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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

610 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 31

Albury Police Court Insulting Language

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 7

Mrs. Mary Warr, residing. with, her husband on the Albury Common, was the informant against John James Keen for allegedly using insulting…

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Two Men Sentenced

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

[?]Deniliquin Quarter Sessions [?] Judge Coyle and a jury, Ed[?]Wilcox was charged with [?]tly assaulting John Hariley, at…

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Nine Months' Gaol

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

When charged at the Albury Court of Petty Sessions on Monday with stealing £20, the property of Chariest Thomas Trezise on April 9, Stanley…

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Sobriety Test Stumps Magistrate

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

According to Mr. Noonan. P.M., at Richmond Court (Vic), the use of the words British Constitution as a test of drunkenness is obselete…

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Pleads Guilty to Stealing Bono of £25

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

Stanley George Edwards pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions at Deniliquin to a charge of stealing £1, the property of Norah Coles…

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S. A. Maddocks Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 39

The public galleries at the Darlinghurst (Sydney) Quarter Sessions were crowded when the trial of Sydney Aubrey Maddocks, 56, was continued…

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Salaries for Stealing Master Mind Behind Shop Lifting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 33

Organised shoplifting, earned out by women without convictions, who are paid a weekly salary by the "mastermind," was alleged in Sydney by the…

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Scene in Perth When Woman Sentenced. PERTH

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Crying hysterically and struggling with the policewomen, Evelyn Florence Burrows, convicted yesterday of the murder of her husband, was…

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The District Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

In the District Court, the following cases were disposed of: The case of Trescowthick v. McCullock was adjourned until next…

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Man Fatally Shot Committal on Murder Charge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 11

When the inquiry was continued by the city coroner (Mr. Oram) at Sydney into the death of Frederick William Hartup, who was shot in Marrickville…

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Alsatian Dog Police Assisted to Make Arrest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 30

An Alsatian dog assisted members of the Richmond branch of the Criminal Investigation Branch in pursuing and arresting a man suspected of…

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Murder Gang 157 Girls Strangled or Buried Alive Seoul (Korea), April 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 14

A diabolical murder gang has been unmasked as the result of the discovery of the bodies of 157 young girls, who had been strangled or buried alive…

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Victory for New Deal Decisions by Court Declared Constitutional Washington, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 4

An important victory for new deal legislation was won in the Supreme Court to-day, when the Wagner Labor Act was declared to be constitutional…

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The Maddocks Case Former Transport Chief Sentenced

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 4

Sydney Aubrey Maddocks (56) Transport Commissioner (temporarily suspended), was recently found guilty at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of…

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Balranald Police Court Tuesday, 13Th April, 1337 (Before Mr. A. B. Collins, P.m.) Small Debts Court

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 2

"Game's" proceeded against E. Smith (known ns McNaughton) for recovery of £41/11 for goods supplied. Defendant did not appear. A…

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Gaol Chaplains' Petition. For Prisoner's Release. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 3

The Minister for Justice, Mr. Martin, said to-day, that he did not intend to take any further action in the case of William John Phillips,…

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Police in Country. Graziers Meet Commissioner. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) informed representatives of the Graziers' Association that unless the strength of the police force was…

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Dispute Over Petrol. Heard in Equity Court. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 3

Mr. Justice Nicholas, in the Equity Court, to-day, granted an interim injunction restraining the Shell Company and the Vacuum Oil…

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Indecent Assault

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 4

At the Deniliquin Quarter [?] on Tuesday of last week, before Judge Coyle and a jury, Edgar Albert Wilcox was charged with…

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Albury Police Court Goods Stolen From Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 9

Alfred Howard, 40, Ida Edith Florence M'Lean, 24, both of Melbourne, and Anthony Lynch, 18, of Sydney, were each charged with…

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