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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Wonthaggi Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 3

On Tuesday, at .Wonthaggi, the coroner committed Peter Wessel Rasmussen, aged 44 years, miner, for trial or a charge of having murdered…

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Increased Police Pay

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

It was officially stated this week that the increased pay to the members of the police force was to be made to-day (Friday). The rise of…

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Building Dispute Supreme Court Case

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 2

A case which aroused considerable interest in Jerilderie was concluded last week in Sydney, before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four…

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Murder of Sydney Money Lender

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

The Sydney City Coroner has held an inquiry regarding the murder of Daniel Condon, the money lender; whose body was found with the head…

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Small Debts Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

J. H. Robbins, formerly trading as Robbins Motors, claimed £10 from A. J. Morrow, for work and labor dane. Mr. H. B. McHugh appeared for the…

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Court of Petty Sessions. WEDNESDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER 1927 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, P.M.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

E. J. Sykes was charged that on the 11th July, 1927, he was the owner of 3,000 sheep (more or less) found on T.S.R. 299, near Yhoul Plain…

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Who Wants Murder?

The Independent · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

Mutch, Minahan, Fratt, Loughlin, [?] Goodin, and a dozen others in the Labour Government, have said over and over again that the Committee…

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Murder Charge Reluctant Witnesses Sydney

The Independent · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, William Thomas Cooper, 29, labourer, was charged with having murdered William Brooks, 23, tram guard,…

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Bloodstained Car English Murder Mystery London

The Independent · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

A man named Baldwing has surrendered in connection with the murder of Constable Gutteridge, who was found shot through the eyes yesterday…

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Wanted Gaol But Could Not Get In

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 1 October 1927 · page 1

Frederick Edwards told a remarkable story at the Melbourne Court on Wednesday. He was sentenced to a week's imprisonment last week for…

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Rates on Church Properties Position to be tested in Court SYDNEY

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 1 October 1927 · page 2

The executive of the Local Government Association has decided that one of the contributing councils should bring an action for the recovery of a…

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Mysterious Murder of Policeman

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 4

Police Constable Gutteridge was brutally murdered in a lonely Essex Road. A pencil was found clutched in his right hand, and an open note book…

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Police Court. Monday, October 3, 1927. (Before Mr. Parker, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 3

P.P. Board v. Joseph McLean, charged with fulling to produce travelling statement. Mr. Jones appeared for the…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, October 3, 1927. (Before Mr. Parker, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 2

McCulloch Carrying Co. v. S. C. Conomy. Judgment entered for £39 56…

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Attempted Murder Followed by Suicide

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Monday. Residents of North Kalgoorlie were alarmed when two shots rang out this afternoon. at a residence occupied by…

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Corowa Police Court Monday, October 3, 1927 (Before Mr. Parker, P.M.) P.P. BOARD V.J. McLEAN

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 7

Joseph McLean in the employ of Mr. G.W. Phipps, was proceeded against for having on the 28th August driven are head of cattle within the…

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Vicious Magpie Federal Member Attacked Police Aid Enlisted

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 5

The Commonwealth police, which Were sworn in last Wednesday at Canberra, were on Saturday sent on a mission, for which live ammunition…

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London Murder Mystery London

The Independent · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

Scotland Yard's second murder mystery within a week was infolded today, when the body of Constance Oliver, 21, typiest, who had been…

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Murder and Suicide. African Sportsman Capetown

The Independent · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

A terrible tragedy is reported from Swaziland, where a man named Morris, a popular cricketer and footballer, shot dead his wife and four children, and…

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