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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,098 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 105

Convicted of Stealing a Dog[?]

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

At the local police court on December 24, before Messrs B. J. Rodgers and J. Chivell, J's.P., William Kernaghan, drover of Mulw[?]…

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Plotters Exiled Zinovieff and Kameneff “ Sentenced to living Death” LONDON , December 30

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

According to the “Daily Express correspondent at Warsaw Zinovieff and Kameneff, the ex-Bolshevik leaders, were arrested…

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Motorists Pay Penalty Police Car’s “Hauls” £1400 Paid in Fines Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

More than 1500 motorists have been challenged by the police, patrol car “Blue-Bird” during the year, bringing a net return in lines to the State of…

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Fracas in the Saar Police Use Force at Meeting Free Fight Starts Saarbrucken , Dec. 3

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

The calm which, has hitherto prevailed in the Saar was broken at Pliesscastel today when an indoor meeting of the Catholic Front was…

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Knife in Woman’s Back a Hotel Tragedy Man Charged With Murder SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Maude Joel, 38 years, tho wife of a hotel proprietor at Darlington, was found to-night in a section of the hotel in an…

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Police Were Kept Busy Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Police had a busy time in the metropolitan area on New Year’s Eve Their calls included a dash to St. Kilda, where an intruder at a New Year’s…

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Woman Struck on Head Intruder in Bedroom Attempted Murder Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

A man was arrested on a charge of attempted murder to-night, following an attack, on Mrs. Mary Fulton, 66, at her home in Waverley…

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Death of Wife Publican Remanded Murder Charge Sydney, Wednesday [?]

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

At the Redfern Police Court to-day, Leslie Jo[?] hotel-keeper, was remanded until January 11 on £200 ba[?] on a charge…

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Three Seamen Gaoled Assault on Constable Was Kicked in the Face Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

For having assaulted Constable A. J. Griffiths in Little Lonsdale street on Christmas Day, Frederick Cowley, 34 years, fireman, Frank Mayo, 20,…

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Woman for Trial Alleged Street Altercation Charge of Murder Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

At the City Coroner’s Court to-day Mary Jennings was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Mary Ann Go[?]lett, 68, of Crown street,…

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New Police Chief Superintendent Denies Rumor Successor to Mr. Childs Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

Police Superintendent Parker, of Goulburn, to-day denied rumors that he had made any special [?] to the post of Police Commissioner…

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A Brutal Murder Girl is the Victim Body Found in Scrub Strange Disappearance from Shop IVERLO[?]

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

After disappearing strangely from the main street at Inverloch yesterday afternoon about 4 p.m. Ethel Belshaw, 12 years,…

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Mother’s Tragic Day Deaths of Two Children Witness at Coroner’s Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A mother appeared in the witness box twi[?] the Coroner’s Court to-day to give evidence relating to the deaths of her two…

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Albury Murder Victim

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 44

So far no arrangements have made for an inquest concerning young woman whose battered and fire charred body was found in a pipe cul…

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Brutal Murder at Inverloch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 44

Ethel Belshaw, aged 12 years, was brutally murdered on Tuesday in the scrub at Inverloch, a well known holiday resort. Her body was not found…

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Theft From Garage Attendant Attacked by Masked Men

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 37

Breaking free from his bonds after struggling for about an hour in a Sydney garage early on Saturday morning, Cyril Smith, a garage…

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The Storyteller the Island Murder Instalment No. 16. CHAPTER XX.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 17

DICK went to his shelter and, sitting down, lighted his pipe. His work was to think over all that had happened during the last few hours, and to…

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Murdered in Jungle Sleeping Police Superintendent. Calcutta, December 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 16

Mr. Andrew George Crawford, police superintendent at Mirzapur, in the United Provinces, was shot dead while he was asleep in a tent in a remote…

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Seaside Tragedy Clues Prove Worthless Murder of 13 Year Old Girl INVERLOCH

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

All the clues to the death of Ethel Belshaw, 13½, whose body was found in the scrub at Inverloch yesterday morning, have…

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Handbag Allegedly Stolen Two Men Before Wodonga Court Each Is Fined £5

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

In Wodonga Police Court before Messrs. J. Turner and W. H. Hodgson, J’s.P., yesterday, Charles Piper and George Davis, both young men, of no…

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