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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Latest Telegrams Alister Clark Sentenced to Death. Appeal to be Lodged. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 2

The trial of Alister Jas. Clark, who was charged with the murder of his wife, was concluded yesterday, when after a retirement of several hours…

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Haunted House Mystery at Glebe Solved by Police

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

The haunted house of Glebe. Known by that title, an old-fashioned three storied mansion in Ferry Road Glebe has long been…

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Fair Rents Court Rent Reduced at Hay

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. Sheridan, P.M. sitting as a Fair Rents Court, heard an application in Hay last week by William Hordern Wiltshire for the reduction…

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Local And General News New Magistrate

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 2

Mr. John James Gardiner, of Beveridge Street, Swan Hill, has been appointed to the Commission of the fence for the State of New South…

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Court Of Petty Sessions

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 2

On 18th March, 1929, before A. G. Morgan Kai), J.P., Alfred Norman Boyd appeared on two charges, drunkenness and resisting the police in the…

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Solicitor Charged with Misappropriation. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

John Vincent Gallagher, solicitor, was committed for trial at Wollongong, on a charge of having misappropriated £710 paid to him by the…

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A Gruesome Theft. a Vault Robbed. GEELONG

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

At the local police court, to-day, W. W. Donnelly (19), and Norman Cahir (20), were each sentenced to six months' gaol for having stolen…

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Full Court Decision. Babcock Willcox Conviction Quashed. SYDNEY, Thursday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

The Full Court, by majority, made absolute the rule nisi for a writ of prohibition to restrain Mr. Gates, S.M., and William Morgan, detective…

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Fearful Razor Attack. Husband Charged with Attempted Murder. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

Marjorie Stewart, a young woman was savagely attacked with a razor at Marrickville, last night, and now lies in hospital in a critical condition…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 2, 1929. (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

E. King, charged with using in decent language, pleaded guilty and was fined £3, in default three months hard labour…

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The Parkes Assault Case. Accused Acquitted. SYDNEY. Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

The jury, after 22 hours' deliberation, acquitted three men in the Parkes capital assault case…

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Assault on a Father. Young Man Imprisoned. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

Laurie William Gardiner (23), was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Parramatta police court for having brutally assaulted his father…

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Death From Poisoning. Alleged Murder. Broken Hill

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

An Afghan, named Said Hassan, was remanded at Broken Hill police court, on a charge of having murdered Mahometten Ameen, a compatriot, who…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 3, 1929. (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

Charles Clark, of the Coreen Hotel, applied to have another licence issued to him in place of one that was lost…

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Another Assault on a Timber Worker. Sydney. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 3

Alfred Grace (50), a timber worker was brutally assaulted by a number of men at Balmain, last night. He was left lying in an unconscious…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 2

The Quarter Sessions and District Court will be opened at Deniliquin on Tuesday, April 30. HAY ALDERMAN RESIGNS…

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Latest Telegrams Young Woman Charged with Murder In Respect to the Death of her Infant. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 3

At the Campsie Court, to-day, Mildred Roberts (32), was remanded on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Violet Roberts…

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Alleged Malpractice Wangarayya Residents Charged

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

Following on the death in a private hospital at Wangaratta on Thursday of Amy Violet Laird, 24, saleswoman, Detectives McGuffle and McPhee were…

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New Police Chief

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

Superintendent W. H. Childs, Metropolitan Superintendent, was on Friday appointed Acting Commissioner of Police until March 30, 1930, during the…

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Stealing From the Person. Station Hand Robbed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, Walter Spruce was charged with stealing from the person of John Lyons, the…

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