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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 85

The Sommerlad Murder Inquest Opened and Adjourned Injured Man Still Grave Tenterfield

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

The inquest on Marjorie Constance Sommerlad, 38, of Hillcrest Farm, Tenterfield, was opened to-day and . immediately adjourned until March 7…

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Victoria and Petrol Garages to Police Regulations Will Prosecute Breaches Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5

To assist factories and shops inspectors to police the Act, the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce is considering organising a system under…

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Stolen Gold Retorted in Frying Pan Four Men in Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5

Rector Donald Maudsley, millhand. of Woods Point one of three men charged in General Sessions with having received £120 in gold…

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New Policy for Natives To Rise to Full Citizenship to Have Special Court Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

A new native policy with the ultimate objective of training natives and hall-castes to qualify for full citizenship was adopted by the Federal…

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Life of Terror Husband Struck With an Axe Woman Sentenced to Gaol Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 8

Alleged to have struck her husband on the head with an axe, Mrs. Violet Annie Longmuir, 29, of Brunswick, was to-day sentenced in Brunswick,…

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A Doctor’s Evidence In Drunken Driving Charge Criticised by Magistrate Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

Strong criticism of a doctor was voiced by Mr. Hardwick, S.M. at the Parramatta Police Court to-day, after a doctor had stated he had examined a…

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But the Woman Screamed Bailed Up by an Armed Man 30 Months in Gaol Follows Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

Alleged to have bailed up a woman with a revolver, Keith Gray, 22, laborer, was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment at the Quarter…

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Police Not Allowed Test Sobriety of Car Drivers Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

The police had received definite instructions that they had no authority to put a person to a best to determine the extent of intoxication, said…

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Sydney Slaying Police Arrest a Laborer Murder Charge Follows Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Timothy Ryan, aged 45, laborer, of St. Peters, was charged to-night with the murder of Eric Carlson, 51, seaman. Carlson was found at the rear…

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Licensing Court Applications Granted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

In the Licensing Court at Deniliquin yesterday. Howard Rex Watson, of the Royal Hotel, was granted a permit to serve liquor at a dinner at the…

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Inspector Kemp Farewelled by Court Officials

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

On taking his seat on the Bench at Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning, the Police Magistrate (Mr. I. Beavers) said it had just…

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Promise of Freedom Get Man Out of Gaol For £150 Charge Against Salesman Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

The allegation that Clifford Robert Hagan, 37, salesman, had obtained £150 by false pretences from Lance Edward Wilson, a prisoner at…

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Police Constables Assaulted Heavy Penalty imposed on Young Man

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Evidence of a young man’s struggles with three police officers in Napier street on Saturday evening last were related before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., in…

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Rutherglen Shire Council Police Protection at Wahgunyah Further Representations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Rutherglen Shire Council last Friday here were present: Crs. W. R. McRao (president), M. T. Graham, W…

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Warning to Parents Against Children Accepting Lifts Police Department's Action Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

The Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, to-day issued a warning to parents urging them to instruct their children not to…

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Assaults on Children Police to Lecture in Schools Warding to Parents Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

Perturbed by the fact that no fewer than 33 sex assaults have been committed on children in the metropolitan area since October, the police have…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Infant Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 8

Bail of £200 was allowed Havis Lilian Croft, 22, when she was remanded at Parramatta Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered a…

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A Costly Assault Urana Man to Pay £27 “Action Unprovoked,” Said P.M.

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 8

At the Urana Police Court yesterday before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., D. B. Black, carrier, of Urana, charged William Smith, of Urana. with common…

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Tragic Double Murder Woman and Sister Bodies [?] in River Shot From Behind. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 1

A double murder was revealed in Tamworth district to-day, when the bodies of Mrs. Ross Dickson, 24, of Congie Station, Tamworth, and her…

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Shamming Incapacity Doctor Charges Claimant in Compensation Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

There was a stir in the Workers’ Compensation Court to-day during the hearing of a claim by Alexander Joseph Aymard, a former water board…

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