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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

313 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 16

Alleged Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 4

At Barham Court, before Mr. C. A. Eagle J.P., Alexander Hendry, 18 years of age, was changed with stealing a sulky and harness from the stables of…

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The Death of Marion Pearson Exhumation Reveals Traces of Poison Husband Held on Murder Charges. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

Great interest was shown in the inquest, which commenced to-day, into the death of Mrs. Marion Pearson, who died six years ago, but whose body…

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Victorian Magistrate

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. H. L. O'Donnell, of Moulamein, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for all Victorian Bailiwicks, which will be found a great…

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Municipal Appear Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. L. G. Reid (Town Clerk) appeared on behalf of the council. One appeal had been mutually agreed upon and another withdrawn, and the…

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Court Of Petty Sessions (Before N. L. Sheridan Esq., P.m.) in Possession of Opossum Skins: Fined £52

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 2

Ivan Horn, billiard room proprietor, was charged by Sergeant Pyne, with having in his possession 101 skins of a protected animal, to wit, opp[?]ssum…

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Burglary Alleged Two Local Men Charged Grocers' Shop Broken Into

The Independent · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

George Edward Jackson (27) and Arthur Edward Mullins were charged before Mr. B. W. H. Kelly J.P. with breaking and entering McFaull…

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Assault Case Ventilated at Rutherglen Police Court "Not a Fighting Man" "Could Not Fight His Way Out of Papers Bag'

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 3

At the Rutherglen police court on Wednesday last, before Mr. Williams, P.M., Mr. Lingford, J.P., Claude Flddes proceeded…

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Stealing Charges Two Men Remanded One Pleads Guilty

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. W. S. Kelly. J.P., George Edward Jackson (27) was charged with breaking and entering the premises of…

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Remarkable Divorce Court Story. How a Husband Was Deceived. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

An extraordinary story was told in the Divorce Court, to-day, when Robert Gumbleton, of Bathurst, sought a divorce from Alice Gumbleton, on…

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Mulwala. Cricket Club Holds Annual Meeting "Indiscriminate Cyaniding" Wool Stealing Case Heard

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the Mulwala Cricket Club was held on Saturday last. Mr. J. Nicholson occupied the chair. The attendance was not…

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Alleged Contempt of Court Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

The Full Court to-day granted a rule nisf calling upon the printer and publisher of the "Dubbo Dispatch" newspaper to show cause why they…

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"Deceiving Police" Unusual Motor Charge . £1 Fine Imposed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

AN unusual case under the Motor Traffic Act came before the Police Magistrate at the. Albury Court when Lionel McLees,…

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Police Court. Coroda Police Court Friday, August 30,1929 (Before Messrs. W. S. Kolk and a C Lesile J.S.P)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

Randolph McGregor and John Dwyer were both charged with being drunk, and were fined 10. or three days…

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Contempt of Court. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The Full Court to-day. adjudged the "Sydney Morning Harald" guilty of contempt of court on the application of Jock Gorden, secretory of the…

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Serious Charge Young Man Brought Before Rutherglen Court Adjournment Granted

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

AT the Rutherglen Police Court on last, a young man named James Henry Barrow was charged by constable…

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Latest Telegrams the "Sydney Morning Herald" Fined for Contempt of Court. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The Full Court to-day, adjudged that the "Sydney Morning Herald" was guilty of contempt of court, on the application of Mr. Garden…

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Police Court Monday, September 2, 1929 (Before Mr. J. W. Swiney, P.m.) Straying Stock

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 5

Six persons, namely Mr. Horace Mills, Mr. Edward Wark, Mr. Harry King, Mr. Frank Arnold, Mr. Robert Wilson and Mr. John Walsh, were…

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Deceased Chinese Herbalist. a Police Find. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 1

The police, on searching the home of an aged Chinese herbalist, Willie Young Lee, who died suddenly, on Sunday, found 24 tins of opium…

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A Divorce Court Incident. Answers to an Advertisement. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

During the hearing of a divorce case, in Melbourne, the petitioner said she had visited a certain house occupied by the respondent and found…

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Burglary In Balranald Lay's Mercers and Drapers Entered

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 September 1929 · page 2

Mr. C. D. Lay, on opening up his shop on Tuesday morning last, found his premises had been broken into, cither late on the pervious night or in…

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