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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 96

Detectives Tell of Interviews With Arrested Men Transport Driver’s Murder All Deny Any Part in Crime McFarlane Mentioned as Roy Bruhn MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

Evidence or the finding of the missing Derbyshire transport and the body of the transport driver John Thomas Demsey of…

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No Night Court for Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

The Government has dropped the proposal to establish a night court in Sydney. The official explanation is that tho need for such an innovation…

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Cold-blooded Murder British Scientist Killed Ambushed by Arab Terrorists JERUSALEM. January 10

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 6

Mr. J. L. Starkey, British archaeologist, and leader of an expedition engaged in excavations at [?] was killed in a…

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New Riverina Police Chief Chosen Inspector G. H. Armstrong Now Stationed at Mudgee

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

First-class Inspector G. H. Armstrong, now' stationed at Mudgee, will be the new chief of the Riverina Police Division. He will be promoted…

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Demanded Money Under Threats Allegations Against Young Man Police Keep Lonely Vigil Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

Following tho receipt by an elderly miner living alone In Sparrow Hawk Gully, on the Bendigo mining field, of a letter threatening him with…

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Health Inspector and Dairy Premises His Allegations in Court Woman Woman Fined at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

Elizabeth Olive Thompson, who owns a dairy In Howlong road, Albury, was fined £2 end 8/ coats by Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., at Albury Court…

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Lock-up Escapee [?] Arrested in Street At Large Since December To Appear Before Court To [?] MELBOURNE, Tues[?]

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 1

Harry Norman Williams, 31 [?] driver, who escaped from [?] watchhouse on December 21. [?] arrested to-day as he was [?]…

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Must Stay in Gaol Until Death Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

Sentence to death passed on Victor Emmanuel Wilson, who was convicted of a capital offence against a little girl at…

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“Breaking-in” a Police Recruit

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

“Breaking-in” a recruit. This photograph, taken at Union Bridge, flows a police recruit being initiated into the routine of interviewing travellers crossing the border, as part of the infantile paralysis ban. The recruit is in Khaki…

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Police Seek Motorist, Following Youth’s Death Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 8

Inquiries are being conducted by the Queenseller police into the identity of the driver of a car which was alleged to have knocked down and…

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An Arrest Made Murder of Scientist Sabotage and Shooting Outbreak London, January 11

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

The Jerusalem correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” reports that the use of police dogs to trace the murderers of Mr. J. L. Starkey, the…

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Stabbed Man Asks That No Police Action Be Taken Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

Pereival Heat, 23, has informed the police that, while walking along King at, Newtown, last night, a fight occurred and he was stabbed. He was…

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Albury Police Court Fined for Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

Lawrence Alexander Charlton, laborer, residing at West Albury, was charged on two counts with having assaulted a resident of the same…

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German Spies Sentenced Prague, January 12

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

Two German merchants have been convicted of [?] and sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisonment for 12 years, respectively…

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Queensland Racing Act Eight Persons Charged. Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

Charges under the new racing laws introduced to combat illicit betting, were laid against five women and three men in the City Court to-day…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Inquiry Next

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

The last chapter of the investigations of what has become widely known as the "pyjama Girl" Murder will be closed next…

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Young Soldier Charged Arrest After. Fatal Accident Queenscliff

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

Police to-day arrested Ross Victor Rushton, 22, a member of the permanent military forces, Queenscliff, on a charge of unlawful killing,…

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Bishops Arrested in Russia Charged As Traitors and Spies London, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 16

Seven bishops of the Orthodox Church in Russia, including M. Visarion, metropolitan of Moscow, have been, charged as "enemies of the…

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Inquest Into Albury Murder "Pyjama Girl" Mystery Victim Not Yet Identified

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 16

On Tuesday, January 18, the Albury coroner (Mr. C. W. Swiney) will conduct an inquest into the "Pyjama Girl" murder…

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New Riverina Police Chief Inspector G. H. Armstrong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 45

First-class Inspector G. H. Armstrong, now stationed at Mudgee, will be the new chief of the Riverina police division. He will be promoted to the…

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