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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

313 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 16

Small Debts Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 3

E. J. Clinton v. John Carson, claim or £4176 for rent of house. Verdict for amount claimed. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 4, 1929 (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.m.) Appeals Against Valuations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 3

Fourteen ratepayers appealed against the valuation of the Coreen Shire Council. Only one case was defended, and…

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At The Central Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 3

Female Witness: I saw them fighting in my nightdress. Solicitor: How did he fall? Witness: Backwards, sideways and…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

Sensational disclosures regarding alleged wheat stealing on a large scale, involving several thousand pounds, [?] expected to come out of [?] made…

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Hay Licensing Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

The P.M. sat, at Hay, as a Licensing Court, yesterday. An application was made for the transfer of the license of the…

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Rowdy Boys Police Prosecutions Fail

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

After a boys’ football match at Finley recently, reports were current that the police intended prosecuting them for behaving in a riotous manner in…

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Razor Slasher Sentenced to Two Years' Gaol

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, to-day Ernest Edward Stewart (28), a T.B. patient, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of…

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Assault on Timber Workers Police Make an Arrest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 3

Four men attempted to assault timber workers, at Alexandria, yesterday afternoon. One man, however grew a revolver and fired a shot into…

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Razor Slasher Sentenced. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

Ernest Edward Steward. 28. a [?] was sentenced to two year imprisonment at the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having [?]…

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Alleged Illegal Operation. Woman Sentenced to Five Years

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 3

At Central Criminal Court, to-day Edith Florence Ashton, described by the police as probably the most noted abortionist in Australia, was…

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Theft From War Veteran Two Men Fined

The Independent · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

Night raids on orchards at Merungle Hill Settlement, Leeton, where digger farmers grow citrus crops have roused the men to a state of red hot…

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Police Search Ends Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

A four days' search through the Blowering Ranges, near Gundsgal, ended yesterday, when the local police arrested a man who it was…

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Opossum Cyaniders Brought Before Mulwala Court Fined £2 Per Skin and £25 for Using Cyanide

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 1

As a result of energy displayed by local landholder, in conjunction with the police. Alfred Smith and Leslie Clow were before the…

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Aged Husband Sentenced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 12

At Mackay (Q.), Charles Horton Gordon, aged 65 years, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Margaret Gordon, at Eton, on April…

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£1700 Theft From Hotel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 12

One of the most daring and one of the biggest robberies perpetrated in Brisbane for some time occurred at Lennon's Hotel, when jewellery valued…

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Assault on Motorist Man Arrested in Hills

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 14

After searching for three days the police arrested Bert Kay, aged 21 years, in connection with the attack on Mr. W. B. Murray, a motor car…

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Popular Constable Receives Magistrate's Congratulations "Well Deserved Promotion"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

At the Rutherglen police court on Wednesday last the. P.M. (Mr. Williams) stated that he wished to congratulate Constable Allen…

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Frivolous Prosecution Wahgunyah Publican Involved Magistrate Dismisses Case

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

At the Rutherglen police court on Wednesday last, before Mr. Williams, P.M., the Victorian Railway Authorities (Inspector…

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Drunken Brawl and a Murder Charge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

A drunken brawl on the Shepparton road at Benalta on Monday night had fatal results for one of the two men concerned…

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Albury Police Court Monday, June 17. (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.) Bona-fide Travellers at Wine Stop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 9

A case of considerable interest to hotel proprietors and holders of wine licenses was heard, when two young men, William Thomas Boundy and…

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