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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,192 stories in Murray's papers · page 32 of 60

Is It Murder? Murrumbidgee Mystery Man’s Body Found Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 September 1934 · page 1

Wagga police are endeavouring to discover the identity of a man, whose body was fished, from the Murrumbidgee this afternoon…

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A Thrilling Chase Police Overhaul Fugitive Car Shots Fired Youths Arrested Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 September 1934 · page 2

A thrilling chase by a police car of a spending sedan at Brighton last night ended with the arrest of five youths after a fusilade of shots by the…

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Still a Mystery Identity of Girl Charred Body Mystery Crime Now 20 Days Old Man Tells Police He Can Solve Puzzle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 September 1934 · page 1

The week-end’s investigation into the Albury culvert murder mystery produced two men whose assumption of knowledge…

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Albury Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 3

The post-mortem photographs of the girl whose battered and charred body was found in a culvert on the Howlong-Albury road are…

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Albury Murder Case

The Independent · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 4

A visitor from Albury who does business in Narandera and pays frequent visits there believes that the victim of the Albury murder was…

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Police Administrative Buildings

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

Towards the end of last year it was definitely announced that a start would be made early in 1934 with necessary improvement to the…

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Old Police Warrants

The Independent · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 4

More than 150 warrants issued by police 60 years ago, and which have sever been executed, are to be destroyed by the Goulburn police. The…

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[?]Ewels Theft Alleged Three Men on Trials Crown’s Allegations Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

Quarter Sessions to-day William [?] Wallace, 28, motor driver, [?] Malcolm Farley, 26, fruit [?] and Eric Courtney, 34,…

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Beechworth Sessions and County Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

A sitting of Beechworth General Sessions and County Court will be held tomorrow. The case listed for hearing are : General Sessions : An appeal…

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Identity Puzzle Elections May Help Check of Non-Voters Will It Give Clue ? Culvert Murder Mystery

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

There is a thin chance that the Federal elections may help to reveal the identity of the pyjama clad girl whose body was…

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Abused the Police Aged Prisoner Speaks His Mind. and the Bench Settles Issue

The Independent · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

Arrested on a charge of drunkenness on Sunday afternoon, Henry McDonald a 62 year old swagman was lodged in Deniliquin gaol, where he…

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Ringing-in of Horses State wide Organisation Alleged Trainer in Court. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 6

Allegations of the existence of a Commonwealth- wide organisation for practising “ringing-in” was made by Mr. C. Pollock for the Northern…

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Girl’s Identity Well Guarded Secret Murder Seen in Dream Man Tells Police Culvert Mystery Becomes More Baffling

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 1

Although three weeks have passed since the body of a girl, who had been done to death by eight blows to the head, was…

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Man Is Acquitted But Trial of Other Two Proceeds Jewel Theft Alleged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 1

Francis Malcolm Farley, 26, one of the three men charged with having stolen diamond rings valued at £1700 from Angus and Coote’s jewellery…

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Church Goes to Court Money for Hospital Judge Wants to Know More MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 2

Because ST. George’s Hospital [?] road, Kew was said to have become [?] for its original purpose, the head…

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Escape From Locked Cell Once Eluded Albury Warders Theft Suspect at Large Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 September 1934 · page 2

On inspecting the cells at the Wa[?] watchhouse this morning, a constable discovered that Alfred John Sleeth, who was arrested on a…

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Body in Mine Shaft Murder is Suspected Belief of Detectives Burnie

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 September 1934 · page 2

Detectives are convinced that James Middap, 53, whose body was found last Thursday in a disused shaft of the Argent mine at Zeehan, has been…

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Theft of Coat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 9

Norman Stevens, 29, pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat and scarf, valued at £3, the property of Stanley Parker, at Albury on September…

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Albury Police Court Travelled Without Railway Ticket

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 9

Charles Walter Middleton, who pleaded guilty to travelling on the N.S.W. railways between Wagga and Albury without having previously paid…

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Albury-road Murder Girl's Body Still Unidentified

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 2

Although three weeks have elapsed since the body of a young woman was found in a culvert near Albury, intensive investigations have failed to…

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