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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →