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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Police Court Eating Utensils Stolen

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 32

Before the Police Court on Tuesday morning, Robert Nairn and James Smith were charged with stealing between February 13 and 16, at Narlga…

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Stealing Charge Canadian Fined £5

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 8

In the Deniliquin Police Court on Tuesday morning last, John Linford (31), who said he was a Canadian and had been in Australia six years, pleaded…

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Finley [?] Police [?] Visit

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. [?] of Police for [?] official [?] He found [?]…

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Town Hall Talkies "Bishop Murder Case" Saturday and Monday Nights

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 16

The plot of S. S. Van Dine's thrilling and dramatic novel, "The Bishop Murder Case" which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have made into an all talking…

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Elwood Murder Miss Dean Was Watched

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

The dectives inquiring into the murder of Miss Mary Dean at Elwood on November 21, have been informed that letters were written to Miss Dean…

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Mena Griffiths Murder Accused Committed for Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Dramatic word pictures of the circumstances in which a little girl was [?]ured away from her playmates in a public park, to a terrible death were…

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Concealing Cocaine. Police Raid at Fitzroy. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

When the police raided a house at Fitzroy, Melbourne, last night, they found eight packets of cocaine enclosed in a tin in a birdcage. A…

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Prisoners Released in Victoria. Police Display Concern. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

There is considerable concern in Victorian police quarters at the release, by the Government, of many prisoners before their term has…

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Alleged Haberfield Burglary. Detective Makes Arrest. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

Detective Browning, noticing a front window in a house at Haberfield open early this morning, entered and found a large bundle of clothing on a…

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The Eighteenth Amendment. Court Says Quite in Order. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals held to-day, that the Eighteenth Amendment is constitutionally adopted. The Court thus took a view…

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The Murder of Mena GHlFEiTHS McMAHON Committed for Trial "Let' Me Get at Him," Says Mother of Dead Girl

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

After hearing many witness and denia[?]s by suspects as to his presence in Melbourne on the day of the murder, Mr. Grant corner, committed…

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Peculiar Incidents at Gaol A. Bogus Magistrate

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

During the week a car drew up at the Kilmore police station and a man told Constable Dunk that he was a justice of the peace from Brunswick…

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Gaol for Rector's Son

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 37

Son of the rector of Lamarsh, in Essex, Reginald Carrington Wallis Smyth, 26, was accused at Chelmsford Assizes of assaulting a girl under the a…

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Corowa Police Court Monday, January 5, 1931 (Before Mr. Hardwick, Relieving P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

Glen Bye, contractor, at present carrying on extension work at the Corowa Public Hospital, was proceeded against by the…

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Young Bride Duped Honeymoon Arrest for £2500 Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 34

Arrested while on his honeymoon, a young Gorman artist, who induced his bride of 10 days to take part in a raid on the flat of her wealthy…

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Alleged Shooting with Intent. Tilly Devine's Husband Charged. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

At the Central Police Court, to-day, James Edward Devine (39), was remanded on a charge of having, at Maroubra, last night, shot at his wife,…

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Culcairn Tragedy Police Promise Sensational Denouement

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

For two weeks the police have been trying to ascertain hew Ernest Vale, an, employee on Mr. J.A. Balfour's property, near…

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The Drummoyne Tragedy. Stanley Jackson Found Hanged in Gaol. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

Stanley Jackson (18), who was arrested recently for the allged murder of Mrs. Julia Geraschel, aged 87, at Drummonyne, was found dead in his…

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Wagers by Telegraph No Concern of Police

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

Referring to a statement that wagers were being made by telegraph the Victorian commissioner of police (Brig. General Blamey) said that the police…

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Legislative Council Appeal to High Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Lang) announced early in the week that he had decide to appeal to the High Court against the decision of the Supreme…

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