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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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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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An Audacious Theft

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 4

"You have been trading after hours," an alleged detective told the proprietor of the Brisbane Hotel on Monday…

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An Island Outrage Natives Murder Commissioner and 15 Police SYDNEY

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 3

Wort has been received by the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific Islands, that the District Commissioner, Mr. Bell, Cadet Lilies, and…

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Fair Rents Court a Local Case

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 2

Before the P.M. (Mr. Soane), yesterday, sitting as a Fair Rents Court, Ernest Reiner, tenant of a cottage, "Moralla," in Pine Street, of which…

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Communistic Natives Are Hanged-for Murder SYDNEY

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 3

News that has reached Darwin from Batavis states that 16 natives were hanged there last month for murders committed during the Communistic…

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Italian Charged with Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 11

An Italian farm hand named Denzo Polistina was found dead at Abshott, in the Strezleeki (Vie.) district, and after an exhaustive search in the…

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Police Court Thursday Siting

The Independent · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 2

Having a motor car to drive [?] limitations in Deniliquin. An [?] batch of offenders against the [?] regulations was death with [?]…

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Napier Street Subdivision. Police Court Proceedings. Hearing Adjourned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Court, before Mr. Soane, P.M. H. R. Stonning, town clerk, proceeded against Alfred Edward Jones…

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Shocking Sydney Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 17

A shocking murder was perpetrated in a house, 40 Thomas-street, Ashfield, Mary Ann Downes, aged 39 years, married, having been battered to…

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Wodonga-police Court. (Before Messrs. J. Whan and R. Richardson, J's.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 4

Benjamin M'Farlane, Wodonga, charged with using obscene language and resisting Constable Bentley at Wodonga, was fined £2, in default 14…

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Latest Telegrams. Arrested for Murder Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day H[?]bert William Higgs (36), pict[?] show proprietor, Bruce Doub[?] Higgs (21), clerk, and William [?]…

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Balkan Trouble. Murder of General. Crisis Passing Quietly. Belgrade, October 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 20

The situation between Bulgaria and Jugoslavia following the murder of General Kovracevitch, a Serb general is very critical, and the Great Powers…

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Valley Heights Murder Three Brothers Arrested SYDNEY

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 15 October 1927 · page 3

After making searching inquiries [?] the death of Mr. R. L. Les[?]e, a [?]er 18 years of age, who was found [?] dead in a car near Valley…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, 10th October (Before Mr. R. C. Sheridan, J.P.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 October 1927 · page 2

Ben Blair (34) was charged that on the 8th October he was found drunk in Mayall Street, Balranald, and also with using indecent language in…

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Murder of a Grazier Three Brothers Charged. Remanded for a Week

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 3

Three brothers. Hubert William Higgs, 36 years, Picture show proprietor; William Guy Higgs, 26 years, clerk; and Bruce Doubleday Higgs, 21…

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The Kalgoorlie Murder Waxworks at the Show

The Independent · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 2

Visitors to the Deniliquin show will have much to interest them at the Waxworks, which are featuring the [?] goldfields tragedy, at [?]…

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Police Court. Friday, October 14, 1927. (Before Messrs. E. E. Jones and W. McNicoll. Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 3

Karl Ernest [?], was charged with having obtained the sum of £5 from Jamas Henry Bowden, of the Newmarket Hotel Corowa, under…

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Fair Rents Court A Hay Case

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 3

Before the P.M. (Mr. Soane), on [?]day, sitting as a Fair Rents [?]urt, Ernest Reiher, tenant of a [?]ge, “Moralla,” in Pine street, of…

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Murder of Typiste Man Committed For Trial LONDON

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 3

Sidney Goulter. has been committed for trial on the charge of having murdered Constance Oliver, a London typiste. Goulter, in a statement to the…

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Assault Cases

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 2

Alfred Nixon [?] proceeded against Edward Jacobs for assaniting him on 1st October, 1927, at Balranald. Mr. A. M. Hayes appeared…

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