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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

433 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 22

Alleged Assault on Youth by Sergeant. Sir John Quick's Report. CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

The Cabinet has received the report of Sir John Quick, who made an inquiry into the allegations of improper conduct and assault on a youth in…

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Miss Amy Johnson Scenes at Sydney Cenotaph Police Swept Aside

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

EXTRAORDINARY scenes were witnessed in Martin-place on Tuesday, when MIss Amy Johnson placed two wreaths on the cenotaph…

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Soldiers and Sailors Miss Claughton's Will. Equity Court's Decision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

Matters of particular interest to soldiers, sailors, nurses, and charitable institutions were decided by the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice…

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Latest Telegrams the Underworld Shooting Case. Green Acquitted of Murder of Dalton. SIDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

Frank Donald Green (25), was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court to-day, on a charge of murdering Bernard Dalton, who was shot dead…

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He Carried an Automatic On Visit to Police Office. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 1

A man with a revolver entered the Police Headquarters and asked to see the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, but while he was waiting an…

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Awful Tragedy at Culcairn Well-known Resident Runs Amok Double Murder and Suicide Ill-health the Cause

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 12

HENRY HOPKINS, aged 61 years, a retired butcher, Mary Hopkins, his wife, aged 56 years, and Roy Griffin, generally known as Roy…

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Police Attacked Betting Raid at Bowral Fracas in Bar

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

Four Sydney police, who arrived to conduct betting raids at Bowral, were attacked by a large crowd of men in a Sowral hotel…

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Cocaine Traffickers Trapped Police Pose as Purchasers. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 3

Three police officials, posing as traffickers in cocaine, interviewed two men in Hyde Park, who arranged to supply them with 12 ounces of the…

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Communists at Surry Hills Police Stop Procession. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 3

The police intercepted a band of 31 Communists who were marching along Bourke-street, Surry Hills, last night, and arrested them on a charge…

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Albury Police Court Wednesday, June 18. (Before Mr. V. B. Cox, J.P.) Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

Tom "Lobis, 23, was charged with stealing a wristlet watch, valued at £5/10/, the property of George Matones, Albury. Defendant was fined…

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Stealing From a Pawnbroker a Thief Secures Valuables. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

Taking advantage of heavy rain, a thief threw half a brick, wrapped in newspaper, through the window of Mandleberg's pawnbroker's shop…

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Court House Renovations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 7

The Hon R. T. Hall has been advised by the Public Works Department that approval has been given [?] expenditure of £510 covering…

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Betting Raid Four Police Attacked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 10

Four Sydney police, who arrived to conduct betting raids, were attacked by a big crowd of men in a Bowral hotel, and three of them were severely…

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Albury Licensing Court Annual Renewals of Licenses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 9

Mr. C. W. Swiney, Licensing Magistrate, presided at the Albury Licensing Court when hotel keepers' licenses and Australian wine licenses were…

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The Chicago Police. The Heads of Forces Resign. CHICAGO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

Police Commissioner Russel and Chief of Detectives, Stege, resigned to-day, after public indignation had been aroused by the murder of the…

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Magistrate Vindicated After Twenty-one Years

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 3

A DECISION by Mr. McMahon, S.M. then a police magistrate) at Balranald, in 1909, which was reversed on appeal in the Supreme Court, and…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M.) Wednesday, 18th June Licensing Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 2

Applications for renewal of hotel licenses for the following hotels were granted.—John Aston, Balranald Hotel; D. J…

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Hay Licensing Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Hay Licensing Court (Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, P.M.), took place, yesterday. The following application for…

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Scene at Criminal Court. When Death Sentence Passed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

There was a poignant scene at the Central Criminal Court, when Percy Matthew Lynch (35), labourer, was found guilty of committing a capital…

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Monday, June 23. Charge of Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 46

George Thompson proceeded against Arthur John Plummer, alleging that he inflicted upon him grevious bodily harm. The charge was made…

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