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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Police in Trouble. Suburban Constable Dismissed. SYDNEY, Thursday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

A constable, attached to a suburban station, who was recently suspended on an alleged charge of having accepted 30s. to overlook a traffic…

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Finley Wheat Crop, Ownership Disputed. Application to Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 3

In chambers on Wednesday of last week, Michael Lawrence Forrest, Richard Forrest, and Henry Ross asked Mr Justice Halse Rogers to…

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Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

The only business before the Licensing Court was an application by F. S. Latch for a Hawker's license. This was granted…

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Police Court Tuesday January 5, 1932 (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

A youth named Nool Harrison, charged with having been drunk in Sanger street on January 1. appeared before the P.M. in custody…

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Assault at Albury Elderly Bedridden Women Another Woman Arrested

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

When Waited Watson arrived at midnight on Saturday night he found his bedridden mother who is 78 years of age, suffering from…

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Hay Small Debts Court Yesterday's Sitting

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

The usual fortnightly sitting of the Hay Small Debts Court took place yesterday, the P.M., Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, being on the Bench…

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Stealing Charges Three Bags of Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

Yesterday at the police Court, before Sheridan, P.M, Robert H. Goddard was charged with stealing 10 bags of wheat, valued at £4, the property…

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The Murder of Cecil Baker. Police Commissioner's Recommendations. Feeling in the District. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

The Police Commissioner has recommended to the Government that a reward ot £200 be ottered for the apprehension of the murderer of Cecil…

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Woman Law Clerk Charged. With Alleged Fraud. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

Leila Beryl Smith (39), law clerk, was charged at the Central Court with, it was alleged, having fraudulently omitted to account for sums of…

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Stolen Jewellery. Recovered by Police. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

The Queensland police have recovered jewellery and pearls, valued at £1142, stolen, from the house of J. Clark, at N.W. Farm. It was…

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Eric Campbell in Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

The adjourned hearing of the charge against Eric Campbell, of Having uses insulting worus, was commenced before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M.,…

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Outback Murder Clue in Albury? Man May Be Able to Help Police

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Two men, one of whom the police believe was seen in the company of Jame Morrison, whose bones were found in the ashes of…

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Later Particulars. Police Arrive Just in Time. Otherwise Convicts Would Have Escaped. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

An eye-witness of the mutinous scenes in Dartmoor Prison stated: "The police arrived in the nick of time to prevent 300 desperate…

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Charge of Horse Stealing

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

At the Nyahwest Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, 13th inst., Beriram Charles Rigby, of Nyah, was charged with having stolen two draught…

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Creating a Disturbance Young Man Charged with Offensive Behaviour

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, on Monday, Ronald Terrence Isaac was charged that on 26th January…

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Eric Campbell Fined Insulting Words Towards Premier. Magistrate on Word Scoundrel. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

Found guilty of having used insulting words against Premier Lang, Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard, was fined £2, in default five days'…

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Appointment of J.P. Police Report Wanted Shire President Outspoken

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

The recent appointment of a Moama resident as a justice of the peace was the subject of adverse comment by the president (Cr. D. F. Blyth) at Murray…

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Charge of Stealing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 3

In the local Police Court on Saturday morning last, before Messrs. W. W. Elliott and A. Watson, J's.P., Mary Peach, alias Quinnell, was…

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Alleged Stealing Defendant Remanded

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

The police have been informed recently of several thefts of goods from the local railway station. Inquiries concerning the property surreptitiously…

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Police Court Tuesday, February 2, 1032 (Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

Harry Cornelius was charged with having been the owner of an unregistered motor vehicle. Constable Steele said that on…

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