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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Woman Charged with Murder Death of Husband

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

A statement alleged to have been made to the police by Mary Cecelia Thomas, aged 39 years, who has been charged with murder, was produced at…

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Cow-hide—alleged Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Blackmore, J.P., William James Frazer (52) was charged with stealing one cow hide valued at 25/,…

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Opium Users Before Hay Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

Before the P.M., Mr. Collins, in the Court of Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, Annie Brown was charged with having a quantity of prepared opium in…

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Arbitration Court Appointment of Additional Judge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 35

Investigations to be undertaken by the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) may result in the appointment of an additional judge to the Common…

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Police Reforms in Victoria C.i.b. to Be Enlarged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 12

"Within a few weeks the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. Duncan) will disband the plain-clothes branch of the Victorian Police Force and…

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Wireless Broadcasts High Court Won't Interfere Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

By a majority of three to two, the High Court to-day upheld the decision of Mr. Justice Nicholas, [?]refusing to grant an Injunction…

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Lane Cove Tragedy. a Pathetic Case. Wife Committed for Trial for Alleged Murder. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

At the inquest concerning the death of William Thomas, who was found shot at his home at Lane Cove on August 19th. Dr. A. P. Gunning gave…

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Police Patrols Guard Border Crossings

The Independent · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 2

Following the proclamation by the N.S.W. Government concerning the outbreak of infantile paralysis, police are now stationel at all border…

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Charge of Stealing Defendant Discharged Commercial High Prices for Sheep and Lambs at Newmarket

The Independent · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

In the Court of Petty Sessions, Jerilderie, on Thursday last, before Mr. C. G. Watts. J.P., Harold Burgess, 32, was charged that on the…

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Murder Trial "Victim Not a Desirable Type" Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

When the trial of Ernest Long, 39, Jabourer, on a charge of the murder of Henry Blois, 16, commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, the…

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[?] Says Court

The Independent · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 3

Rejecting an argument that the Pastures Protection Act did not require a person to leave the ears on the skin when skinning a sheep, the…

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Police Buy 8 Ford V-8's. to Patrol Roads in Place of Motor Cycles

The Independent · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 3

In the interests of economy and efficiency the Victorian Police Department has decided to use cars instead of motor cycles for road patrol…

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Albury Police Court a Case From Oaklands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 7

Two charges for offences alleged to have been committed at Oaklands on 12th and 14th August upon a young boy, were preferred against Albert…

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Sentenced to Hang His Parents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 27

NEVER can there have been a sentence of such cruelty ns that passed on a 12-year-old-boy in Ireland 200 years ago…

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Woman Bottle-washer Sentenced to Death in Russia Moscow, August 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 14

A woman railway bottle-washer named Vedenskaya has been sentenced to death on a charge of putting sulphuric acid in water bottles. The…

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Police Protection. To the Editor, "Riverine Grazier."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 2

Sir,—Will you grant me space in your paper for the following in reference to the Waradgery Shire meeting held on August 19th, when the…

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Police Intervention. Commissioner Explains Position. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner of Police, Victoria, Mr. Duncan, says the intervention by the police in industrial disputes, except in the execution of…

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Jury Unable to Agree in Thomas Murder Case Second Trial Listed Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

After being locked up all night, the jury in the case in which Mary Cecilla Thomas was charged with the murder of her…

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Border Guarded by Police Infantile Paralysis Efforts to Confine It to Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

In an effort to prevent the spread of infantile paralysis from Victoria into New South Wales, policing of the Murray River border was begun at…

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Police Court Vagrancy Charge

The Independent · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 3

At Denliquin Police Court on Wednesday last, Messrs. Blackmore and Wyse, J's.P. sentenced Harry Ames, (37) to seven days' imprisonment on…

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