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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

517 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 26

Sheep Stealing at Seymour. Graziers as Armed Patrols. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

So prevalent has sheep stealing become in the Seymour and Tallarook districts, that graziers are stated to have instituted armed night patrols to…

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WEBSTER v. Douglas Reserved Decision Read in Open Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 3

The protracted proceedings in the above case were advanced a stage further yesterday when the local Registrar, Mr. W. S. Kelk, read in open…

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Wheat Advance Court Decides Excel Be Repaid

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 4

Victorian growers who [?] 1920-30 harvest through [?] conducted by the Victorian [?] growers’ Corporation in that year…

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Albury Police Court Oranges and Lemons Stolen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 47

Pleading guilty to having stolen 6½ dozen oranges and 3 dozen lemons, of the total value of 10/, the property of George Albert Buchhorn of Lavington…

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Police Sergeant's Car in Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

Sergeant Yardy, of the Albury police force, was lucky on Sunday afternoon, when a wheel of the car he was driving collapsed (says the…

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Railway Hours. Court Refuses Reduction. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

The Full Arbitration Court, to-day, refused, an application for the reduction of hours from 48 to 44 in the New South Wales Railways and…

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The Craig Case. Appeal to High Court. SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

Eric Roland Craig sought leave of the High Court to-day to appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in upholding his…

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The Police Station. New Officer in Charge. Welcomed at Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

Before the business of the Court of Petty Sessions was entered upon, yesterday, the P.M., Mr. Johnstone, said that he would like to extend a hearty…

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Moama Court 67 Opossum Skins

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

John Thomas Owen was presented before Mr. Johnstone, P.M., in the Moama Court on Friday on a charge of having 67 opossum skins in his…

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Too Many Rabbits Landholders Before Court

The Independent · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 1

After a commencement had been made with evidence in the case in Deniliquin Police Court on Thursday in which Rabbit Inspector A. H. McLean…

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Albury Police Court Travelling Stock Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 47

When Thomas Pape was charged with between June 30 and July 7, not taking travelling stock (314 head of cattle) from Howlong to Urangeline by…

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Tarrawingee Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 2

The Inonest into the death of Mr. Katherine Starr ?(72)whose mudded body was found in her home Tarrawinges on July 27. was [?]…

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Tarrawingee Horror Murder of Miss Starr Police and Medical Evidence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 4

The inquest into the death of Miss Katherine Starr (72), whose mutilated body was found in her home at Tarrawingee on July 27, was resumed on…

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Balranald Police Court Wednesday, August 23, 1933 (Before Mr. Johnstone, P.M.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 August 1933 · page 3

There was rather a lengthy list on cases heard at the Balranald Police Court on Wednesday last before Mr. Jo[?]stone, P.M…

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Charge of Wool Stealing Monday, August 21. (Before Messrs. J.W. Chanter and J. R. Thompson, J.'sP.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 August 1933 · page 3

At the local police court on Monday last, before Messrs. J.W. Chanter and J. H. Thompson, J's.P., two aborigines, Arthur and Clarence Pearce…

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Infant Murder Charge Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 2

"At the Central Criminal" Court to-day Irene Marden, 19, was charged with having murdered her two-weeks-old baby boy by throwing him from a…

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Tragedy in Prahran. Murder and Suicide. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 3

A man and woman are dead and a second man is now in hospital in a serious condition as the result of a shooting tragedy, in a house at East…

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Craig's Appeal. Dismissed by High Court. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 2

The High Court, by a majority of three to two dismissed the application of Roland Craig for special leave to appeal from the decision of the…

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Transport Case. Referred to High Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1933 · page 4

On the application of the Federal Attorney-General the High Court on Thursday made- an order bringing Into its jurisdiction an appeal which…

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Court News

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 3

At the local Police Court on Friday last before Messrs E. S. Neaverson and A. Watson, J's.P., George Edward Brading (25) was…

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