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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Chinese in Court. Market Gardener Sues-countryman

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

Did Carlie Him sleep all day and all night when he stayed at the market garden of his countryman, On Lec, near Shepparton, and did…

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Charge of Stealing Accused Remanded

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

A man named John McDonald (37) appeared before Mr A. Hall, J.P., in the local court on Saturday' last charged with stealing…

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Victorian Trade Restriction in Riverina. What Court's Decision Means

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

The High Court's decision in connection with the N.S.W. Transport Act will have the result of restricting Victorian trade with Riverina…

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Police Court Tuesday, January 2,1934 (Before Mr. C.W. Swiney, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

W. T. Jones, charged with having failed to return expired registration Certificate and number plate, was financed 26, with 8 court costs, William…

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Stealing Charge Accused Found Guilty

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

At the Balranald Police Court on Friday morning before Messrs J. R. Thompson and C. Soady J's P., a man named Thomas Berry, 39 years of age,…

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Police Court Few Holiday Cases

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

THE number of cases dealt with at the local Police Court during the holidays was very small. John Emery (61) charged with using…

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The Wagga Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

With the days slipping by and still no trace of the woman companion of Percy Smith, who was brutally done to death and whose body, enclosed in…

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Charge of Stealing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Police Court on Thursday last before the P.M. (Mr. C. W. Swiney), John McDonald (37) was charged with stealing two…

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Alleged Wool Stealing Man Before Mulwala Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

At the Mulwala Court on Saturday before Messrs. Cross and Marshall, J's.P., Albert Kilmartin, of Yarrawonga was charged with having been in…

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The Wagga Murder

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

The identification of the victim of the Wagga murder, Percy Smith, and the appearance before the Wagga Police Court this week of a man charged…

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Small Debts Court

The Independent · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court at Deniliquin Yesterday, John H. R. Simpson (storckeeper) was successful in obtaining judgment against Charles…

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"SMITHY" Farewell to Popular Police Officer Yerong Creek Turns Out En Masse

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

One of the largest crowds ever seen in Yerong Creek Public Hall assembled together on Thursday evening to say farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Smith…

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District Court Appointment

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 2

The Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) announced on Friday that Mr. J. R. Nield, who has been acting judge for some time, has been appointed…

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Death Feared Before Murder Trial Ends Chicago, Jan. 17

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

During the trial of Doctor Alice Wynekoop on charge of murder of her daughter-in-law, an episcopal pastor appeared in the court room and…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country. Edition of Wednesday. Telegraphic and Cable News. Police Hoax. An Alleged Good Joke SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Detectives searched throughout the night the water near the North Shore suspension bridge as a result of finding clothes belonging to a young…

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Balranald Police Court January Court Business

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

At the Balranald Police Court on Wednesday 17th January before Mr. D.W. Reid, relieving Police Magistrate, the following cases were heard:—…

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Desperadoes Murder Three Policeman Basli, Jan, 21

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 3

Four hundred policemen, assisted by an aeroplane, are searching the Jura mountains for two German desperadoes who on January 1 entered a…

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Film Scene Taken in Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused at the Darlinghurst Sydney, Criminal Courts the other day when during the hearing of a case in which Dr. Everard…

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An Adelaide Arrest. Man Charged with Assault. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

George Harold Grant Trott (33), who has been hiding in a wild part of the hills near the National Park, was arrested last night near his home…

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Court House Statistics

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

The following statistics of business at the Henty Court House for the year 1933 are to hand:—Court of Petty Sessions: Charge and…

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