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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Police Will Fire Calcutta Govt. Determined Calcutta

The Independent · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

The Government has decided to adopt, drastic measures to deal with organised violence which is becoming a serious menace to the peace of the…

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A Busy Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

At the last sittings of the Barham Court, 40 cases were listed for hearing by the Police Magistrate, (Mr. N. I Sheridan). "The P. M. must have been…

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Charge of Stealing

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 4

In the Jerilderie Police [?] before Messrs W. [?] and A. Watson, J’s.P., [?] alias Quinnell, was charged [?]…

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Court News

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Licensing Court on Friday last before the P.M. (Mr. C. W. Swiney) an application for the transfer of the license of the Albion…

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Farm House Theft Plea of Guilty: 4 Months Prisoner Thanks Magistrate

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

Pleading guilty before Mr. Sheridan, P.M., in Deniliquin Police Court yesterday morning, on a charge of stealing goods from a farmers' home at…

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Tobacco Stolen Theft From Railway Truck

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

Tobacco valued at nearly £70 was stolen from a railway truck m transit from Melbourne to Deniliquin last week-end…

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Alleged Stealing Thefts From Goods Shed “Medicine” From Demi, of Gin

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

On two charges of alleged stealing from the railway goods shed, Clarence Rupert Jinks was committed for trial, at the Police Court yesterday, by Mr…

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Railway Robberies Local Man Before Court Committed for Trial

The Independent · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

As a sequel to numerous robberies from the goods sheds at Deniliquin Railway Station in recent months, Clarence Rupert Jinks (26), a…

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Mulwala Police Court. Assault Case Adjcurned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 2

Convicted last week of driving a vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public, William Lawford was fined £5, with 8 costs, by Mr. C. W…

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The New Guard Police Report to Minister. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 3

Police reports concerning the New Guard were received by the Chief Secretary yesterday. It is understood the Crown Law Department will be…

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The Unrest in India. Police and Peasants in Conflict. CALCUTTA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 3

Three were killed, 32 wounded, and five constables seriously hurt, when the police fired on a crowd of 3,000 peasants, near Comilla, in East…

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An Airman in Trouble. Mollison Charged With Assault. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

Airman James Mollison was charged at the Marylebone Court with assaulting Henry Ward, whose face was heavily bandaged…

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South Australian Tragedy. Farm Hand Sentenced to Death. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

Sentence of death has been passed on Arthur Thomas James (17), farm hand, who was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Edna Clarke…

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Latest Telegrams an Accountant Sentenced. For Forgery and Uttering. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

At the Quarter Sessions, Cecil Wyatt Dickinson (37), auditor and accountant, pleaded guilty to ten counts of forgery and uttering, and…

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Assault Charge a Case of Much Local Interest

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 1

"Stack your linen" is C[?] remark alleged to have been made when John Edward Doherty met John Joseph Lindsay. The scene of the alleged combat was the railway trucking wards on the evening of the 19th January last, when Lindsay was there in the ex[?]tion of his duty unloading a ruck of…

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Euston Police Court Tuesday, February 16, 1932 (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 3

The Balranald Pastures Protection Board proceeded against the Trustees of the Euston Town Common, for falling to destroy rabbits. The Trustees…

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Small Debts Court Shell Oil Company v. W. Wilmshurst

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 3

The Shell Oil Company of Australia, sued William Wilmshurst, of Balranald for oil and petrol supplied which amounted to £12 2/…

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Journey’s End Point Decided in Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 4

If a man who has been a journey returns to his home, but does not enter it, and afterwards proceeds to a hotel, is he entitled to be legally regarded as…

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Some Rabbit Cases Before the Hay Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 2

The Hay P.P. Board proceeded, against Thos. C. Booth for failing to destroy rabbits, at the Court of Petty , Sessions, yesterday…

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Savage Alsatian Dog. Killed by Police. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 3

Mr. W. Wilks, of Croydon, was savagely attacked by a valuable Alsatian dog, when he ordered it into a kennel, and received serious wounds in…

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