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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,098 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 105

Police Transfers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

An exchange in offices has been made between Sergt. T. W. Phillips, Junee, and Sergt. F. A. Brien, Narrandera. Constable Loy, of Junee,…

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Seaman Sentenced Gaoled for Shopbreaking Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

Cyril Ormond Becker, 38, seaman of Gordon House, Melbourne, pleaded guilty in General Sessions to-day to one count of shopbreaking and…

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"You May Keep Out of Gaol If—"

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

There is some virtue in the following lines from an American paper:— If you can drive a car when all…

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Murder in the Private Car”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

Thrills, chills, and laughter are deftly blended in “Murder in the Private Car,” which is having its final screenings this afternoon and…

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Trick Theft Alleged Incident on Racecourse Commission Agent Gaoled Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

James Davidson, commission agent, of Buckingham street, Richmond, was found guilty by a jury in General Sessions today of having…

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“Arsenic Witch to Die Gruesome Murders Other Women Sentenced Debreczen (Hungary), Feb. 5

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

Mrs. John Nagy, aged 72, called the “Arsenic Witch,” was condemned to death today for murder. She was charged in company…

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Battered to Death a Brutal Murder £4000 Diamond Robbery PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

Robbers last night broke into the jewellery shop of Carls Brothers, Hay street, and [?] the caretaker, Edger…

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Duck From Victoria Will Not be Allowed to be Brought Here a Police Warning

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 3

It was announced by the police at Albury yesterday that not in any circumstances with duck that have been shot in Victoria be permitted to enter…

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£177,661 for Soldiers Long Delay Possible Court Proceedings Expected Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

Because the will may be contested in equity, It is likely that it will not be for some years before returned soldiers can benefit under the will of…

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Four Men in Court Early Morning Arrests Breaking and Entering Alleged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 1

At the Central police court to-day four men. Arthur Edward Alderson, 24, clerk; William Roy Hilton, [?]9, paper seller; Clarence Joseph…

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A Paper and Kisch No Contempt, It Is Held High Court’s Decision SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 1

In the High Court to-day, Mr. Justice Evatt dismissed the application for a contempt order against John Fairfax and Sons…

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Cootamundra Gaol Escapee Five Years' Imprisonment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

John Kingsley Clarkson, who escaped from the Cootamundra gaol recently, was described, as "a horrible menace to society" by Judge Coyle…

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Brutal West Australian Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Edgar Arthur [?] aged.60 years, caretaker, was brutally murdered by bandlls who robbed the jewellery shop of Caris Bros, [?]…

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Cootamundra Escapee. Sentenced at Goulburn. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

John Kingsley Clarkson, who escaped from Cootamundra gaol, recently, was described as a "horrible menace to society," by Judge Coyle,…

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Police Deny “Gunning” Threat Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

The coalfields police gave an emphatic denial to-day to the report that they had threatened miners with a “gunning” during the dispute…

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Motor Drivers Fined at Local Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 3

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Farrington, P.M. Stanley Murray Edwards pleaded gully to driving a motor vehicle in Gressy street…

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Murder in Jewel Shop Mystery Caller Sought Killing of a Nightwatchman PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Why the man who put through a telephone message to the police leading to the discovery of the murder and robbery at Carls…

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Grim Exhibits Produced at Outback Trial Man on Murder Charge Alice Springs

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

Grim exhibits produced in the Alice Springs Supreme Court to-day at the trial of Clifford William Renfrey on a charge of murder, were a shirt and…

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Excitement at Boorowa. Mounted Police Chase. Supposed Robber Escapes. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

Mounted police were yesterday engaged in a sensational chase after a supposed robber, four miles from Boorowa, but the fugitive succeeded…

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Taken Off Steamer Women is Released Court Proceedings Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

Acting on behalf of Mrs. [?] Townsend, who yesterday was taken into custody from the liner Monterey under a writ of…

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