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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 96

Youth, Aged 19, Sentenced to Death Two Others Freed Alleged Shooting of Railway Official Accident Defence Put Forward Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

The trial of the youths, Thomas Dixon Gibson, 19; Kemmell Joseph Colman, 18. and William Robert Date, 17, who were charged with…

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Sentenced to Gaol So Wife Went with Him Editor's Duel with Employer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 27

NOTHING delighted the Reverend Henry' Bate more than having to fight duels in defence of his honor—or anyone else's, for that matter—and…

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Not Guilty Maitland Murder Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 19

Leonard William Roberts was found not guilty at Maitland on a charge of murdering Dorothy May Everett, 27 years, domestic, in the grounds of…

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Man Remanded by Albury Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 45

Before Mr. G. T. Flynn, chamber magistrate, at Albury Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Francis Harold Wood, 37, was charged with having…

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Murder and Suicide Constable and Wife’s Estate Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Letters of administration were to-day granted by the Judge in Probate in the estates of William Hugh Hudson, police constable, and his wife, Alice Hudson…

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Young Woman’s Death Husband on Murder Charge a Country Tragedy Shepparton

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

Thomas William Loe, 40, laborer, was remanded in Shepparton court to-day on a charge of having murdered of is wife, Amelia. Jane Loe, 32,…

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Fires were Expensive; Two men Fined by Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Two cases of having [?]ighted fires out of doors in a [?] season came before Wodonga Court yesterday Both defendants pleaded guilty. The…

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News of the World (Continued) Firemen Started Their Own Fires Wanted to Be Heroes But They Landed in Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 27

Fire-Chief Frank Conger boasted that fire dare not visit his town. He was head of the fire-fighting organisation, named the Volunteer Defender…

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Young Woman Stabbed Police Seek Man Attacked in Hotel Yard MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Attacked with a knife at the backyard of an hotel in Johnson St.. Collingwood, early this morning. Mrs. Maud Read 18, was admitted to St. Vincent’s…

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Big Police Changes Intensifying Fight Against Crim Country Flying Squad Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

Far-reaching changes in the organisation of the Criminal Investigation Branch are involved in a scheme which the Police Commissioner Mr. Alex…

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Public Mischief Charge False Report to Police Tailor Remanded for Sentence Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Norman Benson pleaded guilty to a public mischief charge. He was alleged to have made false…

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Damages to Cars Claim Follows Motor Crash Tested in Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 6

Deciding who was responsible for a motor accident at the. comer of Sydney and Huon streets, Wodonga, on December 10 last, in a case…

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These Ducks Were Dear £14 for Thirteen Albury Man Fined by Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 7

Seven men appeared before Mr. I. W. Williams, P.M., and Mr. M. Buntz, J.P., at Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on…

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A Peculiar Assault

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 3

When William Maxwell (36), a works machinist, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions, Sydney, to a charge of common assault on Charles…

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Six Months’ Gaol Foe Tailor Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 1

Norman Benson, 20, tailor, was sentenced to sir months imprisonment at Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of [?]ing a public mischief. Police [?]…

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Gaol on Car Charge Youth From S.A. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 1

William Harry Ball, 17, who was stated by police to be one of four youths who had come from South Australia after allegedly committing…

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Police Still Hope “Pyjama Girl” Mystery Will One Day Be Solved Rewards Renewed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 12

Rewards which wore offered for the solution of the Albury “pyjama girl” mystery, have again been renewed…

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Important Points of Law Quoted in Libel Suit Relief Worker’s Appeal Dismissed by the High Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 2

Important points of law were quoted by Sir John. Latham, Chief [?] of the High Court, to-day, when dismissing the appeal of…

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Sustenance Frauds by Man Whose Wife Was Well-off Three Months’ Gaol Magistrate Caustic Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

A man who made 130 false statements to the Lobor Department between 19[?] and last January, declaring that he had no income, and who…

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Warrant Out for Prince on Charge of Theft Vienna, May 8

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 1

Alleging that Prince Felix, a brother of the Archduke Otto, took table silver valued at £200 from the Military Academy before fleeing across…

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