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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

733 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 37

Alleged Theft of Bicycle

The Independent · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

At the Deniliquin Police Court on Thursday, Albert Edward LeFevre (34) was charged with at Denilliquin on February 12 stealing a bicycle,…

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Alleged Theft of Racehorse

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

Stanley Wilfred Biggins, a well-known racecourse identity, was arrested at Cootamundra on Tuesday last by Detective Constable…

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Another Homestead Murder

The Independent · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 4

Robert King (22), the son of a well Known grazier, was found dead on Friday morning on his parents' property at "Moorcod[?]"Station at…

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Forged Cheque. Patrick Brady Sentenced. HOBART

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

Jack Anderson, also known as Pattrick Brady, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, to-day, for having uttered a forged cheque…

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Stealing From Dwelling. Young Criminal's Record. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions, to-day, Charles Edward Martin, alias Leslie Thomas Tarrant, alias Leo Godfrey, alias Leslie Trevor Traiey (23)…

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Escaped From Gaol. Two Men Recaptured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

Reginald Morgan Christopher and Horace George Kuhn, who escaped from Renmark gaol, S.A., last week, were arrested last night, on the…

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Rabaul Murder. Defendant Convicted. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

Ludwig Schmidt was found guilty at Rabaul, of the murder of a native and sentenced to death. The judge referred to the crime as "brutal and…

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Royalist Assault Protest Procession 100,000 March, Paris

The Independent · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

Fifty thousand police to-day maintained order during the passage of a procession of 100,000 members of the Socialist Front Populaire, which…

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Order in the Court

The Independent · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

The press representative was the innocent cause of placing a member of the legal fraternity in an unfortunate predicament at the Berrigan…

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The Leongatha Murder. Previous Outrages" Alleged. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

The trial opened in the Criminal Court, to-day, of Arnold Sodeman (.35), on a charge of the murder of June Rushmer (aged 6), at…

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Man Hit on Head Twenty-eight Stitches Inserted Another Charged Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day Edward Scholtz, 30. salesman, was remanded to February 24, on a charge of having on Saturday last maliciously inflicted…

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Woman's Death Man Charged with Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 32

Thomas Hankinson appeared before the Gunnedah police court on a charge of having feloniously murdered Eve Marion Marjorie Saunderson…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 9

John Maddocks, of Barnawartha, did not appear when called at the Albury Court of Petty Sessions to answer a charge of offensive…

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The Leongatha Murder Trial Sodeman Sentenced to Death. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

Arnold Sodeman was found guilty at the Criminal Court of the murder of June Rushmer, and was sentenced to death…

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Laborer Convicted of Murder Sentenced to Death Four Murders Alleged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 8

When Arnold Sodeman, aged 35 years, laborer, of Blair-street, Leongatha, was placed on trial before Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the Criminal…

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Plea of Insanity in Leongatha Murder Trial Sodeman Sentenced to Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

A dramatic defence of Arnold Sodeman by his counsel, Mr. J. P. Bourke, marked the second day of the Leongatha murder trial…

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Charges of Stealing Local Farmer Prosecuted and Fined Main Charge Dismissed

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 2

A case of special interest to farmers and graziers came before the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. W. Swiney) at the Culcairn Police Court on Friday last,…

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Description of Bandit Circulated by Victorian Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 29

Following the identification of a fourth bandit who helped in the hold-up in Little Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, oil January 31, when James…

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Singer Blackmailed Tauber's Former Wife Charged Threatened to Publish Her Memoirs Vienna, February 20

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

The trial was commenced here yesterday of Carlotto Tauber on a charge of having blackmailed her former husband, the world-famous…

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Arnold Sodeman. Appeal to Full Court. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

Arnold Sodeman, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of June Rushmer, lodged an appeal to the Full Court. The grounds…

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