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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 96

Melbourne Umpire Had to Seek Protection of Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 38

At the conclusion of the North Melbourne and Essendon game at North Melbourne on Saturday Field Umpire Jurss was counted out by the crowd…

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Police Chief Postponement of Medical Test Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

It was reported this morning that the police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay)had applied for the postponement of the medical examination winch was to…

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Oaklands Tragedy Appeal, Against Death Sentence Dismissed by Supreme Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeal of Henry Thomas Mansell, Labourer who was sentenced to death at…

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N.S.W. Police Commissioner Retirement Probable Survey of Force May Follow Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

It was stated to-day that the Police Commissioner. Mr. McKay, who has asked the Government to retire him on the ground of…

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A Dream Fortune Engineer and Invention Remarkable Story Told to Court MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 8

The story of a Swedish engineer named J W Freman, who 25 years ago Invented a boiler, which be anticipated would…

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Court Confiscates £391 (City Gambling Raid Boot Shop Owner’s Loss Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 8

An order for the confiscation of £391 found in a boot box, following a police raid on premises in Little Collins at. recently, was made by Mr…

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Broken Romance Caused Youth to Suicide Police Theory in Hotel Tragedy Was Found Shot Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

Police Inquiring into the death of Henry do Bourg Derman, a 20-year-old English youth, and a distant cousin of Lord Denman, former…

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Two Women Who Admit Theft Sent to Gaol Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 1

Pleading guilty in the Criminal Court to-day to the theft of a watch from a man she met in a Melbourne hotel, Edith Isabella McDonald, aged…

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Treatment at Gaol of Sexual Offenders

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 4

The Government has decided to present to Parliament a Bill providing for the establishment of an institution at Bathurst Gaol for the treatment of…

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Assault on Union Inspector Clothing Manufacturer Fined £3 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 10

Finding that Mark Noble, clothing manufacturer of Lonsdale st.. Melbourne. had unlawfully assaulted Alfred Russell Wallis. general secretary…

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Woman’s Matrimonial Venture Earns Her Three Months’ Gaol Melbourne. Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

[?] having [?] through the form of marriage with John Henry Thomas while her husband, William Higgins, was alive,…

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Police Turn Attention to Registered Bookmakers? Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

It is reported that the police have taken action lo prevent betting by licensed bookmakers at clubs, but the Commissioner for Police (Mr…

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Manu Forti Reads Well at Wangaratta Should Win Handicap Le Court for the Welter

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 8

Manu Fort[?], a winner at his last two starts at Albury and Wagga, is selected to lead a strong field home in the May Handicap, main…

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Govt. and Police Chief Position of Mr. Mackay His Medical Examination Cabinet Insists That It Be Carried Out SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

After asking that he be permitter to [?] on the ground of ill health the commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) asked the…

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Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. B. J. Rodgers, J. P. George Ashton, foreman appeared on a charge of having been…

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Aeroplane Bolts Owner Charged with Assault New York, May 22

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

Captain Ugo d’Annunzio, youngest son of the late Italian poet, has been charged with third degree assault as a result of an accident in which…

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Licensing Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

In the Licensing Court at Deniliquin yesterday, before Mr. A. B. Collins, P M., the licence of the Court House Hotel. Deniliquin, was transferred from Mrs…

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Financier Sent to Gaol for Three Years Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

After an hour’s deterntion a jnty in General Sessions to-day returned a verdic, of guilty against Frank Charles,…

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£1650 Jewel Theft Alleged Two Men Remanded to Sydney Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

Two men were remanded to Sydney in extradition proceedings at the City Court to-day, on a charge of having, on May 2, stolen five rings, two…

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Woman's Death Attempted Murder or Suicide? Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

Freda Parkinson, 40 years, who either fell or was flung into the water at NO. 1 wharf at Wooloomooloo shorty after midnight, died in…

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