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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

313 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 16

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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Stealing Wool Dead Sheep Plucked Three Men Plead Guilty

The Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 1

Before Mr. R. W. S. Kelly, J.P., on Monday morning, at the Court House Harry Stewart, 27 of Victoria [?]labourer, John Green, 34, of South…

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Court Abolition Favoured

The Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 3

In a statement issued recently Mr. F. H. Tout president of the Graziers' Association said the graziers recognised that with its limited powers…

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District Court

The Independent · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 1

In the District Court yesterday, before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, Police Magistrate, George Edward Jackson and Arthur Edward Mullins were…

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24 Opossum Skins Manges Himself Up to Police

The Independent · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 2

After having saved some 242 opossum [?] Albert Edward Beach, rabbiter, [?] 28 years, walked in to the Finely police station last week and…

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Police Stop a Funeral. Auckland (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 3

The police stopped the funeral of a young nurse, Lily Wall, who died on Tuesday, as the result of the finding of the body of a newly-born…

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Court Of Petty Sessions Balranald, 9th September, 1929 (Before A. G. Morgan Esq., J.P.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 2

William Arthur Cox (27) and John Malvui Paravicini (27) were charged by Sergeant Pyne with breaking and entering into the premises of C. D…

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Police Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Court, before Messrs. R. W. S. Kelly and A. L. Selle, J.’sP., Christopher James Dunn (27), charged with using indecent languages…

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Balranald Burglary

The Independent · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 3

The police have effected two arrests in connection with the recent burglary at Mr. C. D. Lay's store, Balranald when a quanti[?] of clothing was taken…

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Albury Robbery Watches Valued at £300 Stolen Glass Window Smashed in Goods Not Insured Against Burglary

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 3

Breaking the plate glass window of Messrs, Nicholson and Smith, Dean street, Albury, in the early hours of Saturday morning,…

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Court of Petty Sessions Two Men Committed for Trial

The Independent · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

In the Petty Sessions Court on Thursday, before Mr. N. L. sheridan, police Magistrate, Arthur Edward Mullins and George Edward Jackson, on…

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Murder Mystery Anarchist's Body in a Trunk Would Devote Life to Search for Mother's Murderer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

A first class murder mystery is being unravelled by the Paris police. A trunk left at Lille railway…

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242 Opossum Skins. Man Gives Himself Up to the Police

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 4

After having saved some [?] opossum skins, Albert Edward Beach, rabbiter, aged 28 years, walked into the Finley police…

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£3000 Fine What Graziers Risked Failed to Register Magistrate's Warning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 3

In the Licencing Court at Mudgee (N.S.W.) during the week, H. D., J. H., and K, S. Livingstone, registered as Livingstone Bros.,…

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An Unemployed Demonstration Dispersed by Police. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 1

Over 600 unemployed men assembled at the Labor Bureau with the intention of marching to Parliament House to make a demonstration, but the…

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Seventy-Three Charges Grazier Before Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 2

At the Mungindi Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. R. H. Allen, P.M., Stephen Cornelius Mitchell, grazier, of Bluegate selection, near…

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Court Of Petty Sessions Wednesday, 18th September, 1929 (Before N. L. Sheridan, P.M.) Small Debts Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 2

J. Hill v J. E. Dowling and Co.— Case adjourned until next court. E. Griffiths v T. C. Jolliffe.—This action was discontinued…

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Murder of a Family Father's Plea at Trial. Paris, September 17th

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

"Gentlemen of the jury, perform your duty! I demand the death penalty for my boy!" said a rugged woodcutter, named Ughetto, at the…

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Queensland Police Magistrate. Fined for Failure to Furnish Returns. BRISBANE, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

The police magistrate at a coastal town in Queensland, has been fined £24 for having failed to furnish income tax returns…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Shooting at a Constable. Thompson Sentenced. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

Charles Thompson (29), who, last week, was convicted of shooting at Constable Jackson, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude at the…

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