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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

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

Gaol Sentence for Man [?]Nvicted of Petrol Theft

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 September 1961 · page 5

Stealing vehicle parts and some petrol from a sta[?] bus near Deniliquin in July this year brought three months’ prison term for a Deniliquin man this [?]eek, and a fine of £10 for his brother…

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For Sentence on Assault Charge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 September 1961 · page 6

Two Deniliquin men said in statements tendered in the Petty Sessions Court last week that they had punched and knocked down another man because they were wild at getting the sack and believed he had been carrying tales. Pleading guilty to a…

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Magistrate Gives Man On Theft Charge the Benefit of Doubt

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 9

He had not known that a sheep carcase had been placed in his car, but thought that it was only kangaroo meat, a man charged with sheep stealing told Mr. N. Hailstone, S.M., at the last sitting of the…

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Mathoura Calling Finis at Mathoura Petty Sessions Court Total £217

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1961 · page 9

Mr. K. Smith, S. M., at the Mathoura Petty Sessions Court recently imposed fines totalling £217 for failure to destroy noxious weeds, and various traffic offences. Four people were prosecuted…

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Mr Robt Taylor Appointed to Supreme Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1961 · page 4

The NSW Attorney-General, Mr R. R. Downing, yesterday announced the appointment of Mr R. L…

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Police Tell of Betting Set-up in Deni. Hotel

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 3

Two Deniliquin men were each fined £50 at the Petty Sessions Court on Monday on a charge of betting in the Globe Hold. They are Gordon Ellis, 27,…

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Ten Charged with Traffic Offences

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 October 1961 · page 3

Traffic charges heard at the Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions last week meant fines for nine men,…

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Charged with False Pretences

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 November 1961 · page 1

A Victorian carpenter has been remanded to appear at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court on November 22 on a…

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Police Assn. Chiefs Visit Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 November 1961 · page 1

Four members of. the executive of the N. S. W. Police Association made their first visit to Deniliquin this week…

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Failed to Appear in Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 November 1961 · page 1

Two Deniliquin youths each forfeited their recognisance of £5 when they failed to appear at the Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Police will Be Told About Illegal Collectors

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 November 1961 · page 9

People who collect money illegally would find trouble on their hands, the Mayor Aid. Campbell said at a council…

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Two Charged With Bigamy

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 November 1961 · page 1

Detective J. Ellis at the Deniliquin Police Station last Saturday charged a woman with alleged bigamy, and a man with…

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Magistrate Told: Relied on a Race to Pay His Debts

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 December 1961 · page 5

A man who claimed to a detective that he had not been able to meet his debts because he was cheated out of a footrace at Jerilderie was fined £40 for false pretences at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court last week…

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