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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Stealing Charge Six Months’ Hard Labor

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 1

PLEADING guilty to stealing two shearing machine handpieces, valued at £9, the property of Murgha Pastoral Co. Harold Gabions (36) was…

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Wounding of Boy. Sequel in Police Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 1

Not knowing that a cartridge was in the gun, George Fennell Sharp, aged 18 years, pulled the trigger and shot Ronald Llyod Bull, aged 9…

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Police Charges Fail

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 1

Police prosecutions against a .New South Wales motor driver who drove a truck on the Shepparton-Numurkah road on May 17 without a…

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Court Case. Petrol at Unlicensed Place

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 3

At Tocumwal court on Wednesday, before Mr J. Beavers, P.M., the Berrigan Shire Council was charged with having kept an excessive…

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Police Court Six Months for Stealing

The Independent · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 2

Harold Cations (36) was sentenced to six months' hard labor by Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M., in Deniliquin Police Court on Thursday, when he pleaded…

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Albury Police Court Sentenced for Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 12

Reginald Dawson, 37, and William Henry Valmadre, 37, strangers to the town, on remand, each pleaded guilty to having stolen men's wearing…

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Noxious Weeds at Griffith Magistrate's Comment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 6

Wilfred M'Cann, farmer, of Griffith, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of having failed to destroy noxious weeds, preferred against him by Wade Shire…

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Alleged Wool Theft Accused Released on Bond

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 6

Charged with the theft of lambs' wool from the Riverina Trading Company, valued at £40, Bernard William Cook, 25, appeared before the sessions…

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Wagga News Profitable Police Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 16

As a result of the annual police ball, organised by the Wagga police, in aid of the funds of the Wagga District Hospital, the Wagga Ambulance and…

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Sydney Police New Administrative Buildings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 10

With the object of centralising the activities of the police force, a big departmental change over will take place next year. More than 200…

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Beechworth General Sessions a Case From Wodonga Alleged Sheep Stealing Not Guilty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 6

At the Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions, on May 6, Murray Beardsmore, aged 26, dairyman, of Wodonga, was charged with(l) stealing two…

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Labor Factions Fight Offer in Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 16

An offer for the settlement of the dispute regarding the voting at a poll for the election of four directors of "Labor Daily" Ltd. by each of the…

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Mr. Simpson in Court Divorce Sequel Settlement Reached

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 31

A settlement was reached before the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart) in England in the action in which Mr. Ernest Simpson, former husband of the…

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Removal of Country Police. Question of Settlers' Revolvers. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 1

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) has refused the request of the Graziers' Association that in view of the removal of police from any outlying…

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Mussolini Defendant in Court Case Haile Selassie Brings Action

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 30

Signor Mussolini is the defendant to an action brought by Haile Selassie, seeking the recovery of 300,000 shares in the French railway from Djibouti…

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Orchardist on Murder Charge Father Shot As Result of Family Squabble "My Dirty Temper" Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Arthur Evans orchardist, 31, was charged with having murdered his father. Arthur Clarke…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Russian Sailors Use Rifles on Police. More High Officials Arrested. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 1

The Berlin newspaper "Zeitung am Mittag" reports that sailors in the Vladivostock army area controlled by General Blurcher, who is at…

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Balranald Police Court Tuesday, 15th JUNE Before Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M.

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 3

The usual monthly sitting of the Police Court at Balranald was presided over by Mr. A. B. Collins, P.M., on 15th June last…

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Stealing Charges Concurrent Sentences of 2 Years

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 1

At Goulburn Quarter Sessions, concurrent sentences of two years imprisonment, with hard labor, were imposed on Albert Frson Smith, 37, for…

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Charge of Alleged Murder. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

At me central criminal Court, to-day, Edgar Arthur Evans (31), orchardist, was charged with having murdered his father, Arthur Clarke…

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