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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

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£225 in Fines Follow Sitting of P.s. Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 6

A total of £225 was imposed in fines [?] of Petty Sessions is Mathoura last week. L.R. Martin was fined £10 on charges of cashing valuel[?]…

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Council Sued for £385 Police Investigate the “Roller Cheque” Mystery

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 May 1961 · page 1

The Mayor of Deniliquin, Ald. Campbell, today admitted to a “Pastoral Times” reporter that a Victorian man had stated his intention to sue the Municipal Council for a large sum of money…

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Vic. Police Tactics Humiliate Young Den’quin Man, Mother Says a Fine Followed A Fine

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

A Young Deniliquin man was this week the victim of highly embarrassing Victorian police methods. The man was threatened with almost immediate extradition to Victoria unless he paid fines totalling £68. He claims he had been given absolutely no previous…

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[?]Alranald Man Committed for Trial on Sloane St. Attempted Murder Charge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 5

A man described to a magistrate at Deniliquin on Tuesday how he had put [?]is bent thumb in a wound in his back after he been “thumped” several times by another man. Noel Brain Bond. 24, mill hand, .of Hardinge St., Deniliquin, was giving evidence at the Deniliquin Petty…

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Tax Charges Listed for Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 1

Twenty - one charges brought by the Commissioner for Taxation are listed for hearing in the…

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Deniliquin Police Lectured on Liquor Act, Hotels Visited

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 1

The lecture tour of the Riverina Police district by Supt. J. Milne, the State Licensing Superintendent, finished in Wagga late last week. Supt. Milne visited Deniliquin last week and…

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Fined £15 Each for Petrol Theft

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 3

Two young Melbourne men who admitted stealing petrol from a parked truck in Hay were each…

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Court News [?]xteen Fined [?] Tax Charges

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 3

[?]xteen Deniliquin and district people were fined in Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday Mr. Smith,S.M., for failing to submit income tax [?]…

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Canal Car Dumpers on 3 Yr. Good Behaviour Bonds Three Charged

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1961 · page 1

Three youths who admitted stealing a car and dumping it in the Mulwala canal were placed on a bond by Judge Furnell in the Deniliquin Quarter…

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Judge Quashes Traffic Court Conviction

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 August 1961 · page 5

A conviction against a Victorian garage proprietor imposed in a lower court earlier this year for…

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Court News Blamed Bad Luck for Crime

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 August 1961 · page 5

A car accident and the fact that his wife had left him a month after the wedding may have…

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Charged with Stealing Tyres

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 August 1961 · page 3

A man has been arrested and charged with stealing tyres from Guinan Bros., Garage Proprietors, of Mathoura…

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Three Victorians On Theft Charge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 August 1961 · page 1

Two young Victorian men an[?] a boy were charged in the Deniliquin Court yesterday with the theft of .an alarm clock and…

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Charged With Assault

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 1

Two Deniliquin men have been arrested and charged with assault following an alleged attack…

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Two Remanded on Assault Charge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 August 1961 · page 1

Two Deniliquin men charged with assault last week were allowed bail of £50 each yesterday to appear at the…

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Committed for - Sentence on Theft Charge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 8

A Mathoura man was committed to Quarter Sessions Court for Sentence When he appeared…

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‘Rubber Cheques Brought Gaol Term

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 8

Passing valueless cheques in eight town throughout N. S. W. brough a prison sentence of [?]…

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Court News Fourteen Traffic Offenders . ' Fined in Petty Sessions Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 8

Fourteen people were fined for traffic offences at the Deniliquin Court of Petty - Sessions on Tuesday…

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[?]Ourt News [?]Ree Fined Total of £246 [?] Sheep Stealing Charges

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1961 · page 3

[?] Deniliquin men were fined a total of £246 on [?] of sheep stealing from a property on which was share farming, at the Deniliquin Petty Ses[?] Court last week…

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Police Allege Musician Struck the Wrong Note

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 September 1961 · page 1

Gordon Joseph Dey, 22, musician, of no fixed address, was charged with having falsely pretended to Norman Simpson Jane…

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