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Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 96

Insurance Companies Practices of Some Concerns Magistrate Caustic Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

Caustic, comments regarding the practice of certain insurance companies was made by the Official Receiver (Mr. Nettc) in the Bankruptcy Court…

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Witness and Magistrate Clash “This Isn’t the Army” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 6

J. F. Willmont, a witness in a case at the Industrial Court to-day, told Mr. Prior, C.I.M., that he was not going to be spoken to as if he was…

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English Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Helping Germany London, May 10

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Jessie Jordan, who was arrested in March on charges of espionage, pleaded guilty in the Edinburgh High Court to-day to having been in…

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Child Marriage Youth Charged with Forgery of Consent to Marry Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, the marriage of a boy of 15 years to a girl of 18 had a sequel when the husband, Arthur Godwin Glover, pleaded…

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Mexico and Britain. Relations Severed. Britain Charged With Unfriendly Attitude. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

As the outcome of the dispute between Mexico and Britain over Mexico's seizure of British-owned oil wells in Mexico, the Mexican…

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The Narandera Murder Appeal Against Death Sentence SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

The Supreme Court, to-day, dismissed the appeal of Henry Thomas Mansell, labourer, against the sentence of death passed on him at…

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Police Mention Alleged Shortage of £2400 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 8

Eric John McLead was remanded at the Central Police Court to day on £150 hail on four charges of stealing amounts of money totalling £19/6/11…

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Albury Laborer Fined on Theft Charge Railways Property in his Possession His Story to Detective

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

The case in which Francis Harold Wonds laborer, of Albury, who was charged with tho theft of property from the N.S.W. Railways, came…

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. Engineers and the Arbitration Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

To-morrow member of the Amalgamated Engineers’ Union will commence a plebiscite on whether or not the union will apply for [?]…

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Murder at Oaklands Laborer Loses Appeal a Farmer’s Death Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 8

The Supreme Court, to-day dismissed the appeal of Henry Thomas Mansell, laborer, who was sentenced to death at…

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POLICE 1/3 Nip of Whisky Worth £90 to the Government Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

Following a raid on the 50-50 Club on Saturday night [?] Hollister, 28, and Reginald [?] 27, walters, were each fined £30…

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Mob’s Vicious Attack Three Police Knocked About Eight Arrests Mad[?] Melbourne, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

Three policemen were badly knocked about by a mob of about 30 men in Davison street. Richmond, who attacked them when they arrested a…

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Forme Hotel Licensee Fined Police Visit On Carnival Night Lawyer’s Plea for Mrs. Carter

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

A fine of £2/10/ with 8/ costs was imposed on the former licensee of the Town Hall Hotel. Mrs. Ellen Louis[?] Carter, by Mr. J. Balmain, P.M., at…

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Man’s Convictions Present Knotty Problem for Court Wife Seeks Divorce, Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 6

Judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court to-day on a point which it was asked to determine as to whether Robert Richard Walton, who…

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Can Minority Be Appeased? Czech Crisis Deepens As Clashes Occur Germans Stone Police Soldiers Involved in Disorders Herr Henlein Returns to Prague LONDON, May 15

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

The Prague correspondent of “The Times” says that frequent minor clashes; between Germans and Czecho-Slovakians in the municipal election campaign indicate the possibility of graver incidents. The political parties are mendaciously exaggerating the importance…

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Drove with Constable to Police Station Shock for Three Men Sentenced by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 4

Three men, who stated that they had no fixed place of abode, were sentenced at Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on…

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Seaman Charged with Murder on the High Seas Hong Kong, May 16

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 6

Following the death of a seaman aboard H.M.S. Dorsetshire, between Brisbane and Townsville, Able Seaman Edwin Dwyer, aged 19. of H.M.S…

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Motorists and Drink Magistrate’s Comments Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 6

Mr. Arnold, Stipendiary Magistrate, declare at the Central Police Court to-day that he did not believe the Act was intended to portray that a…

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Theft in Flat Alleged Young Woman Arrested. Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 6

Charged with having stolen £726 from Andrew Carlisle [?] Smith [?] Bay [?] was…

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Police Chase Men Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 5

Shortly after midnight the police surprised three men in Newtown railway goods yard. One man was arrested and 40 tins of biscuits were…

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