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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 85

Police Officers Attacked Effecting Whilst Arrests Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 10

While a man was standing in Chape st., Prahran, to-night, two men jostled a child that was with him and knocked it to the footpath. The father…

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Police in Sydney Break Up Religious Procession Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 1

Placards condemning Fascism and urging a spiritual revival were seized by the police this afternoon when they broke up several processions in the city,…

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Cattle Rustlers in the Alps Police on Difficult Trail MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 2

Even the North West Mounted at their best could not have displayed a better combination of horsemanship and bush-craft than Detective…

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Three Days on Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

At Albury Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday morning, Steven Hopkins, of Albury, was charged with having stolen a statue, four rolls of silk and…

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Police Had to Escort Wrestler to Dressing Room Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

George Zalrarias, who defeated Paul Jones, in their wrestling match at Leichha[?] stadium last night had to be escorted to his dressing room by…

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Wrestle Ends in Riot Police Intervene at Stadium Wild Scenes Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 6

After both wrestlers had gone berserk and stunned the referee (Alf. Bridges) with punches, resisted the attempts of attendants to pull…

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Assault and Robbery Alleged

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 1

In Deniliquin Police Court to-day. George Edward Maloney (22) was charged with assaulting Henry Hamden. and robbing him of 8/ on June…

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Arrests Follow Alleged Assault on Elderly Church-goer Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

A youth, aged 19, and a man, aged 29, were arrested to-night on charges of having assaulted and robbed J. T. Middleton, aged 70, at Fairfield last…

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Police Intervene in Wrestling Bout Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 6

Pat Fraley, 16.6, was disqualified in the seventh round in a wrestling bout with Andy Moen, 16.9, at Rushcutter Bay stadium to-night, following police…

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Sues Police Sergeants Man Claiming £406 Damages Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

Alleging that he had been assaulted in his own home in Brighton Le Sands, Samuel Thomas Bradshaw, in a District Court action to-day sought…

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Deny Allegations Police and Young Man Sent for Trial Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

At South Melbourne Police Court to-day, Ronald Eric Harold Pearce, aged 25, laborer, also known as Frederick Benjamin Kugson,…

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Motorist Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 2

Keith Faulkner, who had been found guilty of having driven a car while under the influence of liquor, was sent to gaol for three months by…

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Heavy Gaol Sentences for Youths One Given Seven Years and Another Five Years Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 3

Heavy sentences were imposed on two youths, one of whom is married, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, when they were found…

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A Fatal Party Brawl Man’s Death in Street Two Others Face Charge of Murder Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 4

At the hearing of charges of murder in the Criminal Court to-day against William Henry Wells, aged 32, and Malachi Vincent Holt, aged 31, the…

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ITALIANS v. NEGROES Big Fight Precautions Police Expect Trouble New York, June 27

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 4

Anticipating that the heavyweight title fight on Wednesday between Joe Louis, holder, and Tony Galento, will be rough and foul, police are assigning…

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Passed Examination in Gaol Wellington (N.z-)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 6

While undergoing sentence for the manslaughter of his father, Douglas Armstrong, a young man, has passed his final engineering examination In…

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Mother of Seven Children Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 1

Pleading guilty to house breaking, Mrs. Vera Chapelow, aged 33, the mother of seven children, ranging in ages from 17 years to 19 months,…

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“Sat Round Fire Drinking Beer and Whisky” Alleges a Criminal Assault Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 3

An allegation that she was criminally assaulted by Stanley Gordon Wilks, aged 26, and Henry Austin Hunter, aged 24, on the night of June…

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Husband Had Three Rolls Royce Cars Widow Tells Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 3

Mrs. May Alice Hordern, widow of Anthony Shruba Hordern, said in the Equity Court to-day that during her married life her husband had three…

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Gaol for Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 1

In the Benalla police court Norman Hall, aged 10 years., was charged with having stolen 65; the property of Catherine Hanlon, for whom he had…

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