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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 85

An Agent's Bankruptcy Examined in Albury Court Estate Sequestrated on Own Petition

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

Herbert Leslie Collins, late of Albury, who until several months ago conducted an agency business in Olive st, was examined in…

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Alleged Attempt to Take Own Life Walbundrie Man in Court Had Been in Ill-health

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

Alfred John Butcher, aged 65, was charged before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having attempted to commit suicide at Walbundrie…

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War on S.P. Bookmakers Police to Press for Gaol Sentences Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

In an effort to suppress illegal betting the police intend in all future arrests for this class of offence to lay charge under a section of the Amended…

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Motorist Weeps When Sentenced Caused Bodily Harm Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

Sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for having caused grievous bodily harm by negligent driving, Frank Marshall, aged 32, caterer, of Pitt st., wept…

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High Interest Rates Up to 120 Per Cent Charged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

Following the announcement made by the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) in the Legislative Assembly last night that he would have…

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Sydney Men to Be Sentenced in N.Z. To-day Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

Gordon Robert McKay and Richard Arthur Talbot, both of Sydney, will be sentenced by Judge Fair at the Supreme Court to-morrow, on charges…

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Albury Police Arrest Two Men in Car

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

Two men were apprehended in a motor car near Albury yesterday by Detective G. -Munro and Constable Duncan, of the Albury police…

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Man Faces Murder Charge, But No Bodies Found Case With No Parallel in N.S.W. Story of Two Missing Men Police Have Only Circumstantial Evidence to Offer DUBBO

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

In a case that is unprecedented in N.S.W., Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61, laborer, was charged to-day with having committed two murders. Without a body or even part of one, the police charged Moss with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Thomas Robinson, aged 68,…

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Man and Woman Charged with Theft Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day Robert Bruce Wood, aged 24, clerk, was charged with having on or about March 27 stolen £240, the property of…

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Charged with Murder. Accused Acquitted. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

The trial of Sydney Cornelius Wilson (29), labourer, charged with having murdered Stanley James Leonard, at Pirates Cave Cabaret…

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Policemen Acquitted Charged With Stealing Accuseds’ Denial Wentworth

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Police Sergeant Cecil Roy Kirk and First-Constable John Rowlands were to-day acquitted on a charge of having at Wentworth on January…

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Feared for His Life Man's Court Story Charged With Murder Shooting at Pirates' Cabaret Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 10

The shooting of Stanley James Leonard, aged 25, at The Pirates' Cafe and Cabaret, East Sydney, on March 15, was recalled to-day…

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Sentenced to 20 Years

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

The Judge found accused guilty on all charges and sentenced him to 20 years. You say, “Why should I worry?”…

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No Arrest in Gold Stealing Case Ka[?]goorlie

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

Detectives late to-night were not hopeful of making an immediate arrest in connection with the theft of £1000 worth of gold yesterday…

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THE McKAY CASE. Prisoners Sentenced. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Gordon Robert McKay, 43, was sentenced to. four years' imprisonment, and James Arthur Talbot, to two years, by Judge Fair, in the…

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Three Women Gaoled Shoplifting Alleged Magistrate’s Comments Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 9

Police allegations that the accused had told them that they went into city emporiums for the purpose of stealing frocks, shoes, bags and coats…

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Released From Gaol to Be Married Sequel to Lover's Appeal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 10

On the recommendation of the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin), Gladys Burns,. aged 25, one of the four persons sentenced at the Sara conspiracy…

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Wentworth Sessions. Police Defendants Acquitted. WENTWORTH

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Sergeant Cecil Roy Kirk, and Constable John Theodore Rowland were acquitted at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of having stolen £40, the…

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Youths From Sydney Appear in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 6

John Bernard Jennings, aged 19. and John Tierney, aged 18, both of Sydney, were charged before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having…

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Self-defence Plea in Murder Charge Man Shot in Stomach SYDNEY--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

The trial was commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day, of Leslie Cornelius Wilson, aged 29, labourer, who is charged with the…

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