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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Mathoura Police Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 4

At Mathoura Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. A. B Collins P.M, the following cases were deat with;— R. Borella v. G. C. Wild (Mathoura…

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Spanish "Murder" Campaign Italian Defenders Stampeded London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

The International brigades which rushed into the line at Treyheske today suffered heavily, but they halted the Spanish rebels' onslaughts on…

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Uardry Share Issue Is Challenged. Civil Court Case in Melbourne

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

Whether Andrew Agnew Neilson Mills, grazier and stud sheep breeder, who is managing director of Charles Mills (Uardry) Ltd., Hay…

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Woman Charged with Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 33

Carl William Northcott, aged 49 years, farmer, of Caniaba, near Casino, was found with a gunshot wound in the head on the verandah of his name…

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Revolver and Radios in Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 17

A loaded revolver and three wireless sets were discovered hidden in the Parramatta Gaol. Prison officials had suspected that an attempt would be…

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Dutch Warships. Police Spanish Waters. the Hague

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

The Foreign Minister, De Graeff, announced to-day that Dutch war ships had been ordered to defend Dutch merchantmen in Spanish waters…

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Youth Sentenced to Death

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2

Charged with a capital offence against an 11-year-old girl at Canterbury, Peter Joseph Smith aged 17 years, at the Central Criminal Court…

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Murder Charge Woman Remanded Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 3

When Mrs. Marion Elizabeth Payne, 37, of Balwyn was charged at the City Court to-day with having murdered her seven-year-old son,…

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Another Murder Charge Motor Mechanic Involved. Bail Not Applied for Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day Patrick Doyle, 26, motor mechanic, was charged with having murdered Frederick Martupp, at Marrickville on…

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Queensland Basic Wage. Court Orders Increases. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2

After the first review of the basic wage, since 1931, the Full Bench of the Industrial Court, to-day, ordered Increases of 4s. for males and 2s. for…

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[?] Funds for Test Court Case Council Grants £2/2/

The Independent · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 3

At the municipal council meeting lastnight the Commercial Road Users' Association, representing interstate transport interests, asked for a…

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Gave Himself Up Police Have No Knowledge of Man’s Alleged Offence

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

THE case of a young man giving himself up to the police on a charge of which the police had no knowledge On experienced In Deniliquin recently On…

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Boxer Shot Man Charged with Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 12

Frederick Hartup, aged 22 years, of Margaret-street, Newtown, was shot dead while watching a street brawl in Illawarra road, Marrickville, on…

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Italy Charged with Violating Non-intervention Pact London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 5

Sensational charges that Italy was Violating the non-intervention agreement were made to-day by the Soviet Ambassador, Malsky,…

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Riot in Porto Rico Police Fire; Seven Killed New York, March 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 46

A message received from Ponce, a town in Porto Rico, one of the islands in the West Indies, states that an attempt by the Porto Rican police to…

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Evidence in Fire Inquiry Lawson Committed for Trial Police Prosecutor Stinson in Charge of Inquiry Voluminous Evidence From Many Witnesses

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 1

An inquiry was opened before Mr. B. L Beavers, P.M., sitting as a Coroner, at the Henty Police Court on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the fire which broke out under the staircase at the Hotel Central, Henty, in the early morning of 16th March, 1937…

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Albury Circuit Court Cancelled

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

There being no criminal or civil cases for the Albury Circuit Court set down for April 6, the sitting has been cancelled…

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Police Baton Charge Outside Irish Cemetery London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 16

With batons drawn the police to-day charged a thousand people gathered outside the Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, when they had risen from their…

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Dismissed Police. Reinstated on Appeal. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

It was learned to-night that Sergeant Chuck and Constable Bailey, who were dismissed from the police force following Judge Markell's…

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Police Privileges. Appeal Board's Action. SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

The Police Appeals Board to-day held that it had no jurisdiction to deal with the appeals of thirteen policemen who were dismissed following…

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