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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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An Alderman’s Denial Two Men in Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 4

Thomas Dunne, aged 38. and Archibald Mitchell Christie. aged [?]9. were acquitted and discharged at the Central police court to-day on a charge of…

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Man “Falls” Into Police Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

Matthew Michael Moore, aged 34, laborer, who was saved after a fall at the new G.P.O. building in Sydney on Saturday morning, was remanded till…

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From Gaol to A.i.f

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Arthur Vincent Cunningham, formerly a solicitor at Cessnock, was released from gaol in Sydney on Saturday last after having served loss than…

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Magistrate Lenient Albury Youth Given a Bond

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 3

Terrence Brain, aged 19, laborer, of Dean st., Albury, who appeared in Albury Court yesterday on a charge of stealing two horses,…

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Mock Court at Brocklesby

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Considerable amusement was caused Brocklesby when a mock court—one of the features of an indoor carnival to assist the patriotic funds—was…

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Police and the Unemployed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 4

A complaint that police were wrongfully refusing to register unemployed men in the country was made to-day by a deputation from the Central…

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Theft of Airman's Kit R.A.A.F. Officer Loses SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Shortly before Flying Officer Peter Kingsley Stack left Sydney last night, to join an R.A.A.F. service squadron, his full flying and personal kit…

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Elderly Man for Trial Charge of Murder HOBART

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

After an inquest to-day into the death of Edward James Bennett, aged 45, orchard worker, at Glen Huon, on June 14, Walter Newman Rodman, aged…

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12 Months’ Gaol for Italian Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 6

Joe Gelsi, aged 53, of Johnston street, Collingwood, fish shop proprietor, who was recently found guilty of a charge of having unlawfully wounded…

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Actions Against Police Dismissed “Vendetta” With Fitzroy Family MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 6

Describing them as impudent, Judge Foster in the County Court to-day dismissed actions claiming £99 damages each for alleged false imprisonment…

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An Architect Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 5

John Francis Ernest Parsons, aged 28. architect and draughtsman, (originally of Melbourne, and formerly of Albury, was before Albury Court of…

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Sheep Droving Case a Protracted Hearing. Settled Out of Court

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 2

At the May P.M's. Court, Henry Wilson, drover, Lockhart, unsuccessfully sued John Kennedy, farmer and grazier, Pleasant Hills, £15 due in…

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Fine Gesture by Balranald Sergeant of Police

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1940 · page 2

Sergeant Blattman, officer-in-charge of the local police, has made a rather fine gesture in connection with the Sydney Police War Savings Certificates…

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Big “School” Broken Up by Police Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 6

More than 20 police to-day raided a “two-up” school at the old Randwick rifle range and arrested 33 men. About 70 others escaped. Police say…

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Shots Fired by Police Man Believed Wounded MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 1

One of several shots which were fired by police In a lane off Wood street, North Melbourne, last night, is believed to hare wounded a man…

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£3000 Theft Brisbane

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 2

Continuing a hunt after a third suspect in connection with the theft of £3000 near Woodford last week, two detectives flew by plane to…

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£2,060 in Notes Under Tree Three Arrests in Theft

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 2

Detectives who have been investigating the robbery of £3,000 in hoarded cash, the Property of John Paulus, 81, grazier of Delaney’s Creek, chartered…

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Caused Death of Mother, Police Allege Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 2

That he had caused the death of his 73-year-old mother by striking her on the face with a bottle during an argument at the week-end was alleged…

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Councillor Asked to Leave Police Sergeant Called in

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 4

A spot of trouble has been struck in local government affairs at Jerilderie Recently it was allege that Cr. Curtin’s election to the council was not m…

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Aliens Fined by Albury Court Italian to Pay £20

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 3

Antonio Sciaccnltano, an Italian, employed as a cook at an Albury cafe, was yesterday fined £20 in default 40 days’ gaol by Albury…

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