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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 44 of 85

Grazier’s Glum Story in Divorce Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

A denial that his 14,500 acre Kentucky Station, near Uralla, was worth £100,000, as suggested by his wife, was made by Harold Waugh Fletcher,…

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“Man From Anywhere” Testifies in Court Missing Body Mystery Accused Once Inmate of Mental Hospital, it is Asserted DUBBO

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 7

Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61, who has been charged with two murders, was a patient In Orange Mental Hospital until late last year,…

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Cursed Judge Who Sentenced Him to Three Years' Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 6

When sentenced at Darlinghurst Sessions, to-day to three years imprisonment for assault, Frederick Joseph Gorman, aged 26, cursed Judge…

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Police Win Point But Lose Their Case Traffic in Railway Square Albury Magistrate’s Decision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 4

Police have every right to control vehicular traffic in Railway Square, Albury. This was made clear by the P.M. at…

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"I Killed Him All Right" Man Allegedly Told Detective Messing Body Mystery Sensational Police Court Evidence DUBBO

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 6

"After I killed Robinson I put his body in a broken tree about 20 feet from the ground on the reserve near Oak's bridge." This statement was alleged by Detective-Sergeant Caiman in Dubbo Police Court to-day to have been made to the police by' Albert Andrew…

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Murder of Prophet Leads to 200 Other Deaths Jerusalem, June 1

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 6

Two hundred Arabs were killed and 14 /Villages were destroyed during an attack in the Allaquite district of Syria, by members of the…

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Cabaret Shooting Verdict of Not Guilty Murder Was Alleged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 7

Leslie Cornelius Wilson, aged 29, was acquitted in the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Stanley James Leonard, aged 25,…

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Youths Remanded by Albury Court to Sydney Alleged Use of Motor Car

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 3

On a charge that, while being the bailee of a motor car, they fraudulently converted it to their own use. John Bernard Jennings, aged 19, and…

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Arrested at 4 A.M. Two Men at Albury Court Convicted of Stealing

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 2

While on an early morning watch on Saturday, Detective G. B. Munro encountered two men, who later in the day Appeared before Mr. I. Beavers,…

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Gaol Before Compliance Unionists and National Register “Will Fight to Bitter End” Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 2

Emphatic official opposition to the Federal Government's National Register was embodied in resolutions carried at a large meeting…

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Man Steals Car and Plunges It Into River Salvaged by the Police Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 2

The wireless patrol police went to a spot on the Maribyrnong river near Wingfield road to-day to investigate a report that a car had plunged into…

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Fined for Stealing Ceil of Wire Netting

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 4

Oscar Andrew Jan[?]son, aged 36, motor driver, of Spring street, Holbrook, was charged before Mr. L Beavers, P.M., at the Albury court yesterday,…

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Farm Laborer Sentenced Detained at Reformatory Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 8

Before Judge Magennis in the Criminal Court to-day, Ernest Schmidt, aged 18, farm laborer, of Mitchell st.. Echuca. pleaded guilty to three…

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Labourer Acquitted on Murder Charge Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

At. the Central criminal, Court to-day the Jury, by direction of Judge Owen, acquitted Timothy Ryan, 44, labourer, on a charge of having…

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A “Mechanical Genius” Given Taste of Gaol Desire to Steal Motorcycles Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Describing a youth who had pleaded guilty to four charges of larceny as a “mechanical genius,” his counsel, Mr. Gunson, told Judge Magennis in…

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Acquitted on Charge of Murder Death of a Seaman Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court today a jury acquitted Timothy Ryan, aged 44, laborer, on a charge of having murdered Eric Alfred Karlsson, aged…

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18 Months’ Gaol for Payroll Bandit a Mildura Hold-up Linesman Pleads Guilty Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

Emil Henry Opperman, aged 25, linesman, of Eleventh st., M[?]dura, who pleaded guilty in General Sessions to-day to a charge of…

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Charge of Murder Young Man Shot Dead Was a Star Footballer Trafalgar

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 8

Ernest Staunton, aged 62, signwriter, of no fixed address, was charged before Mr. Johnstone, J.P., to-day with having murdered…

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Stole to Buy Medicine for Sick Wife and Child Han Sent to Gaol Had Been Convicted in N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

Speaking from the dock in General Sessions to-day, after he had pleaded guilty to five counts of housebreaking and stealing, Herbert Isaac…

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Small Share in Robbery £56 Stolen; Received £2/10/ Detective Tells Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

The curious part that Claude Richard Cavanough, aged 18, played in the robbery of £56 from Leslie George Harding on May 8…

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