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Courts & crime, 1936

733 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 37

Balranald Police Court Tuesday, 15th DECEMBER (Before Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 December 1936 · page 1

At the Balranald Police Court on 15th December, at the regular monthly sitting, Mr. A. B. Collins presided and the following cases were disposed…

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Howlong Assault Case

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

Finding the charge proved, Mr. Beavers, P.M., in the Albury Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, bound over on a bond of £10, Hugh…

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Albury Murder Renewal of Reward

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

The reward of £700 which was offered by the Government some time age for the apprehension and conviction of the person, or persons, who…

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Victorian Police. Drastic Reforms Urged. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

Drastic reforms in the administration and composition of the Victorian police force are recommended by Chief Inspector Duncan, of Scotland…

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Finley Police Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 4

At the Finley Police Court Wednesday of last week, before Mr I Beavers, P.M.. Andrew George Dawe, claimed from M. J. Walsh,…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 42

Henry Thomas, aged 66 years, pleaded guilty to having been drunk and to having used indecent language. On the charge of drunkenness Thomas…

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Murder Finding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 19

The Parramatta district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) found that Mrs. Edna Andrews, aged 61 years, who was found battered about the head…

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An Unusual Assault. Airwoman Arrested. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 2

Madame Schmeder-Chapellut, who is accused of having shot M. Perre Lallement, the French airman, in the neck, while they were together in an…

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Victorian Police Criticised Many Recommendations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 7

Trenchant criticism of the general administration of the Victorian Police Force, and far-reaching recommendations for drastic alterations in…

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The Yea Tragedy. The Police Theory. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

The police are now satisfied that Violet Webb (19), whose body was found outside the P.O., at Yea, early on Sunday morning, was not a victim…

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She Ate an Apple—and Found £200,000 Theft That Nearly Caused a Government to Fall Parliament couldn't help, even the police were baffled,—but a young servant girl solved the mystery!

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 6

KAUFFER was fat and Souter was thin, but the expression on their faces was the same—unrelieved gloom and depression. They were walking…

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The Labor Differences Application to Equity Court. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 2

An important development in the Labour faction fight, to-day, was the granting by the Equity Court of an application by certain unions for an…

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Christmas Spirit. Court Shows Good Will

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1936 · page 3

The spirit of Christmas actuates members of Richmond (Melbourne) bench one day last week when dealing with a case in which Elizabeth…

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