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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1956

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Police Blitz On Stray Dogs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 May 1956 · page 1

Stock owners need have no fears that marauding dogs will destroy large numbers of sheep in paddocks near the…

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Police Suspect Border Raiders --- Two Holden Cars Stolen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1956 · page 1

Audacious car thieves stole two Holden sedans within the space of an hour last night from main streets in Deniliquin. Both cars were taken from areas in close proximity to where the owners were working…

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Yesterday’s Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1956 · page 1

Two men were sentenced to seven days’ gaol yesterday at the Court of Petty Sessions. They were Gordon Mutton,…

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Stolen Car Burnt Four Youths on Theft Charge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 May 1956 · page 1

Prompt action by a local resident in contacting police yesterday morning resulted in four youths being apprehended and appearing before the Deniliquin Children’s Court on a charge of car stealing…

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Jerilderie Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 21st May. Man Fined for Betting

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1956 · page 6

A local man, Reginald Clout, of Bolton Street. Jerilderie who pleaded guilty to a change of betting, was fined…

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Theft From Office

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 1

Goods valued at £10 were stolen when the Pastoral and Agricultural Society secretary’s office at the showground…

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No Murder Trial for Swindle

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 1

The Attorney General has decided not to proceed with the charge against Joseph Edward Swindle. This was announced on…

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Minor Court Matters

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 1

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday many small matters were disposed of by Mr. Keith W. Smith, S.M. Several…

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Months’ Gaol Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1956 · page 5

[?]men who pleaded guilty [?]ges of stealing, and [?] previous convictions, [?] sentenced to two…

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Special Court Next Week

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1956 · page 1

Relieving Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J. A. Letts, will arrive in Deniliquin next Tuesday afternoon to preside…

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Theft From Commission Camp

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 June 1956 · page 6

Two Mathoura labourers pleased guilty at the Mathoura Court of Petty Sessions last week to a charge of…

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Manslaughter [?] Year’s Gaol [?] Woman

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 1

A Narrandera jury on Saturday [?] found Mrs. Dora Maur[?] Rust. Barham wood-cart-[?] guilty of manslaughter and…

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Special Court Sittings

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 1

A special sittings of the Court of Petty Sessions will start to-morrow and will continue until all outstanding matters are…

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Suspended Gaol Sentences for Two Drunk Drivers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 1

SUSPENDED SENTENCES of three months hard labour were imposed on two men at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, for driving motor vehicles whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Court Refuses License To Grocers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 1

“Reasonable requirements of the neighbourhood do not justify the granting of the application,” said the Chairman of the Licensing Board (Mr. R. M. Stewart) after hearing evidence in each of two local applications…

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Pay Up! or Go to Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 1

Unless settlements are effected within the next week the axe will fall on a large number of debtors to the…

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Police say: “Man Admits Murder”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 June 1956 · page 1

Apprehended at Hay on a serious charge involving a child, a well known inter-state criminal is alleged to have later admitted to the murder of a taxi driver in South Australia on May 19…

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Hospital Plans Further Court Actions

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 June 1956 · page 7

Although a considerable amount of money has been received by court proceedings, the Deniliquin Hospital…

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Murder Claim False

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 July 1956 · page 1

A claim by a man who was arrested in Hay that he had committed the murder of a taxi driver in South Australia is now…

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Police Disperse Shearers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 July 1956 · page 1

A fracas between a group of shearers was quickly dispensed when police arrived on the scene at Jerilderie on…

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