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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,681 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 85

Woman Charged with Murder of Infant Tamworth

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 6

At the police court to-day Stella Olive Hayman, aged 3[?] of Attunga (near Tamwc[?]h), was charged with having, on or about July 31, murdered…

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Alleged Man Said She Could Use His Name An Amazing Court Story Woman Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 2

Allegations that she had obtained £29 10/ by falsely pretending that a man at Temora had died, that he was her husband, and that she would…

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Railway Trespasser Before Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 2

At Albury Court yesterday, on the information of Detective Munro, Raymond George Rosser was fined 2/6 and discharged on the rising of the court…

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£15,000 Mentioned When Elderly Mother and Son Are Charged SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 2

When Mary Ann Milne, aged 71, and Leonard Robert Milne, aged 30, her son, came before the Central Police Court to-day on a…

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Items of News Cyclist Fined by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 2

Geoffrey Hanna was fined 10/, with 5/6 costs, at Albury Court yesterday on charges of riding d bicycle on a footpath after sunset and without having…

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1939 Police Ball Bigger Profit Hoped For SEPTEMBER 20 in Palais Royal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 4

Following a committee meeting last evening, if was stated that the organisers of the Police Ball on September 20, hope that the profit…

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Doctor's Sobriety Questioned by Police Dealer Convicted on Drunken Driving Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 4

A suggestion that a doctor who examined a man charged with driving while drunk was himself far from sober made by Sergeant Teece in the…

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Clergyman in Court Raid on Parliament House 38 Men Remanded Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 3

The 38 men charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly after a raid on Parliament House on August 4 were again remanded…

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Coining Charges Four Before Court Two Men and Two Women Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 3

At Paddington Police Court to-day, Leonard Braund, aged 43, Vera Stewart, aged 38, and Gladys Vidler, aged 27, aged 27, were charged with having…

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Poor Painter Charged with Theft Paris, August 14

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 6

Serge David Boguslavsky, a poor Russian, painter, who walked into a French court to-day and said that he had removed the famous picture…

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Man Faces Court on 40 Charges of Stealing Articles Were Purchased, Says Defendant Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 3

When he came before the Central Police Court to-day on 40 charges of stealing various goods of an aggregate value exceeding £300, Robert…

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Post Office Robbery Jockeys Sent to Gaol Woman Remanded for Sentence Benalla

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 1

Two years' imprisonment was imposed upon Sydney Leonard Jackson. aged 22, jockey, Coburg, and Leslie Harry Malone, aged 21,…

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Murder of Consul; £20,000 for Widow London, August 14

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 2

The Irak’ Government has agreed to pay £23,000 to the widow of Mr. George Mason, British Consul, who was murdered last April…

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Assassin Unknown Cold-blooded Murder Youth Shot Down Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 2

An inevitable recluse, despite his tender years, William James Anderson, aged 22, was shot down in cold blood in the wash room of…

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Starting Engine Means Putting Car in Motion Judge’s Important Ruling Magistrate's Attitude Commented On. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 4

If a person starts the engine of a motor car, but does hot release the brake or put the vehicle in gear, he nevertheless attempts to set the…

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Municipal Council's Order Erection of Dwelling Woman Fined by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 3

The holder of a miner's right within the Municipality of Albury, Mrs. Vera Holden, was convicted at Albury Court yesterday for…

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A Man with a Gun Incident in Police Patrol Wagon Laborer Fined £50 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 6

James-Collie, aged 43, was fined £50, in default 100 days’ hard labor, when he appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a…

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Important Hours Decision 44 As Standard Federal Court's Ruling Chief Judge's Comments Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 2

Except where special circumstances exist, a 44 hour working week will in future be regarded as the standard for Australian…

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To Be Tried on Three Charges of Murder Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 2

September 19 is the date set down for the trial at Dubbo of Andrew Moss, aged 61, laborer, He faces three charges of murder…

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Seven-and-a-half Years' Gaol for Robberies "Crime Savored of Cheap Films" Judge Critical of Youth Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 6

Sentencing Benjamin John McCubbin, aged 20, laborer, of Rea street, North Fitzroy, to 71/2 years' imprisonment with hard labor, after a jury…

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