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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

1,006 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 51

Impersonating Postal Official Man Found in Warehouse Gets Nine Months Gaol SYDNEY--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

When challenged in a warehouse by an employee of Farmer and Co. yesterday, Percy George Rogers, aged 24, labourer, said he was testing the…

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A.I.F. Recruit Says He Was Assaulted Case Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

In Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Messrs. T. G. Flynn and A. A. Rogers, J’s.P., sent John William Powell, aged 23, miner, from Tasmania,…

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Albury Man Sentenced Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 8

A sentence of three years imprisonment was imposed on Alan Gordon Webster (30). laborer, at the Central Criminal Court for an offence against…

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Record-breaking Cyclist Sentenced for Bigamy MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 8

Stated by his counsel (Mr. J. M. Cul[?]) to have “practically ridden himself to a standstill in his record-breaking rides of the past six or seven…

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Soldier’s Marriage Difficulties Fined For Assault; “Drunk With Excitement” MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 5

When he refused to marry a soldier because he considered he was not sober. the assistant Government Statist (Mr. H. H. Groves) was allegedly…

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Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 3

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday afternoon, the following cases were dealt with by the P.M. (Mr. I. Beavers):…

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Italian in Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 2

On Thursday of last week, an Italian named Nicola Antonio Silvaggla, 53, appeared before Messrs. J. P. Leahy and D. J. Rodgers, J's P.,…

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Police Allegations Refuted Lad Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 3

Terrence Brain, aged 19, laborer, of Albury, was remanded by Mr, Flynn J.P. at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on three charges of…

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Man Remanded by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 3

William Davies, aged 25. laborer, of Happy Valley, was charged before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having stolen £5. from…

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Sentenced to Death Constable Fatally Wounded PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 3

Ronald George France, aged 20, was sentenced to death in the Criminal Court to-day for having murdered Constable Laurance Buzza at Mannup…

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Police Say Man Convicted 200 TIMES Laborer Before Albury Court Spat in Sergeant’s Face

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 3

When Edward Patrick Matthews, laborer, aged 44, was charged before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, with having used…

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Additions to Jerilderie Police Station

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 3

Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., forwards the following communication received from the Secretary of the Police Department:…

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Well-known Cyclist Sentenced

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

In Melbourne on Friday last, Osrick Bernard Nicholson, aged 29 years, professional cyclist, was sentenced to two months imprisonment on a…

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Items of News Watch Theft Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Albury police are questioning several juveniles in connection with the alleged theft of two wristlet watches missing from Gladman’s secondhand [?]op in…

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Damaged War Machine Three Years Gaol For Youth LONDON, July 4

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 7

Cyril Stephens, aged 18, has been sentenced to three years’ hard labor for having damaged a machine in the war factory in which he was employed…

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Licensing Court Special Sitting in Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Mr. J. Laidlaw, Chairman of the Bench of Licensing Magistrates in New South Wales, presided over a special Licensing Court in Hay on…

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Employe Locked in Store Peculiar Court Story MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

A jury in General Sessions to-day acquitted Eric Alfred Pretty, grocer’s assistant, of Filbert street, Caulfield, of a charge of having broken…

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Aborigines Before Court Two-up in Church Ground SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

Eight aboriginals were fined £1 each, with costs, at the Central Court to-day, for playing two-up in the church grounds at La Perouse…

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Alleged Threat Before Marriage Strange Divorce Court Story SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Alleging he had been forced to marry under a threat of being shot if he did not do so, Albert John Edward Bullock, to-day in the Divorce Court,…

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Two Escapees Before Court Were Committed From Tallangatta MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 8

Ronald Fitzwilliam and John Irving, two of three prisoners who escaped from custody at Spencer st. railway station on Thursday afternoon,…

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