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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,192 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 60

Local and General Band Visits Gaol

The Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

The Hay Citizens Band at the invitation of Mr. Harry Hood, the governor, recently visited the Hay gaol and played a musical programme in…

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Wayward Lad Pleads Guilty of Burglary and Is Remanded for Sentence. Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 3

Remarking that apparently nobody appeared to have any control over him, Judge Sheridan, at the Quarter-Sessions to-day, remanded William…

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Five Thousand Strikers Battle with Police. MINNEAPOLIS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

A pitched battle developed amongst 5,000 striking lorry drivers and the police, here, to-day. The police repeatedly charged the strikers with…

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Raiding an Orchard. Intruders Met by the Police

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, Ernest Alfred Bloss Squires and Alexander Frederisk McGrath were each charged for…

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Too Many Rabbits [?] Case Before Deniliquin Court

The Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

Robert John Walker, of "Pine Park," near Deniliquin, was fined £5, with 8/ court costs and £2/2/ professional costs, in Deniliquin Police…

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Morey Appeals Against His Conviction "Some Other Hypothesis Than Murder"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 5

Edward Henry Morey, who at Wogga on May 11. was found guilty of the murder in December last of Percy Smith and was sentenced to death by…

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Telegrams Lasourer Before Court on Two Charges Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Jack Smith, or Louis Hart, 40, labourer, was remanded on two charges of stealing and one of having…

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Wife on Murder Charge

The Independent · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 2

Following an inquest on Moncrieff Anderson at Wagga, the dead man's widow was committed for trial on a charge of murder. The police alleged…

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Balranald Police Court Held on Wednesday (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan P.M.) Small Debts Case

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 3

Walter Pearce sued James Johnson for £3 for wages which he alleged was due to him. After argument the Police Magistrate awarded him 30/ with…

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French Documents Stolen Sensational Burglary in Paris. Authorities to Complain to League of Nations. Paris

The Independent · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 3

A sensational burglary occurred at the offices of the French Saar Mines Administration the result being the disappearance of one…

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Souvenirs From Hotels Two English Tourists Charged with Theft

The Independent · Tuesday 29 May 1934 · page 4

Two young Englishmen, Humphrey Gladwin Errington, 27, and Derek Maxwell Sanderson, 20, were charged at Invercargill (N.Z.) with stealing a…

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Wagga Murder Appeal

The Independent · Tuesday 29 May 1934 · page 2

Edward Henry Morey, who was convicted of the murder of Percy Smith and sentenced to death, has through his solicitors lodged an…

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Mrs. Edols Again Before Court. on Charge of Allged Fraud Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 29 May 1934 · page 3

The trial commenced at the Central Court, Darlinghurst, to-day of Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols, who is charged with having obtained credit for £3,000…

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Police Magistrate Change in District New Roster of Sittings

The Independent · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 12

From the 1st July next the new Police Magistrate (Mr. Ivo Beavers) will take up his residence in Deniliquin on accordance with a change in…

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Stealing Charge Man Remanded to Hay

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 2

SAMUEL BRINSLEY NORTON (21) was a passenger from Hay on the Hay-Melbourne service car yesterday morning. When the car arrived here…

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Northern Territory Murder Aborigines on Trial. DARWIN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 1

The principal witness at the trial, to-day, of eight aborigines, on a charge of having killed Adolf Koch and Stephen Arinski, at Fitzmaurice…

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Film Dog Threatened Police Protection B0ught

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 5

Caesar, the Hollywood celebrity in Melbourne has been threatended by an anonymous writer, and the clever Alsatian dog is to have protection in…

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The Perth Trial. Scenes in Court. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 2

The trial of Laurance Oliver Mollor, at Perth, for the alleged murder of his son, has been concluded. When the jury returned a verdict of "not…

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Police in North

The Independent · Sunday 3 June 1934 · page 2

dressing a large audience at [?], Mr. J. R. Wilkinson, a [?] of the deputation staff of Methodist Home Mission who…

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New Police Regulations

The Independent · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 2

New police force regulations impose stringent prohibitions regarding gratuities, presentations,. and rewards. The decisions will be…

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