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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,098 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 105

Gaol Attack Alleged Two Warders Are Victims Man Sentenced. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 1

Edward Kelly, 30, Ironworker, was sentenced to eleven weeks’ imprisonment at the Central police court today on a charge of assaulting Victor…

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Theft of Bicycle Man Is Found Guilty Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 6

A jury in General Sessions to-day found Rupert George Wilson, 37, railway employe, of Bridge street Caulfield guilty of stealing a bicycle…

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Duke of Manchester. Charged with False Pretences. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 2

The Duke of Manchester has been arrested and charged with obtaining £650 by false pretences, in 1933, from Thomas Sutton, a wealthy…

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Sequel to Alleged Hold-up Two Young Men Charged Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 6

At the City police court this morning Raymond James Cullen, 22, laborer, and Charles Monk, 21, painter, were charged with robbery under…

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Water Rats Protected Animals a Hay Court Case

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 2

A case of an unusual character came before the Hay Count of Petty Sessions recently Messrs. J. Johnston and W. C. Lindsay, J’s. P. being on the bench…

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A Naval Inquiry. Admiralty Questions Court Martial Findings. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 2

There was a sensational sequel to the court martial arising out of the collision between the Hood and the Renown, in the Bay of Biscay, early…

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Cafe Proprietor Sued Man Awarded £25 Case in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 3

In the Industrial Magistrate’s Court at Albury yesterday Leo Diamond sued James Jacobs, cafe proprietor to recover £61 12/1,…

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A Church Squabble Rector’s Appoinment Story Told In Court Claim SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 1

Canon Rook, rector of St. Barnabas’ Church, Chatswood, giving evidence in the case in which he is being proceeded against by Claude…

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Wangaratta Sessions Four Men Sentenced Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 3

At General Sessions to-day James McKenzie, 25, was convicted of breaking into the police station at Corryong, and was sentenced to two years…

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Wage Fixation An Important Application High Court Proceedings Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

The High Court-to-day commenced the hearing of an application concerning the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Court has power…

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Both Married When 15 Wife Seeks Annulment of Union Case in Wagga Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 3

A bride of 15, married to a husband band the same age in 1928, appealed to Judge Coyle at Wagga District Court yesterday, to annual the…

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An Unhappy Marriage Couple’s Wanderings Once Were in Albury Peculiar Divorce Court Story SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

In the Divorce court, to-day before Mr. Justice Boyce, George Henry Woods petitioned for the desolation of his marriage with…

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A Canon’s Age “Told Inquirers He Was 67, but was 69” Evidence in Court Action Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 2

When Canon Rook resumed his evidence in the action brought against him by Claude William Johnston Barker for alleged slander he said…

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Man Struggles Violently When Sentenced in Chiltern Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 2

Fredrick Andrew Hood, 45, of Randwick (Sydney), was charged at the Chiltern Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. T. Wain, J.P.,…

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Letter Shocked S.M. Tram Conductor Sent to Gaol Scathing Comments Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 4

Percy Herbert Walters, 55, tram conductor, was sentenced to four months’ hard labor at the Central Police Court to-day for having sent…

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Natives Allegedly Ill-treated Man Sent to Gaol Assertions of Gross Cruelty Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 3

At Rabaul Supreme Court, Sergeant Hugh de Kantzow, who was charged with assaulting natives, occasioning them bodily harm, was sentenced to…

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Elderly Man’s Death Police Investigating Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 5

Police are investigating the death Martin O’Connell, 60, of Arden [?]eet, North Melbourne, which occurred this morning as he was being…

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Girls Become Robbers Several Homes Entered Police Allegations Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 1

Two girls, aged 11 and 12 respectively, have been arrested by the police on a charge of committing a number of robberies in the Woollahra…

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Trouble Over Motor Car Manager in Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 1

Norman Frederick Putt, 32, manager. was remanded in the City Police court to-day on a charge of larceny as a bailee on November 14…

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The R.S.P.C.A. [?]Vities in the Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 4

Formed 62 years ago the Royal Secety the Prevention of [?] to Animals has been es[?]onsible for many reforms in the…

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