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Courts & crime, 1940

1,006 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 51

393 Informations Withdrawn in Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

Information alleging 393 breaches of an award were to have been proceeded with at the Central Summons Court to-day. against individual…

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Denied Representing Him- Self As a Digger Man Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

Francis Thomas Woodcock, of no fixed place of abode, appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on four charges. He pleaded…

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The case is part heard. Alleged Soldier Did Not Pay Train Fare Fined Bv Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

Norman McKenzic a member of the A.I.F.. appeared in Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday charged with having travelled on the N.S.W…

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Court Told What “Z100” Means Business Firms’ Secret Signs Woman Sues for Alleged Libel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

Marking of the sign, “— 100 per cent,” on the front door of the home of Mrs. Veronica Kean, at Leiclihardt, formed the basis…

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Saboteurs Sentenced to Death Paris, May 27

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 1

A military tribunal has sentenced to death four workmen for factory sabotage. Two others were sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment…

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Parachute in Eire; Woman Charged Dublin, May 28

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 1

The woman charged in connection with the alleged finding of a used German parachute and other German war material in Dublin is [?] Gonn[?]…

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“Dividends Paid Out of Capital” Allegations in Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 4

An allegation that dividends had been paid out of the capital and that a signed balance sheet of the Scottish Loan and Finance Co., Ltd., at…

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Man, Who Claimed to Be Affluent, on Theft Charge Stole Overcoat, Police Alleged Fined by Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 2

An aged man charged at Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having stolen an overcoat valued at £1 [?] told the magistrate (Mr. I. W…

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“Best Friend I Ever Had” Man’s Alleged Remark Charged With Murder SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

That he had taken quantities of luminal pills for some days preceding the shooting of Evelyn Grace [?] on February 16, and…

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Items of News Committed For Trial by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 4

In the Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Alan Gordon Webster, aged 20, drover, was committed for trial on a charge of allegedly…

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Plea by Recruit to the A.l.F. to Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 2

“I enlisted yesterday and have arranged to be medically examined immediately.” James [?] a stranger [?] Albury, told the P M. at the Court…

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“Said He Was Well-liked at Albury Gaol”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 4

Francis Thomas Woodcock, a stranger to the town, appeared before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a vagrancy charge. He admitted…

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Sentenced to Six Months Information of Value to Enemy PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 7

Stated to have had in his possesion information which would have been valuable If It had fallen into the hands of an enemy,…

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National Anthem Alleged Objection to Singing It Police and Military Authorities Investigating SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 2

Police and military authorities are investigating complaints made by the headmaster of a metropolitan school, and the headmaster…

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Charged with Murder Sequel to Death in Garage Young Man in Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 4

Seven weeks to the day since the discovery of the baftered body of James Charles Edwards, aged 47, at his motor garage in Borke…

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“Voice of People” Still in New Zealand Police Remove Printing Press Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 5

Police yesterday raided the premises of “The People’s Voice,” and removed the plant and printing material. They acted on a warrant received…

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Searched by Police German Hospital in London Many of Staff Interned London, June 1

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 2

Scotland Yard officers to-day searched a German hospital in East London. They examined the belongings of the staff, after which 28 of the 30 sisters…

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Took Three Months to Convince Court He Was Not the Husband a Strange Story Townsville

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 2

To-day in the Townsville court, a Darwin workman succeeded after three months of effort in proving that he was not the husband of…

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Young Man Charged at Queanbeyan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 3

At Queanbeyan on Saturday, George James Caldwell, aged 24 electrical mechanic, was charged under the secret section of the Commonwealth…

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A Street Fight Defendants Before Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. H. G. Marsh, J.P., yesterday, Bert Cox and Norman Charles Hurst were each charged with having…

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