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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,192 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 60

Murder of Russian Reward of £250 Offered Police at Dead-end Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 4

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said he had approved of a reward of £250 being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction…

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The Albury Murder. Victim Not Identified. ALBURY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 2

Unprecedented steps are being taken by the detectives in their endeavours to solve the baffling mystery of the identity of the girl, whose…

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The Albury Murder. Victim Still Unidentified. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 1

The identity of the victim of the Albury murder is still a mystery. Until the murdered girl's name is ascertained the police are working in…

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Police Photograph Victim Two Teeth Removed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 6

The police on Monday secured a very good photograph of the young woman after her death, and this is being circulated in both States. Her…

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Murder of Russian Shop-keeper Reward of £250 Offered

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, to-day approved of a reward of £250 being offered for information leading to the…

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Crime Committed by a Man Police Opinion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 6

The police incline to the belief that the crime was committed by a man, and that a motor car was used to convey the body to the culvert. This…

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Not Bogeymen Now Police and Children Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 6

In presenting the prizes in the school competition for essays on police and safety first the Commissioner for Police (Mr. Childs) said to-day that the…

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Fresh Theory of Police Woman an Amateur Actress

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 6

Reports received late on Monday stated that the Wagga police had an official communication regarding the possibility of certain persons recently…

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Son Needed at Home Novel Plea Affects Court Sentence is Altered MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 3

The Court of Criminal Appeals, apparently impressed by the unusual reasons for a prisoner’s appeal, to-day varied the sentence…

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Culvert Murder Albury Expected to Give Clue House-to-house Canvass Starts Detectives Appeal to Public for Aid Dentists Also May Assist

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 4

A development which may play an important part in the identification of the pyjama-clad girl whose body was found partly hidden in a pipe culvert on the Howlong road, near Albury, last Sunday, was the commencement yesterday of a house-t-house canvass by detectives in Albury…

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Tragedy Near Albury Body of Unknown Woman Found in Culvert Partly Burnt Sack Over Head Baffling Mystery for Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 6

THE body of an unknown woman—the head shockingly battered, the lower limbs, charred and the head and shoulders enshrouded in a half-burnt wheat sack—was found in a pips culvert about five miles from Albury, on the main Albury-Corowa Highway, on Saturday morning…

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Gril With a Roll of Notes Motor Mechanic's Story New Turn in Albury Murder Mystery. Girl Was with Man and a Girl in Car. Sydney

The Independent · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 3

Norman Jackson, an unemployed motor mechanic has informed the detectives investigating the mystery that the day before the Albury…

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Heard at the Police Court Yesterday

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 1

At the Deniliquin Police Court (says the 'Pastoral Times')—Mr Mucller: Now, as to this police pimp—Inspector Bourke: I object! Mr…

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Sent to Gaol Salesman and Bookmaker Cherie Frauds Alleged MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 24

A denial that he had uttered three forged cheques was made in the witness-box in General Sessions to-day by Edward Leonard…

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Murder of Shopkeeper. No Trace of Killer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 24

Detectives have interviewed many persons m their search for the mail who brutally shot down Paul Drasdoff in his shop at Waverley on…

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Smash and Grab Man, Ran Off With Diamonds 18 Months Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 17

A sentence of 18 months imprisonment was imposed on Norman. Hardy, 26, metal worker, at Quarter Sessions to-day for a “smash and grab”…

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Menaces Allegedly Used Men Who Demanded Money Both Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 17

John Kelly, 44, and Sydney Brightfield. 26, were each sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment on charges of having attempted with menaces to…

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20 Years’ Gaol Mrs. Anderson’s Sentence Her Husband’s Jury’s Verdict of Manslaughter WAGGA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 21

Found guilty of the manslaughter of her husband, Moncrieff Anderson an invalid pensioner, Lillian Anderson, 24, was to-day sentenced to servitude for 20 years. Mrs. Anderson received the sentence calmly, but when she reached…

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Bullets Stolen Interstate Gang [?] Police Take Serious View Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 21

Ten thousand rounds of [?] were stolen from the [?] tarlatan Pty. Ltd. ammunition. factory Footscray, on Thursday night what…

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Hunt Crows Keener Culvert Murder Mystery Commissioner Here To-day Det-Sgt. McRae Arrived Yesterday Description of Teeth Again Amended

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 24

Yesterday was another day of dashed hopes in the search for the name of the woman whose body was found ln the embers her pyre in a culvert nearly five miles from Albury, along the Howlong road, on Saturday last. Several promising claims of identification were all disproved but the…

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