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Courts & crime, 1963

20 stories in Murray's papers

Burglary Is Tough Job These Days

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 January 1963 · page 7

Even the most intelligent and hard-working and has a hard time making a living these days. Supersentitive space-age…

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Remanded on Attempted Murder Charge

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 January 1963 · page 1

A young man has been remanded to appear in Echuca Court of Petty Session on…

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Man and Youth Charged on Numerous Counts

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1963 · page 1

Finley Police spent a busy Chrismas period investigating a series of robberies and [?] thefts…

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From Hollow Tree to Gaol

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1963 · page 8

Two men were each sentenced to 48 hours’ gaol at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions court on…

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Assaulted police; £23 fines

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1963 · page 1

Striking a police officer, resisting arrest, and using indecent language, all on New…

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Loses Licence and Fined £25; “Drove at 80 Mph” — Police

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1963 · page 1

A police constable claimed in the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court this week that a man who drove at 80 m.p.h. in North Deniliquin commented when stopped, “I always…

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Driving Offences Police Allege

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 January 1963 · page 1

Three Victorian drivers were arrested in Deniliquin during the past weekend, and charged…

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Court Case Correction

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 January 1963 · page 1

We wish to apologise to Mr. Norman Allen Barnett, of Victoria st., Deniliquin, for an…

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Police Farewell. Superintendent

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 February 1963 · page 2

A large gathering of police officers from a wide area of the South Western Riverina assembled…

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Live Bird Shoots Illegal — Police

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 1

Deniliquin Police issued a reminder this morning to shooters the holding of live…

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Police Sub - District Road Toll Was 13

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 February 1963 · page 1

Road accidents in the Deniliquin police sub-district alst year claimed the lives of 13 people. In the Deniliquin…

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Posed as V.C.—gaol

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 February 1963 · page 1

A man who falsely claimed to be a Victoria Cross winner was gaoled for six months on each of two charges in Deniliquin…

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Solicitor in Hongkong Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1963 · page 3

A Melbourne solicitor, Kenneth Alfred Evans, 45, appeared before a Hong Kong magistrate charged under the…

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Make the New Right Hand Turn Slowly, Police Say

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 March 1963 · page 1

Deniliquin. Police today appealed to motorists to travel slowl when making the "short" right hand turn which comes into force in New South Wales on-Monday. “Driver should…

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Four Stealing Charges

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1963 · page 7

A plant operator was sentenced in Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions last, week to goal for three months with…

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Wool Theft Arrests

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 1

Two men who are believed to be responsible for a large number of wool thefts in the Riverina and…

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Acquitted on cattle stealing charge

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1963 · page 3

A man who was charged with larceny of cattle or alternatively the receiving of stolen cattle was acquitted on both counts in the Deniliquin Court on Wednesday…

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Youths Goaled for Car Stealing

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1963 · page 3

Two young men, both under 21 were sentenced to 12 months hard labour when they pleaded guilty before Judge Hidden in the Deniliquin court of having in their…

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Marital felicity saves man from gaol

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1963 · page 6

A man who claimed he stole a car in Finley in order to go home to see his wife and baby in Hay…

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Court must decide on more leave

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 5

Murray River Country Council employees will not get four weeks’ annual leave until such time as it…

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