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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

733 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 37

Rumours Denied That Police Commissioner Is Sacked Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly today the Acting Leader of the House.(Mr. Spooner) declared that there was no truth In rumours that the…

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District Court Claim for Value of Stolen Wheat Succeeds

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

The first sitting of the District Court for 1936 commenced on Monday afternoon last, before His Houses judge Coyle, and was…

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Breaking and Entering Case at Urana Court Two Men Committed for Trial

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

At the Uranin Police Court on Monday of last week, before Messrs. L. J. For and T.W. Young. J'&.P., Arthur J. Towner and Arthur C. Donnis were…

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Balranald Police Court Wednesday, March 11. (Before Mr. Ivor Beavers, P.M.) Vagrancy Case

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 1

Leslie James Eddey, a discrepant looking individual, stood in the prisoner's dock, charged with being a vagrant and not having any visible means…

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Charges Agire[?] the Police

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 4

The decision of the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the charges made against the police in connection with the starting…

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Cattle Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 4

At Wagga Police Court James Chambers Hawkins was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment on a charge of having stolen 56 head of cattle, the…

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S. P. Betting Police Methods. Evidence Before Commission Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 3

When Judge Markell, sitting.as a Royal Commission resumed his inquiry to-day into the charges made in the Legislative Assembly against…

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Moratorium Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 1

Frederick P. Leonard applied to the Finley Court under Section 23 of the Moratorium Act, 1932, that payment or the whole or part of [?]…

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Modern Children Police Sergeant's Views

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 4

During an address before the Albury Rotary Club in defence of the Boy Scout Movement, Sergeant J. P. Blackman, of the Albury…

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Six Sentenced to Death Assault on Girl Women Faint in Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Six of seven youths who were charged with a criminal assault upon an Italian girl in Parramatta Park on January 3. were, at the Central…

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Stealing Charge Two Months' Gaol. Money Taken From Bar Counter

The Independent · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

In the Deniliquin Police Court yesterday, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., Lancelot Joffre Stewart (21), on remand, was charged with stealing at…

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Alleged Theft From Booroorban School

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. W. C. Lindsay, J.P., this morning, Sydney James Allen (18) was charged for that on the 18th…

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Vagrant Sentenced to One Mouth's Imprisonment

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

Before Mr. Beavers, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday, Joseph James Honan was charged with being an idle and disorderly person having…

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Stealing From School Three Young Men Fined

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

TO-DAY at the Police Court, before Mr. Beavers, P.M. Walter John Turner (18), Edward Robert Bennetts (20) and John Joseph…

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Bottle As Weapon Man Sentenced at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Leslie Gordon Walters was charged at Wangaratta General Sessions on Wednesday with having assaulted John Baldle, at Yarrawonga on 18th…

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Revision Court

The Independent · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

A court for the revision of the list of electors of the Yanko, Colombo and Billabong Creeks Water Trust will be held at Jerilderie on…

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Embezzlement Charge Man Gets Three Years Case at Wagga Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

Before judge Coyle at Wagga on Tuesday, Archie Frith Davey was charged with that in December. 1931, be made a false entry in a ledger,…

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Corowa District Court (Before His Honor Judge Coyle) March 9 and 10 a Wheat Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 38

Margaret Lewis and C. H. Lowden sought to recover the sum of £92 from the Corowa Milling Co. Ltd., being the value of certain wheat which was…

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Turf Notes They Can Close the Gates If Occurrences Such As These Abe Allowed. Three of the Bestbacked Horses in City Tattersall's Cup Put Out of Court. "Regal Star the Greatest Certainty," said Owner and Jockey When his Injury Occurred

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

If the stewards don't take drastic steps to stop the sort of happenings which occurred in City Tattersall's Cup at Randwick on Saturday they might…

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Sheep-stealing Motor Lorries Used

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

Graziers are complaining of sheep-stealing in the Goulburn area. Mr. J. W. Heffernan, of Gurrundah, has reported the loss of 100 merinos from his…

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