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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

407 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 21

Alleged Wife Murder. Man Arrested at Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1922 · page 2

On Friday last Albert Edward Boyd, 34 years of age, was arrested at Finley, and brought before the local court and remanded…

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Capetown Treason Court. Rand Rebel Leader Sentenced

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Capetown correspondent says that a Treason Court, of three judges, sentenced Peter Erasmus, one of the principal leaders of the…

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Alleged Wife Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 43

Albert Edward Boyd, aged 34, was arrested in Finley recently, brought before the local court and remanded to Sydney, on a charge of feloniously slaying his…

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A Charge of Murder

The Independent · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 3

Curiosity was aroused in Finley last week [?] the presence of a Sydney detective (says [?] Fioley "Mail). On Friday evening Albert Edward Boyd alighted from the…

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Brutal Murder at Yea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

What has every indication of being a brutal murder occurred at Yea on Sunday. The victim was a married woman with three little children named…

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Police Court. Thursday, July 27. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

George King, was fined £5 and 8/ costs, or one month in Deniliquin goal, on a charge of using indecent language at Barooga…

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Further Developments in Hornsby Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 11

The discovery of the keys of the Government Savings Bank at Hornsby. which were stolen from the murdered manager, has been reported. They were…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, July 24. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M.,)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 30

Heavy Fine for Possum Skin Trafficing. Charles Frederick Smith was charged with having 287 'possum skins in his possession, 'possums being protected animals,…

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News and Comment. Hornsby Murder Reward

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

The N.S.W. Government has increased the amount of the reward for the apprehension of the murderer of Mr. Kemmis, on the Hornsby…

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A Brutal Murder. Woman Battered to Death

The Independent · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 3

The body of a young married woman, Josephine Jane McLanghlin (35), wife of Michael McLaughlin, a laborer, and the mother of three children, was recovered…

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Police Protection for Football Umpires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 32

Acting upon the suggestion of the Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police, representatives of various football organisations in Melbourne conferred with…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Monday, July 24. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 30

G. Dallinger sought to recover the sum of £23, for goods sold and delivered from E. Haviland. Defendant admitted owing the money, but said at present he was not…

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Albury Licensing Court. Monday, July 24. (Before Messrs. W. A. Flynn, H. M'Cutcheon and Dr. W. Cleaver Woods, L.M's.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 30

The application for a transfer of the license of the Culcairn Hotel, Culcairn, from Reginald Faunce Ryrie to David Zander was again brought up…

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Bogus Doctor. Case Before Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 4

A message from Cowra states : A man was fined £5 0 and costs at the Canowindra Police Court on a charge that, not being a legally qualified…

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"Assault on Peace"

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 August 1922 · page 2

The Prime Minister was asked by Mr Blakely (N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives last week regarding his statement to a deputation that a…

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Hornsby Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 19

Information of a most important character in connection with the murder of Mr. kemmis was gleaned by the detectives at Hornsby during the week-end. They were…

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Murder of Bank Manager

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 32

No solution of the mystery surrounding the murder of Mr. Kemmis, manager of the Savings Bank, Hornsby, is likely to be reached until a man who sat in a third…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, July 31. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M.) Destruction of Rabbits

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 31

Joseph Carson, of Elmswood, Jindera, was charged on the information of William Plunkett, rabbit inspector, for the Albury P.P. Board, with failing to destroy rabbits…

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Albury Bankruptcy Court. Tuesday, 1st August. (Before the Registrar, Mr. W. A. Flynn)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

A public examination and first meeting of creditors of Carl Frederick Strauss, commission agent, of Brocklesby, bankrupt, was held. Mr. F. W. Tietyens…

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Attempt to Wreck Train. Police Make Arrest. Boy Charged with Offence

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 2

After several days of fruit[?] searching the clues to the identity of the person who attempted to wreck the Tolamba-Echuca, train on…

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