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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Court Of Petty Sessions (Before Mr. A. G. Morgan, J.P.) (24/9/29)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 2

James Hogan, charged with drunkenness. Fined 10/, or 24 hours. Also charged with using indecent language. Fined £3, or 14 days. Fines…

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Motorist Sent to Gaol

The Independent · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

Before Mr. Bartold, P.M., at the Castlemain police court, last week, Frederick Donald McClery, who owns a motor garage at Bendigo, was…

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The Inquest Concluded. Verdict of Murder While Insane. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of Walter Hunter, in Cootamundra gaol, has been concluded. The jury of six returned a verdict of murder against…

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Sensational Police Raid. Results in Four Arrests and Recovery of Goods. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 2

Sensational indents, including raids on houses in three suburbs, marked the arrest of four suspects, against whom charges were later…

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Groceries Stolen Two Men Sentenced

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

Yesterday in the Circuit Court, George James Jackson, charged with breaking and entering the premises of McFaull Bros., and stealing 36-lb. of…

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Brutal Assault Three Years' Imprisonment

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

What was described by the Crown Prosecutor as a brutal and cowardly assault, which occurred on Saturday night at Balranald, was responsible for…

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Circuit Court

The Independent · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

The Circuit Court, opening at [?] on Thursday next, October 10, [?] be presided over by Acting [?]…

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Circuit Court Sitting at Deniliquin

The Independent · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

The Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. Acting-Justice Hammond, opened at Deniliquin yesterday morning. Arthur Edward Mullins, who had…

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A Serious Assault. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

A message from Parkes says: When Willie Kop, a well-known hawker, entered his home on Saturday night a rug was thrown over his head and…

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Circuit Court Deniliquin Sittings

The Independent · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 4

The Circuit Court was continued on Friday morning last, before His Honor Mr. Acting Justice Hammond. George Edward Jackson (who had…

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Travelling Sheep. Alleged Offences Against the P.p. Act. Summonses Before Hay Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Messrs. Johnston and Pocock, 'J.'sP., yesterday, a number of summonses were dealt with for alleged…

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Loss of an Eye, £400 Damages Neighbours' Quarrel Ends in Court Verdict for Plaintife in Duffy v. Holschier Case

The Independent · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 1

In the Supreme Court P. Duffy was awarded £400 damages, in a claim for £2,000, following a quarrel and a fight between himself ana John Holschier, over the closing of a gate, in which Duffy said he was attacked with a stick and had to have his eye removed…

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Man Charged with Wife Murder. And Sentenced to Death. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

The trial of Frederick Carr, charged with wife murder, has been concluded at Adelaide. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the…

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Police Court Yesterday’s Cases

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. B Geddes, P.M (Under-Secretary for Justice) dealt with the list of cases in the Police Court yesterday, taking the place of Mr. Sheridan, P.M.,…

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Court of Petty Sessions Yesterdays Sittings

The Independent · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

The Court of Petty Sessions at Deniliquin, yesterday, was presided over by Mr. W. B. Geddes, relieving Mr. N. L. Sheridan, who is ill. T[?]…

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The Rising Of The Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 3

Thomas Dailey, aged 64 years, appeared before the Wentworth Court on Friday, 11th inst., on a charge of having attempted suicide at Gol Gol on…

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Coolamon Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

After a retirement of 50 minutes the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Frank Nolan, who was charged at the Wangaratta Supreme Court…

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Rutherglen Police Court Wednesday, October 10, 1929 Before Mr. Williams, P.M.

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

George Smith, a stranger, was charged with having on August 12, driven a motor car at a dangerous pace in Main Street. Constable Gray…

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Police Court Monday, Oct. 21, 1929. Before Messrs. A. C. Loslle and J. P. L[?]ahy J.s. P.

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

A man named Cook and a man named Baker, who with their wives and families have been camped on the river below Collendina for a…

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Burglary at Gerogery

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 4

Some time during the early hours of Sunday the store of Mr. Alt. Hafner, Gerogery, was broken into and goods to the value of about £20…

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