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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

The sale of tickets in connection with the above art union totalled £24,000. The efforts of firemen in the metropolitan area raised £12,000, and…

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Trouble at Bathurst Gaol. Prisoners' Objections to Warder Culminate in a Riot

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

It appears that over twenty prisoners were injured in Saturday's Bathurst Gaol riot. [A conflict took place between the…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, 19th. May. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M.). Theft of Clothing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 18

Charles Goodwell, on remand from Holbrook, was charged with stealing at Albury on May 12 an overcoat valued at £3, the property of Wilfred…

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Insubordination of Prisoners in Bathurst Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

A serious uprising of the prisoners in Bathurst Gaol occurred recently. The trouble started with a conflict between a senior warder and a…

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The Bathurst Gaol Outbreak. a Comprehensive Plan. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

The latest particulars concerning the revolt of prisoners at Bathurst Gaol last week-end show that the plot was a most desperate one,…

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The Criminal Appeal Court. Quashes a Conviction

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 2

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal to-day upheld the appeal by Arthur Greenhalgh, quashed the conviction against him, and ordered his release,…

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Police Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 2

At the Balranald Police Court on Wednesday last, before E. Harrison, Esq., P.M., Ivan Horn was charged with knowingly permitting a person…

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Stealing

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 2

At police court on Monday last before Messrs. A. Malcolm and J. A. Harris J's.P., a man named William Coates was charged with stealing one horse rug…

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Licensing Court. (Before E. Harrison, Esq., L. M.. and C. Soady, Esq., Member)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 2

Booth licenses were grunted to John Aston, of the Balranald Hotel, for the annual races of the Balranald Charity Race Club and to G. W. Jones, Jnr., of…

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Daring theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 3

A daring forgery, resulting in the theft of £800 from the General Post Office,was carried out on Friday by someone with an inner knowledge of…

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Romantic Court Action

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 3

An Edinburgh court is hearing a romantic claim by Constanro Mary Lyon (10), a shop assistant of Aberdeen, who is seeking a declaration that she is…

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Robbery at Hotel Australia Theft from Jewellery Show Case. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

One of the most daring robberies reported to the police for years was perpetrated on the first floor of the Hotel Australia early to-day, when a…

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Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

At the Jerilderie Police Court on Monday last before Messrs Elliott and Horgank J'.S.P., Peter Charles Harvey was charged with…

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The Sale of a Farm. County Court Action. Contract to He Performed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 3

An action in which specific performance of n contract for the purchase of a farm at Barooga, Now South Wales was sought,…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, 2nd June. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M.). Theft of Money anil Clothes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 3

James Wm. Evan, on remand, was charged with stealing at Wantagong, near Holbrook, on May 29, five one pound notes, a pair of bodts, a pair…

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Gaol Sensation. Mutiny at Bathurst

The Independent · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 2

A remarkable plan by a number of desperate and long sentence prisoners to escape from the Bathurst Gaol was disclosed in the official reports banded to the…

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A Peculiar Case. Constable Pleads Guilty of Theft

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 1

A house full of stolen goods was found in the possession of George Cogdale, police constable, at Roma, Queensland He pleaded guilty and…

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Riots in Bathurst Gaol Ramifications of Widespread Plot

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 6

Sensational revelations are made in the official report supplied to the Minister for Justice by officials of the Prisons Department…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, June 4, 1924. (Before Mr. Gibson, P.m.) Illegal Fishing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 3

Harry Gayfer was charged with on April 6, 1924, fishing in the Murray River using two rods and lines and one bank line, each containing two books…

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Prisoner Escapes From Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 22

Lewis Hart, a prisoner who was awaiting the hearing of his appeal by the Full Court of Criminal Appeal, made a sensational escape from the…

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