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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

1,006 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 51

House-breaking Implements Keys Come Under the Classification Assertion by Detective in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

While giving evidence in a case In which a young man was committed for trial on a charge of having keys classed as housebreaking…

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Sentenced to Death

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

Sentence of death was passed on John Henry Smith, 38, stonemason of Warrnainbool, at the Supreme Court, Hamilton (Vic.) on Tuesday,…

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Eight Years' Gaol for Manslaughter

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

Mr. Justice O'Bryan, in the Melbourne Criminal Court on Wednesday; sentenced James Simpson, 33, wharf labourer, of North Melbourne,…

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Indian on Murder Charge; Nonchalant in Court London, March 21

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 1

Without even bothering to remove his hat, Azad, the Indian who was arrested following the assassination on March 13 of Sir Michael…

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Police Campaign Against N.S.W. Cyclists SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 3

Chiefly boys and youths under 18, about 20,000 cyclists in Sydney and other parts of the State will shortly have to answer traffic charges for…

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Laborer Found Guilty on Assault Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 7

Convicted of having, on March 21, assaulted John Lynch, market attendant, employed by the City Council, Percival Claude Harrison, laborer, of…

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Ugly Scene Averted By Prompt Action of Police Incidents at City Hotels Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 4

Police averted an ugly scene when about 50 members of the Second A.I.F. marched into a city hotel early to-night and threatened…

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Murder Charges Moree Shooting Tragedy BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

Following the death of Waiter Martin, 20, a further charge of murder has been preferred against Gus[?] Augusta Ma[?]n, 52, farmer, who…

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Committed For Trial Bank Teller on Stealing Charge OVER £2000 Involved Sydney, Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

On a charge of having stolen £2755 in cash from the Bank of N.S.W., Arthur Maxwell Lumsdaine, aged 33 years, teller, was committed…

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Basic Wage Rise 80 Applications to Court MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

Claiming that the base of the wage should be altered by making the index number of ion shillings instead of the current 81 shillings a week,…

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“Silent” Telephone Numbers May Be Revealed to Police Mr. Thorby Prepared to Discuss Position Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 2

The Postmaster-General (Mr. Thorby) said to-day that he was prepared to consider the question of whether the numbers of…

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Burglary at Theatre [?] Stolen From Safe Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

The safe at the Eclipse picture theatre. Crockford street. Port Melbourne. was blown open last night, and £200 stolen…

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Murder Trial Adjourned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

Leslie Ernest Kennedy, 27. was to have stood his trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day for the murder of Alexander Robert Henry Miller in…

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Berrima Gaol Saved Berrima

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 5

A fire with a frontage of five miles broke out near the town to-day and, fanned by a strong wind, the flames made terrific headway through the dry…

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Enemy Alien Charged Left State Without Leave MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

For the first occasion in Australia since the outbreak of war an enemy alien was charged at the City Court to-day with having…

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Big Court List for To-day

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

Of the 25 cases set down for hearing before the Police Magistrate (Mr. Beavers) at Albury Court of Petty Sessions to-day, 19 concern children…

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Police Launch. Sunk in Sydney Harbor After Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7

A 14.ft police patrol hunch was hoted and sunk following n collision with a 24-ft. speed boat in the harbor off .Point Piper to-night. No one was…

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Alleged to Have Told Police He Killed a Man Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1

A man who walked into the Darlinghurst Police Station on February 22 end asked to be locked up, stated: “I killed a man about a month ago, and…

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£40,000 Ten Years Ago; Fivepence To-day Woman's Story to Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

Slated to have only fivepence left of her inheritance of £40.000 ten years age. Dorothy Dark, aged 41 years, pleaded for leniency in the Central…

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German Munition Works on Fire Flames Light up City Berlin Police Keep Civilians Away London, March 28

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press states that a fire which broke out at 10 p.m. in a munitions factory in northern…

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