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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Truck Driver's Death. Apparent Callous Murder

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

The driver of the truck which was missing for so long, but the finding of which was reported in our last issue, was apparently murdered…

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A King Turned Out by Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 26

GIPSY SMITH says there are 35,000 gipsies in Great Britain. It seems a large number, but he ought to know. The British Gipsy Lore Society tell…

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Driver's Body Found in Grave Close to Missing Transport Callous Victorian Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 5

The Bendigo transport lorry which disappeared last month while being driven between Bendigo and Melbourne was found on Tuesday by a party of…

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Arms for Franco Seized by Frontier Police London

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

At Gibraltar the British police on the frontier stopped a mule; van on the way to Lalinea laden with packing cases: labelled “merchandise.”…

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Claim for £200 Damages Follows Accident at Mulwala Models Used In Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 5

The hearing was continued in the District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Coyle, of an action in which Nelson Orlando Joseph Lawrance…

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Police Court News £3 for Insulting Words

The Independent · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 1

Before Mr. D. Parker, P.M., yesterday morning, John Arthur Lawson appeared on a charge, of using insulting words at McDonald's Cafe, in…

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Assault Alleged

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 1

Arthur Taylor 33. an baorigine appeared before Mr. A. J. Paton J.P in Deniliquin Police Court yesterday morning on a charge of unlawfull…

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Police Court Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 3

In the local Police Court on Thursday last before the P.M. (Mr. I. Beavers) the following defendants were charged with various…

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Police Seek Relations

The Independent · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 3

Police are seeking relations of a man believed to be Freoerick Grose. who was living in a room in Swan street, Richmond (Melb.), He was…

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The Transport Murder Shot Close by Grave Analyst Thinks Forced at Revolver Point to Drive Wool Truck

The Independent · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 4

Latest evidence obtained by the police analyst (Mr. Taylor) for defectives investigating the murder of John Thomas Demsey, supports the…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 8

Neil A. Hunter, of Albury, who failed to return his motor car registration and number, plates within the prescribed time after their expiration…

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Stealing by Finding

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

On Friday night James Walker, a taxi driver, reported to the Sydney police that he and lost in Darlinghurst £200 in banknotes, [?] which he…

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Assault Alleged Trouble at Moonacullah

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 4

The story of some trouble at the Moonacullah Aboriginal Mission on October 8 was told before Mr. D. Parker, P.M., in the Deniliquin Police…

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Lived on Scraps of Bread Old Man Charged with Vagrancy

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 4

In the Deniliquin Police Court, before Mr. D. Parker, P.M., this morning, Peter Backman (56) was charged with vagrancy…

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Two Found Dead Believed to Be Murder and Suicide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 6

The bodies of a man and woman, quarter caste aborigines, were found in a hut at Baryulgil, 58 miles from Grafton. The police believe that the…

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Natives Attack Police Several Shots Fired Cane Town. November 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 33

Two police sergeants were seriously injured when a crowd of natives numbering, several hundred attacked four police who were searching a cottage…

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Murders in Jerusalem Continued Disorders Court Martial Instituted Jerusalem, November 10

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 5

Sheikh Mahmood Jwdat Alansari, a leading opponent of the Grand Mu[?]lly was shot and seriously injured outside the Mosque at Omar to-day. His…

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Police Court Before Mr. D. Parker Yesterday

The Independent · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 4

Peter Backman, 56, was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient lawful means of support. He pleaded guilty…

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Balranald Police Court Wednesday, 10th NOVEMBER, (Before Mr. Parker, P.M.)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 2

At the Balranald Police Court held on Wednesday last, 10th November, when Mr. Parker, P.M. presided, the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Police Officer to Retire Long Service of Inspector F. G. Ruffles Future Home in Sydney

The Independent · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 1

After having been in charge of the Deniliquin police district for three years, Inspector F. G. Ruffles will retire next year, when eight months'…

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