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Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 85

Police Clean Up I.R.A. An Exodus From Britain Some Suspects Forcibly Deported. London, July [?]

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 July 1939 · page 1

Drastic police [?] has been taken as the [?] of [?] [?] the [?] of [?]…

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Three Men Remanded Stealing Alleged Against Them

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Three men were: charged before Mr, 1. Beavers, P.M., at Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, with having stolen £2/16/ in cash from Thomas…

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Missing Books Mystery Man in Court Again Third Charge of Murder Already Committed on Two Counts Dub[?]o

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

Evidence of the finding of a folded newspaper covered with blood under a tree at a deserted camp on a flat near the Macq[?]e…

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Butcher Appears in Anbury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

Frederick Norman Schaefer, aged 37, butcher, appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a…

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Severe Transportation Task Set Police Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 6

Police will be set a heavy task of transportation by the decision of the Crown Law Department to. hold the trial of Albert Andrew Moss, aged 61…

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Baronet Appeals Against Gaol Term Blackmail and Robbery Alleged Family Fortunes Dwindle Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

Sentenced with his brother, Dalham, to four years’ imprisonment on charges of blackmail and robbery. Sir Frederick James Siddartha…

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Murder Suspected Man’s Body in Fire a Woman’s Discovery Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

Apparently the victim of a murder, the charred remains of an unidentified man were found in the midst of what had been a fierce…

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Items of News Assyrian Hawker Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

William Whybley, 37, an Assyrian hawker, was remanded by Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday until Friday, on a charge of having [?]…

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Girl’s Attacker Extensive [?]by Police Woman Gives Helpful information

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Police a young man who crim[?] a 11-year-old girl in a [?] off Dynan road, North [?] on Saturday…

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Alleged Attack Sequel Man Before Albury Court Substantial Bail Fixed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Asking that substantial bail be fixed if a defendant at Albury Court of Petty Sessions was to be released from custody, Inspector Gray told the P.M…

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Defaming the Police Dangerous Tendency, Says Minister Commissioners in Conference Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

The tendency of a section of the public to defame the police and public officers, if allowed to develop, woul[?] diminish the value of democracy, said…

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Was Not Injured Man Admitted to Hospital Court Proceedings Follow Tamworth

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

Walter Coultas, aged 27, pleaded guilty at Tamworth police court today to unlawfully imposing on the Tamworth Base Hospital by means of…

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Man Robbed in Melbourne Appears Before Albury Court Did Not Pay Rail Fare

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

A special request has been made to the Judge presiding at Narrandera Circuit Court to postpone the hearing of a charge against a defendant, who was…

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District Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 4

At the District [?] last week, before [?] Stacey, Sammons [?] N. A. Kerr [?]…

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Eddie Cantor Sued Assault After Boadcast Hollywood, July 31

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 3

Eddie Canter, the actor, has been sued for 751,000 dollars, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gollob, flat proprietors, who allege that they were called Nazis…

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Drunk Driving Charge Against Man From Tawonga Gaol Sentence Imposed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 1

Charged with having driven a car at Melbourne on July 25 while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Hector Richard Hore, 29, motor driver,…

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Bombay Goes “Dry” Roaring Trade on Last Night Police Fire on Muslims Bombay, July 31

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 August 1939 · page 3

Bombay went “dry” at midnight, but thousands were top drunk to worry about that. The city’s 850 bars, liquor shops and hotels did a roaring trade…

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Police Annual Ball To be Held September 26 Money for Charities

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 6

The police Charity Ball, which has now established itself as an annual social function in Albury, will be held this year on…

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“Posed As Surgeon” Allegation Made in Court Man Fined £40 in All Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 6

Jack Osborne Leslie, dictitian, of Auburn road. Auburn, was fined £ 25 at Hawthorn police court to-day, for having…

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Theft From Bookmaker Albury P.M. Covicts Man Imprisonment Term Imposed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 7

At the Aibnry Court of Potty Sessions. yesterday three men were charged with the theft of £4 6/ from Thomas Finney, boot repairer, of…

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