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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

73 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

Lice-infected Sheep Bring £8 Court Fine

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 January 1961 · page 7

Attempting to sell sheep infected will ice brought fine of £8 for a Deniliquin resident at the Court of Petty Sessions on December 20. The charge was brought…

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New District Police Superintendent

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 January 1961 · page 1

The new Superintendent of the Riverina Police District commenced duty at Wagga Police Station last week…

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Car Wheels Theft Brings Fine

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 8

Stealing two of the wheels from a motor car which had overturned on the Hay Road brought a fine of £7 for a…

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New District Police Superintendent

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1961 · page 3

The new Superintendent of the Reverian Police District in need [?] at Wagga last wick…

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Charged With Assault Of Field Umpire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1961 · page 5

A Nathalia man named Musgrove pleaded guilty at the Finley Court of Petty Sessions recently to a charge…

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Man Charged On District Thefts

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 February 1961 · page 3

A man was arrested and charged at the Russell Street police station last week in connection with a number of…

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Man Charged With R.S.L. Club Theft

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 2

A Deniliquin man, Peter Kevin Reilly, of 21 End Street, has been charged in the Court of Petty Sessions with the theft of a safe, £1440 in money, and other items from the Deniliquin R.S.L. Club on January 30…

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Court News Out of the Red—into the Blue

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 5

A grazier from Gulpa, near Mathoura, was fined £10 in the Deniliquin Petty Sessions on…

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Court News Further Stock Charge Fails

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1961 · page 2

A Deniliquin P.P. Board charge against a Jerilderie drover of failing to travel sheep at the…

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Letters to the Editor Traffic Laws and the Police

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1961 · page 3

Sir, I have a few hours of leisure now and again and like most people, I usually take advantage…

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R.s.l. Theft Charge Adjourned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1961 · page 1

The hearing of a charge of theft against Peter Kevin Reilly, of 21 End Street, Deniliquin has been adjourned until…

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Court News Traffic' Fines Total £31: Six Charged at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 February 1961 · page 8

Fines totalling £31 were imposed on six men and one woman for various traffic offences heard at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions court on Tuesday. Maurice Alexander Wilson,…

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Judgement Reserved: Four Involved in Assault Charges

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 February 1961 · page 3

He had been off work for a week, and his cardigan had been turn into three pieces as the result of an assault at his house, a Deniliquin man claimed at the Petty Sessions Court here on Monday. This evidence was given by…

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Hospital Blitz on Unpaid Accounts: Court Action Essential £10,000 Owed To Hospital

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 March 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Hospital Board, with over £10,000 owing to it by former patients, will this month adopt a “get tough” policy in an effort to wipe out outstanding arrears on its books…

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Stole Watch 14 Years Ago Police Allege

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1961 · page 2

A Deniliquin detective has arrested a [?] man who allegedly stole a women’s wrist watch from…

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Mathoura News: Man Charges With Theft of Pot Plants

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 2

A man arrested at Mathoura for allegedly stealing pot plants from the Charleston Hotel will appear before the Petty Sessions Court on March 23…

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Remanded On Assault

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 5

Cecil Thomas Higgins, 19, of North Reserve, Deniliquin, was charged at the Petty Sessions Court on Friday with indecent…

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Assault Costs Local Man £50

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 5

A Deniliquin man, Donald Keith Grant, was ordered to pay compensation and costs…

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Court News Tried To Help Too Quickly — Fined £2

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 5

A man who was hurrying into Deniliquin to assist the fire brigade after he had heard their fire engine had been damaged was fined £2 for speeding at the Petty Sessions Court here last week…

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[?] Murder He Said

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 30 March 1961 · page 3

[?]urder” was being com[?] daily along the Mur[?] Cr. Grayson said re[?] at a meeting of the…

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