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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

606 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 31

Charge of Assault. Accused Acquitted

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 2

Before Judge Bevan at the Sessions on Monday, Robert, Tindale was charged, with assaulting Martin, O’Leary, occasioning…

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What's Wrong with Spear? Solicitor Fined for Contempt of Court Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 2

During the hearing of a case in the Small Debts Court to-day, Mr. Smithers, stipendiary magistrate, said he failed to see the necessity of bringing a certain…

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Sensational Burglary Tragedy Thief Shot in Head. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 2

About noon yesterday it was reported that a burglar was in a house, the occupants of which had been absent for about a month. A neighbor, William…

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Refused to Pay for Meals Man Sent to Gaol

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 4

At the Albury police court on Saturday before Mr J. Laidlaw, P.M. a man named Patrick Joseph Ryan, who described himself as a miner and assayer from…

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Finland Sold to Germany Systemalatic Murder Allowed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 3

Renter has been informed that a delegation, from the Finnish Socialist Republic lie has protested to the Allies as follows:—…

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Relatives Quarrel at Lavington Some Hard Swearing. Was an Assault Committed?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 4

A peculiar case was head at the Albury police court yesterday, when the P.M. (Mr J. Laidlaw), and Mr M. J. D'Arcy, J.P. occupied the bench. It was the…

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The French Sector. Strenuous Struggle at Mount Kemmel. the Issue in Doubt. Heavy Assault in the Meter-en-bailleul Sector. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 1

The French are holding. Kemmel village and hill, the enemy having been driven back to Villers-Bretonneux…

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Charge of Sheep Stealing. the Evidence in the Tarrant Case

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1918 · page 4

At the Deniliquin Quarter [?] on Monday of last week, his Honor Mr Justice Bevan [?], Thomas Tarrant was charged that on 23rd…

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Murder and Robbery Rife

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 23

A leading American resilient as Petrograd, who has returned to New York, said, in the course of an interview:—"We left because the conditions there were…

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, April 27. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.) Refused to Pay for Meals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 46

Patrick Joseph Ryan, who said he was a miner and assayer from Queensland, was charged with that, having been supplied with 17 meals and five beds, valued…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

The amount which the Corowa Hospital will receive from the Police and Firemen's Art Union will be £54. The local police, and particularly Constable…

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A Wife's Allegations. Extraordinary Story old in Court

The Independent · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

Remarkable evidence regarding a husband's treatment of bis wife was given in a case before Judge Moule in the Court of General Sessions, Mel-…

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The Morewell Murder Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 3

A warrant was issued to-day for the arrest of Charles James Whitely who is alleged to have murdered his wife at Morwell. No trace of the accused man's…

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Murder in Solomon Islands. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

The case in which Eric Glasson is charged with the murder of one, Bluie Fiami, in the British Solomon Islands protectorate, was concluded at the Sydney Police…

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Hun Rule in Russia. Plot To-murder Germans London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

In the German Reichstag, Herr von Payer, Vice-Chancellor, referring to events in the Ukraine, mentioned the German communique issued on May 2. He alleged that…

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Balranald Police Court. Wednesday, May 1, 1918. (Before A Malcolm and F W Britz, J's.P.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 2

Police v. E Hill, Charged with stealing watch, chain and locket, and cash—£l 15s, in all value £11, from the person of John Mahney, at the Carriers…

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Local and District News. Appeal Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 2

A Municipal Court of Appeal will be held at the Court House, Balranald, on Tuesday, 21st May, at 10 a.m. Hospital Subsidy…

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A Stolen Ring. Two Men Get There Months’ Gaol

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 4

At the end of list week Mr H. Clark purchased a gold ring, set with twenty pearls, from a man named James Stewart for 10/, and having…

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Court of Honor to Examine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 2

Mr. Asquith, leader of the Opposition, drew attention to the letter of Major-General Maurice, and asked what steps the Government proposed to take to…

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British Ministry Attacked. Charged with Misstatements a Sensational Letter. by General Maurice London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 2

Major-General F. B. Maurice, former Director of Military Operations, in a letter to the newspapers, says that, Mr. Bonar Law's statement on April 23 that the…

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