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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

481 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 25

Charge of Assault P.p. Board Ganger Struck

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

At the Hay Police Court on Tuesday morning, before the P.M., Raymond William Saunders was charged for that he did at Hay, unlawfully…

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Albury Police Court Monday, February 9 (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.) An Unstamped Scale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 8

John Peter Franen felder was charged with using an unstamped scale at Albury on December 12. He was fined £3, With S/ costs. The scale was ordered to be…

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Ormond Murder Case of R. J. McMAHON MELBOURNE

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

The view is expressed by the secretary of the Victorian Crown Law Department that notwithstanding the alibi set up by Robert James M'Mahon…

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Recluse's Death Investigations by Police Paris, February 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 15

The French and British police are investigating the circumstances of the death of John Drinan, a recluse, aged 33 years, who was found dead at the…

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German Political Parties Police Raid Hitlerites' Office. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

The police made a surprise raid on the headquarters of the Hitlerites, and arrested many leaders. The object was to secure evidence to support…

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Farmers Organise Big Meeting at Albury Attack on Arbitration Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 26

THE largest meeting of primary producers and business men ever held ia Albury took place on Thursday, 6th inst. The Town Hall was packed to…

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The Mena Griffith' Murder Accused Man Said to be in Leeton on Day of Crime. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

An important development has occurred in the preparation of the Crown brief for the forthcoming trial of Robert James McMahon, who has…

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Stealing Cases Thefts From Woolsheds

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 3

Two men were convicted at the Police Court on Tuesday on charges of stealing articles from Yaloke and Narlga woolsheds. On each charge the…

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Ormond Murder James Mcmahon Released Crown Relinquishes Case

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 2

The Victorian Crown Law Department entered a nolle prosequt in the case, of Robert James McMahon, who was charged with the murder of Mena…

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Country Edition Wednesday, February 18th, 1931. Telegrams. South Australian Legislator Sentenced to Five Years. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 1

Albert Augustine Edwards (40), a member of the House of Assembly, who was convicted of an offence against a boy, was sentenced to five…

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Balranald Court Wednesday, February, 18, 1931 (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M.) Revision Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 2

The revised list of electors in the Goodnight and Bungunyah-Koraleigh Water Trusts was approved of. Billiard Licence…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Refuses to Adjourn Hearing. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 3

On the resumption of the hearing of the plaints for an extension of the 10 per cent, wage reduction, to-day, the Full Bench of the Arbitration…

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Albury Police Court Monday, February 24 (Before Mr. Swiney, P.M.) Theft of Bicycle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

John Evans pleaded guilty to stealing a man's bicycle valued at £9, the property of Thomas Eagles, at Albury, on February 20, 1931…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Escapees From Prison Camp. Sentenced to Nine Months' Gaol. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

William Tansey and James Jeffrey, who escaped from Toncurry Reafforestation prison camp, were at West Maitland Police Court, yesterday, each…

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"Unconscious Theft" Queer Effect of Brain Disease

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 12

Brain disease, it was suggested, so affected a woman victim as to make her at times unable to tell the difference between right and wrong. This…

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Chicago's Noted Gangster. Al Capone Before the Court. CHICAGO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

Nation-wide interest in the trial of the famous gangster, Scarface Al Capone, who is charged with contempt of court, was further intensified…

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Corowa Police Court Monday, March 2, 1931 (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

George Brady was fined 1 or the rising of the court for being drunk in Sanger street on Sunday. March 1. On a second charge of haying been…

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Police Sergeant Killed Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

James Wall, 25, builder, was remanded at the Manly Police Court day on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of…

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Counterfeiting Plant. Police Raid at Petersham

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 4

The police raided a house at Petersham last night, and arrested three men. They took possession of a large quantity of tools and dies necessary…

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Hay Court House Office. Business for 1930

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 2

The return of the business transacted at the office of the Hay Courthouse, by the C.P.S., for 1930, contains the following items…

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