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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

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Traders’ Complaint More Police Protection Wanted

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday night complaint was made by storekeepers of the necessity for more police protection,…

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Burglary at Gerogery. Post Office and Store Entered

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

The Gerogery Post Office and store, which is conducted by Mr. A. J. Hafner, was broken into between. 8 p.m. on Sunday and 7 a.m. on Monday…

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Austral Pictures. Saturday Night's Programme "See You in Gaol."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

Those who witness "See You in Gaol," at the Austral Pictures on Saturday night will have to admit that Jack Muthall's smile is as refreshing…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 2

On Friday last, before Messrs. A. Malcolin and C. Howie, J's.P., S.J. Phyland was charged with drunkenness in Court Street on 26th inst., and…

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Cardiff Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

Rowlands and Driscoll were executed on Friday morning. A crowd of 5000 congregated outside the prison but there was no demonstration apart…

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Wahganyah Police Court (Before Mr. A.E. Parry, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

At the Wahgunyah Police Court on Saturday last, January 28 Patrick Joseph Kennedy labourer, of no fixed residence, was charged by Constable…

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Mr Booze Blamed Theft of £10 Alleged a Trip to Deniliquin

The Independent · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

At the Hay Police Court, before the P.M., Kenneth Browne was charged with stealing £10, the property of Erie Saunders, at Denlliquin (says the…

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Stock Stealing Graziers’ Protests

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

A report from Tamworth states that stock stealing has greatly increased in that district, and that graziers are perturbed…

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Police Court. Monday, February 6, 1928. (Before Mr. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

For allowing five horses to stray, H. Clayton was fined 25 and costs;. John Cusack, for allowing cow to stray was fined 5 and costs…

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Corowa Licensing Court Monday, February 6, 1928. (Before Mr. Swlney, L.m.). Transfer of Hotel License

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

An application for the transfer of the license of the Australian Hotel Corowa, was granted from R. Johnson to P. Gaskin…

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Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 4

At the Jerilderie Police Court on Friday last before Messrs. Wm Elliott and John Kennedy, J's.P., the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Better Police Protection

The Independent · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Chief Secretary's Department in response to his representations on behalf…

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Moulamein Police Station Not to Be Removed

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 2

The following communication from the Commissioner of Police has been received by Mr. M. A. Davidson M.L.A.—…

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Tooumwal Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 3

At the Tocumwal Police Court on Wednesday Wm Russell Win. M’Gowan John Huggard Thomas Bartlett, John Owen and…

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Jerilderie Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

In the local Police Court on Thursday last before Mr W. Swiney, P.M., the first business dealt with was the revision of the 1928 roll of…

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Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

In the Jerilden'e Licensing Court on Thursday an application for the transfer of the license of the Royal Mail Hotel, Jerilderie, from C. C…

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Police Court This Week’s Cases

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

On Monday, before Mr R. W S. Kelly, J P, Francis William Morgan was fined 10/ or two days for being drunk, and £3 or seven days…

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Latest Telegrams. Manslaughter in Parramatta Gaol. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

John Mason, convicted at Parramatta Quarter Sessions on a charge of manslaughter of a fellow prisoner in the Parramatta Gaol, was…

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“Sentenced to School”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

At the Junee Court on Wednesday, a charge of stealing against a boy was heard in the Children’s Court It was stated in evidence that he had…

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More Tragedies Double Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

The bodies of Richard Clements and his wife, an elderly couple, were found in the kitchen of their shack at Bulumw[?]nl, near Bairnsdale on…

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