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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,192 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 60

Jockey in Court Assaulted a Girl Girl's Story of Affair Sydney

The Independent · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court today, Alfred Henry Shipton, 21, jockey, was charged with having committed a capital offence on a girl…

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Clash in Court Magistrate and Solicitor

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

An argument between the magistrate and a solicitor in the Darwin Police Court last week, ended in the adjournment of the case after the…

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Suspected Wool Stealing

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

Prosecuting in a case at Hay last week of a man who was charged with having in his possession wool which might be suspected as being…

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Stealing Wood. Two Defendants Fined

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

In the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., Mr. Sheridan, yesterday, Leslie James Cox and Jack Robbins were each charged for that on…

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Local and General a Mean Theft

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

Whilst the Rev. Mr. McIlroy, of Mooroopna, was conducting service at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, intruders removed some…

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The Barry Murder Elderly Woman Arrested. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

At the Blayney Police Court to-day Charlotte Flower, 58, married woman was charged with having maliciously and feloniously slain John Ryan, 79…

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Wagga Shooting Woman on Trial for Murder Accused Pleads Not Guilty Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

The trial was commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day of Lilian Anderson, 23, for the [?]aged murder of her husband, Moncrieff…

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Woman Makes 2 Statements Wagga Shooting Mrs. Anderson Before Court. Pleads "Not Guilty" and Challenges Several Jurors. Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day of Mrs. Lillian Anderson, 23, for the alleged murder of her husband, Moncrieff…

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Bank Officer Sentenced

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 4

David Kennedy Galbraith, aged 37 years, bank officer, of Numurkah, pleaded guilty before Judge Woinarski in General Sessions…

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Woman Charged

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 4

A woman over 50 years of age, who was detained by the police on Monday for questioning about the murder of John Ryan, 79, retired stock agent and…

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Stock Stealing. In Country Districts

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 4

Referring to a statement, made before the Wheat Commission at Gunnedah, that pleas were made for a country police patrol to prevent sheep…

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Pure Fabrication Accused Wan's Story Charged with Embezzelment. Sydney

The Independent · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 3

When Arthur Edward Sheehan was charged at the Central Court to-day with haying fraudulently emberzzled £13/10/- the Police prosecutor said…

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Wagga Murder Trial. Jury Fails to Agree. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 2

The jury in the case in which Lillian Anderson was charged with the alleged murder of her husband, at Wagga, failed to agree…

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Wagga Murder Trial Starrling Development Wife's Allegations Against Husband

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 5

The allegation that, following a struggle, her husband bad killed a man (Percy Smith), and thrown his body into the Murrumbidgee River,…

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Morey's Appeal Comes Before Full Court To-day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 5

Edward Henry Morey, who was a witness in the Anderson trial on Tuesday will appeal to Full Court to-day (Friday) against his convition…

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Balranald Police Court June 18, 1934

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 3

Before Messrs. J. R. Thompson and J. W. Chanter J's.P. Wilfred Watson, age 33 years, was charged with being found drunk on…

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Stealing Wood

The Independent · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 3

At Hay Police Court last week, Leslie Hames Cok and Jack Robbins, were found guilty of stealing dead wood lying on Mingad[?] station, and…

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Impudent Theft Suit Case “Planted”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 1

AN impudent theft was committed on Tuesday, when a suit case and rug were taken from the verandah at Tattersall’s Hotel…

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Diviner Engaged in Murder Case

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 4

The search for the firearm believed to have been used in the killing of John Ryan 79, at Barry, a fortnight ago, is still going on, the police…

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Local and General Murder and Suicide

The Independent · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

Having murdered a 16-year-old boy near Scone, a station hand shot his two dogs and then committed suicide. Before committing suicide, the man…

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