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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

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His Own Baton Police Constable Assaulted Man Fined

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

At Bathurst Police Court, Ronald Minogue, 23, carter, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Constable Bray…

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High Court Bench to Be Reduced. Melbourne, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Federal Cabinet has decided not to fill the vacancy on the High Court Bench, caused by the retirement of Justice Powers. Legislation will be…

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Five Charges Police v. Motor Driver Constable’s Allegation Against Sergeant

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Arising, out of an incident at the intersection of Edwards Street and Cressy Street on Monday afternoon, five summonses were issued against…

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Chicago Gunmen Versus Police. a Chicago Flat "Shoot Up." CHICAGO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

Two bandits aud one detective were killed when a police squad were called, by a secret electric signal, to a fashionable flat. The bandits had…

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March on Abermain Police Charge Rioters Twelve Men Injured; Three Arrested Miners Flee in Disorder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

A march of 2500 men from Cessnock to the Abermain No. 2. colliery on Wednesday morning was broken up by a baton attack by 100 police, acting…

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The Railways' Union and the Arbitration Court. The Presidents Message. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

The president of the Australian Railways Union, in a message to the members, says, "We must agitate to recover the right of collective…

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The Coal Crisis Further Clashes on Wednesday Five Police Charges. Marching men Scattered and Drillers Dispersed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

A very serious situation arose to-day on the northern coal fields, when the police and about 10,000 miners came into collision at various centres…

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Raid on Ambassadors. Police Court Proceedings. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

The Ambassadors restaurant, in Pitt Street, was raided by police early on Sunday morning, while between 150 and 200 people were dancing. Many…

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Assault and Suicide on Tallangatta Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The deputy coroner (Mr. Maddock) held an inquiry into the death on December 9 of Henry Wing at Tallangatta Valley…

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High Court Bench to Be Reduced to Six

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Sculttin) announced in Melbourne on Friday, that Cabinet would not fill the High Court vacancy…

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Son Charged with Murder Mother's Body Exhumed London, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 34

At the hearing of the case in which Henry Fox, aged 30 years, is charged with having murdered his mother, Mrs. Rosaline Pox, the prosecutor quoted…

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Constable Fined for Alleged Assault at Orange

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

First class Constable Alfred Oldfield was find 23, with 23 costs, at the Orange Police Court when he was charged with…

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Charge of Murder Sydney Underworld Feud

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 33

The death of Bernard Hugh, Dalton at Sydney on November 9 was inquired into by the coroner (Mr. May). Frances Roland Green and James…

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Theft From Church Sunday School Money Taken Two Youths in Trouble

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon last the Lutheran Church building at Bethel, six miles from Jindera, was entered and six brooches and…

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"Drew Razor" and Threatened to Cut Her Throat Charge Of-assault

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

At the Yarrawonga Police Court before Mr. Williams, P.M., James Alfred Clifford was, on the Information of his wife, charged With…

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Full Court Judgment Arbitration Court Had No Jurisdiction Judge Beeby's Order Invalid

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

The Full High Court, in Melbourne on Wednesday, decided that the Federal Arbitration Court had no Jurisdiction to make an…

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Echuca East Jockey Before Flemington Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

“You abused the hospitality of a man who was trying to help you,” said Mr. Bond, P.M., in the Flemington Court on Tuesday, to Frederick Noonan (21),…

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"Seem to Want to Fly" P.M.'s Warning to Motorists Sppeding in Streets Magistrate Determined to Stop It

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

At the Albury Police Court on Monday, Noel. Francis Weatherby was charged with having driven a motor car at a speed dangerous…

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Armed Hold-up Incident Near Goulburn "Bail Up" Police After Bushrangers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

Goulburn and Braidwood police are seeking in the heavy country between those two towns for two bushrangers, who held up a…

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Coal Owners' Appeal Upheld by High Court Dispute Confined to N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

In a majority judgment tho High Court Bench on Wednesday morning decided that the award made by Judge Beeby in the Arbitration Court on…

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