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Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 96

Defective Brakes on Truck Man Fined by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

“This is a very serious charge.” Mr. L Beavers. P.M., told Carl Samuel Singe, truck driver, of Jones street in Albury Court of Petty Sessions…

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Constable Said Man Used Vile Language Fined by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 1

An allegation that after William Alfred Finch, of Townsend street, was locked up on a charge or drunkenness, he used ville [?] was made by…

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Warning to Parents Children and Air Guns Case in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

That it is an offence for parents to allow children under the age of 14 to use an air gun was emphasised at the Albury Court of Petty Sessions…

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Described As a Dangerous Criminal Man Shot in Police Duel Had an Unenviable Record Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

Adrian Jones, who was fatally wounded by the police in a gun duel at Fisherman’s Bay yesterday, was one of the most desperate criminals…

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Railway Employe Fined on Car Driving Charge Case in Albury Court Cyclist Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 2

When the case was resumed in Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday in which George Sydney Wade, 36, Victorian railways employe,…

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Two Men Sentenced at Wagga for Breaking, Entering and Stealing

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

Judge Coyle yesterday sentenced two men to 18 months imprisonment at Quarter Sessions on separate charges of breaking, entering and stealing. The…

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Murder Charge Fails Barber Acquitted Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

A jury in the Criminal Court to-day acquitted Harcourt Lee. 38, of Rathdown street. Carlton, hairdresser, of a charge of having murdered Arthur…

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Merino Stud Action Court Order

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

Under the terms of an injunction granted by Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy in the Third Civil Court on Wednesday of last week, Andrew Agnew…

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Damages for Hostess Was Struck by Motor Cycle Collapses in Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 5

Damages of £218 with costs were awarded by Judge Stretton In the Second County Court to-day to Miss Winifred Agnes Usher. 22, or Leonard’s…

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Albury Police Court Sentenced For Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 9

Frank Bradbury, 54, laborer, with no fixed place of abode, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each of two assault charges against the…

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Youth Sent to Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 9

William John Edwards, 19, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for having stolen clothing, the property of James M'Dermott, of Griffith…

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Victorian School Teacher. Sentenced for Bigamy. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

Herbert Eric McCulloch (47), a school teacher, pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court to a charge of bigamy and was sentenced to twelve months…

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Murder of Housemaid Man to Stand Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 9

On the application of the Crown Prosecutor at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, Mr. Justice Maxwell ordered the issue of a bench…

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Acquittal of Murder. The Parramatta Case. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

Dudley Lorraine O'Brien was acquitted and discharged at Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering his wife, Margaret O'Brien…

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Man’s Trial, on Charge of Murder. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 6

The [?] of Leonard William Roberts, who has been charged with having hundred Dorothy May Everelt, [?] at Newcastle on…

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Court Speeds Up Order Nisi Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

The Supreme Court to-day acceded to a request by Mrs. Ada Amelia Inglis to reduce to 35 days the period she must wait before an order nisi [?]…

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Gardener’s Trial Stood Over Murder of Girl Alleged. Christmas Eve Tragedy. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

The trial of Alfred Spicer, 65, gardener, who is charged with having on Christmas Eve murdered [?] Hayes, aged six at Windsor, has been…

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Sale of Corowa Hotel Action in High Court £5,000 Damages Claimed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

The hearing was commenced on Tuesday in Melbourne before the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir John Latham, of a…

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“I Have Just Shot a Man” Voice Over Phone Said. Police Evidence at Inquest. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

The story of a shooting affray at Merrylands on February 27, during which Albert Ernest Hedges. 64. musician. lost his life, was related to the…

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Motorist Sent to Gaol Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 6

Robert Victor Coventry, 19, was sentenced to three months’ gaol by Mr. Justice Richards in the Criminal Court to-day. He also ordered the…

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