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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,907 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 96

Attempted Murder of Rector Accused Students Acquitted Buchaeest, Feb. 1

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 5

Students who wore accused of wounding the Rector of Jass. when an attempt was made last month to assassinate him lave been acquitted…

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Sale of Shares Two Sydney Men Charged" Each Has a Complete Answer" Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

Selwyn George Kirwin and John Watson, of Sydney, were remanded at Grafton Court to-day until February 11 on charges of false pretences at…

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BOY, 16, for Trial Murder of Woman Alleged Brother’s Story of Farm Shooting ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

“The boy, Jolly, went mad and shot me five or six times,” Katherine Bradley, 54, was alleged lo have said before she died on January 25 from…

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Youth's Crime Sets Judge a Problem Has to Send Him to Gaol in Absence of Suitable Re-formative Treatment Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

When Edward Kafers, 19, Appeared before Judge Nield to-day for sentence on a charge of having, broken into Lakeside Homes, His Honor said…

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"I Will See You Outside the Court" Barrister to Witness Sydney, Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

After a clash between a barrister and a witness in the Workers’ Compensation Court to-day, the barrister: (Mr. Amsberg) tld the witness, Victor…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 44

Terence Brooks, 29, for having travelled on the N.S.W, railways from Junee to Albury without having paid his fare, was fined 1/, plus 13/5…

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Wages Tax Police Magistrate’s Ruling SYDNEY

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

An important meeting of representatives of employers’ associations is being held this afternoon to consider the ruling of a police magistrate yesterday…

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Police Court Aborigine’s Behaviour

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

In the Deniliquin Police Court, before Mr. A. J. Paton, J.P., this morning, Norman Sampson (27), an aborigine, pleaded guilty to using indecent…

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Assault on Girl Alleged Young May Remanded by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

Charged with having unlawfully assaulted saluted a girl while she was cycling to her home at Lavington on the night of January 24, Edgar Horace Mr…

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No Solution of Gaol Fire Parramatta

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

The Coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams), who inquired into a fire which destroyed the tailor's shop in Parramatta Gaol has made a report to the…

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Constable Assaulted. Three Men Charged SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 5

Hedley Glbson, 33. William Thomas Dillon, 27, and John Thomas McMullen, 26, pleaded not gullty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to charges of…

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Assault Charge Jury Fails to Agree SYDNEY

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

A jury at the Quarter Sessions, after being locked up all night, failed to agree in a case in which Hedley Gibson, William Thomas Dillon and John…

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The Wages Tax. Important Ruling by Magistrate. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

The magistrate held at the Central Court to-day that an employer had not the power to deduct wages tax from employees governed by Federal…

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Husband for Trial Charge of Murder Woman’s Throat Was Gashed; Adelaide, Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

William Herous Findlay, 37, husband of the dead woman, who has been charged with murder, was present in custody at the inquest today…

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No Arrest Yet in Lidcombe Bombing; Police Baffled SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

No arrest has yet been made in the Lidcombe bombing case, Which resulted in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith, and…

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Onstable Tells Court He Was Robbed Three Men on Trial Charge Denied Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

[?] Gibson, 33 William Thom[?] 27 and John Thomas [?] 26 pleaded not guilty at [?] to-day to a charge…

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Theft of £109 Alleged Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 6

On a charge of having stolen £109 12/0, the property of his employer, A[?]gus Robert Walker, 32, a garage attendant, of Murphy street, Richmond,…

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ITALIAN’S £64 DEBT He Offers 5/ Weekly Judge Threatens Gaol Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

Examined under the imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act in the [?] Court to-day regarding his means to pay £64 costs he was…

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Bombing Outrage £1000 Reward Offered Police Meet with Wall of Silence Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 6

O[?] thousand pounds reward, believed to be the largest ever offered in similar circumstances was announced to-day by the Chief Secretary for…

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Alleged Unpleasant Incidents at the Village Blows Have Been Struck Police Action Not Desired Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 7

It was revealed this afternoon that no action will be taken regarding the alleged unpleasant incidents at the Olympic Village at the show ground…

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