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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,098 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 105

Lovers Fall Out Court Action Follows Girl Claims £500 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day [?] Martha [?] claimed £500 from Christian James Moller of Gympie (Queensland)…

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Consorting Alleged Man's Conviction Set Aside Appeal to High Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 4

The High Court on the application of Mr. Piddington K.C. to-day set aside the conviction of Norman McDonald who had been sentenced to…

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Arrested in Sydney Man Before Melbourne Court Shooting in a Lane Alleged Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 5

Arrested in Sydney last week Leslie Walkenden 19 tinsmith was charged at the City Police Court this morning with having in Haywood lane…

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Gambling Was His Downfall Manager Sent to Gaol Theft of £1800 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

Edgar Hartley McCall, 36, company manager, was sentenced , to 23 months’ imprisonment at Quarter Sessions to-day. for the theft of £1800,…

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Alleged Murder

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

On Monday evening, detectives took a man to the police station, and after questioning him regarding the death of a 13-year-old girl, Ethel Belshaw…

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Murder and Robbery Big Reward Offered Perth

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 5

A combined offer of £1000 as a reward has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the murderer of the caretaker, Edgar…

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“Posed As a Squatter” Man Sent to Gaol Detective’s Allegations Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

Alfred Patrick OD[?]scoll, 30, appeared at the police court today on a charge of vagrancy. Detective Paterson said that…

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In Search of Work Man Walks 2500 Miles Journey’s End—gaol Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

“It’s all right tor you to talk like that; you’ve got a good job, recorded Claude Sowter, aged 22, laborer, of Newcastle, when the prosecuting…

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On Murder Charge Youth is Granted Bail Ethel Belshaw’s Death Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

The Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) in the Practice Court to-day granted bail in the sum of £500, with a surety of the same amount, to…

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Love and Intrigue Alleged by Crown Two Accused of Murder LONDON, April 11

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

A story of love and intrigue between a Bournemonth woman and her chauffeur, which ended in the murder of the woman’s…

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Pitiful Scenes Inquest on Farmer Youth Accused of Murder “Fatter Objected to Him Kissing His Daughter” SCONE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

Pitiful scenes were witnessed in the courthouse here to-day when the inquest was held into the death of Ernest Bruce…

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“Anti-war” Ban No Politics in Anzac March Police May Be Asked to Act Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 4

Emphasising that the Anzac Day march was never intended to be used as an expression of political or other secondary feeling, the Anzac Day…

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Allegedly Fired at Man [?] Sent to Gaol Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 3

John William Evans, 24, laborer, was sentenced to six months imprisonment at Perth police court to-day. The evidence showed that In the early…

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Pastoralist in Court Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

Henry Crosthwaite, 63 manager and part owner of [?] one of the biggest pastoral stations in the north-west, was brought before the…

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Did Not Know Their Own Cars! Police Make Good Recovery Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

Twenty stolen motor cars, valued at £4000, have been recovered by the police during the cars were [?] years old and had been completely altered so…

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Woman’s Body in Waterhole Man on Murder Charge Is Sent for Trial Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

Charles William Price, alias Edwards teamster, aged 42, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered Evelyn Mary…

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Men Charged with Murder Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 5

Two men, Alexander John McCarthy, 31, laborer, South street, Ascot Vale, and Francis Peter Vales, [?] miner, of Ireland street, West…

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Prevalence of Horse Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

THAT night I fell in with a party of three brothers whom I knew young fellows then, but who have distinguished themselves since—the one…

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Contempt of Court Man Sent to Gaol Peculiar Story About Jewels Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

When he visited the premises of Frederick Ambrose Williams, 60, second-hand dealer, City. Constable H. E. Byrne told the City police court…

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Syrian Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court to-day sentenced Charles Joseph Ta[?]ous, a Syrian hawker, to three months’ gaol on three charges…

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