monthly Court

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

The usual monthly court was held at the Court House, Henty, on Thursday last, Mr C. J. Helm, P.M., being on the bench…

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Incidents of the War. Murder of Fryatt. Royal Letter to Widow. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 3

His Majesty the King has written to Mrs. Fryatt, the widow of Captain Charles Fryatt, of the "Brussels," who was shot by the Germans on a charge of…

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Hun Brutality. Murder of Captain Fryatt. Germany Perturbed. Telegrams to Neutrals. (Reuter'a Cables.) LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 2

The German Government is apparently perturbed at the effect of Reuter's telegrams to neutral countries, emphasising the infamy of the murder of Captain…

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