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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 85

Seven Bailed Up in House Seven Bailed Up in House Gunmen Pose As Police

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

In American gangster fashion, two gunmen, posing as policemen, bailed up and robbed three men, three women and a schoolgirl, in an apartment…

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“Unfair and Prejudicial” P.M. on Police Application Sequel to Girl’s Death Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

An unusual application was made in the Traffic Court to-day by the police to have evidence heard in a traffic case, although an inquest on the victim…

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Road Safety the Meaning of Court (Issued by N. S. W. Road Safely [?] )

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Transport. [?] Bruxner, has issued a special a[?] residents of the State to co-op[?] What he calls the “New Deal [?]…

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Eric Campbell As a Petitioning Creditor Former Company Director in Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

Before the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Long Innes) to-day, Eric Campbell, liquidator of Du Menier Laboratories Ltd., was the petitioning…

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18 Months’ Gaol for Stealing £1600 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 1

Carl William Schultz, aged 36, clerk, who pleaded guilty to 14 charges of fraud, involving about £1600 from his employers, Nestle and Anglo-Swiss…

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Year’s Gaol for Woman Severely Reprimanded by Judge Perth

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 8

In the Criminal Court to-day Mrs. Dora Emma Jeanette Simone, aged 50, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, after the…

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Man Accused of Assault and Robbery Advances Mistaken Identity Plea Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 1

Reserving his defence, William Tyson, aged 32, was committed for trial at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted William…

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Alleged Murder of Constable Two Men Refused Bail Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

Bail was refused when Leslie William Murphy, aged 28, laborer, and Stanley Arthur Dayment, aged 26, laborer, were remanded at the Central…

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Lugger Captain Charged Lubras Allegedly on Board P.M. Dismisses Information Darwin

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 5

Captain Kusumoto, captain of lugger D45, which was surprised last Wednesday night by the patrol boat, Larrakia, appeared in Darwin Police Court…

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Conflicting Evidence at Inquest Man Held on Murder Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 5

An inquest concerning the death of Eric Gordon Carlson, aged 50, whose body was found at the rear of an hotel at Redfern on February 8, was…

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“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Amusements “Snow White” Returns to Hoyts To-day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 8

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” will return to Hoyts to-day. The plot of “Snow White” is an adaptation of one of the most loved of Grimm…

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Former Corowa Residents in Court Husband Seeks Divorce Wife’s Counter Petition Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 1

David Oscar Hardwood Ireland, insurance officer, petitioned to-day for a divorce from his wife, on the ground. of her alleged…

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Youth Wanted Life of Enjoyment Stepfather Tells Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 6

A 16-year-old youth with whom two police constables struggled for possession of a pea rifle in a taxi cab on the Central railway station ramp…

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Fell in Love with Man Married Woman Tells Court Divorce Proceedings Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

Mrs. Mabel Agnes Ireland, a party in a divorce case being heard before Mr. Justice Boyce in the Divorce Court to-day, admitted having committed…

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Move to Oust Alderman in Court Town Clerk’s Peculiar Position SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

Alleging that Alderman John McCarthy, of the Botany Municipal Council, had acted on numerous occasions in the past six months as an…

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“Murder at Pirate’s Head” Looking Back on the Heat Waves Pleasant Weather Calls For Reminiscences But They’re Not Pleasant!

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 6

In the delightfully cool weather which it is Albury’s fortune now to be enjoying, it is difficult to look back to the first of the two heat waves of…

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Fair Rents Court for Victoria

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

On Monday, March 20, the Fair Rents Act, which was proclaimed by the State Executive Council, will come into operation in Victoria…

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Clerk Burglar Charged Was Stock Exchange Member Prison Farm Suggested SYDNEY--Thursday

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

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Stanley Ra[?] 28, clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking in Elizabeth Buy. Police evidence was…

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Sale of Court House Hotel Lease

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

John D. Fraser & Sons report having sold the lease of this hotel to Mr. G. Claxton, late of the Pretty Pine Hotel, Denlliquin, Mr. Claxton takes…

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Hotel Licences Transferred Exchange and Court House

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 3

The licences of the Court House Hotel and Exchange Hotel were transferred to new licensees by Mr. Hawkins, P.M., in the Deniliquin Licensing Court…

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