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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

833 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 42

Police Sergeant Attacked Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 6

Sergeant O'Brien, of Williamstown police, sustained a broken nose and severe facial lacerations when he was attacked by three young men in Cecil…

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Theft of Bicycle

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. B. J. Rodgers, J.P., Lewis Grant was charged with having been found drunk in…

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Soldier on Assault Charge Melbo[?]

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

[?] of the [?] Garrsion Forest at Broad [?] appeared in the [?] court 10. day on a [?] of having [?] and…

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Murder Charge Against Boy [?]

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

In the [?] Children’s court to-day Brain John Turner, aged 1 years and S [?] was [?] with the murder of [?]old William Thomas Hales, boot,…

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Court Asked to Presume Two Airmen Dead Sydney, Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 6

Mr. Justice Nicholas, in the Equity Court to-day, granted leave to swear to the death on active service of two airmen, Flight.-Lieut. George John…

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Tiny Tots in Court Difficulty of Judges Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

Two judges to the two Courts of General Sessions to-day endeavored [?] ascertain whether little children, who hid [?] give evidence in the…

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No Income Tax Returns Fines Imposed by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 6

Several Albury people who had [?] into [?] with the Taxation Commisoner, were before the Albury Court of Petty Be[?]…

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Wife's Death: Husband Charged Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 8

In the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice Lowe, James Alfred O'Donnell, aged 45, woodcutter, was charged with the murder of his wife,…

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Used Bad Language at Police Station

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 4

Police alleged, in the Albury police court yesterday morning that when Archibald Francis Clancy, laborer, aged 33, was arrested on a charge of…

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Darlan's Grip on French Police Vichy, May 6

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 1

Admiral Darlan has ordered the reorganisation of the French police force, making the police in all towns exceeding 10,000 inhabitants directly…

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Soldiers Sentenced Charged with Receiving. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 5

Frank Egan,. aged 21, and Edward George Chandler; aged 23, bo[?] of Darl[?] A.I.F. camp. were sentenced in the Court of General Sessions before…

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Sequel to Gun Battle Men Charged with Conspiracy Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 6

As a sequel to the shooting yesterday of two detectives who were a[?]temp[?]ing to arrest a man on a conspiracy charge, Frank Bach and his…

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Vichy Seeks Brown Parcel Case Before N.S.W. Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

The Vichy Government is trying to gain possession of a brown paper parcel which was left at the Bank of N.S.W. In February of this year…

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Police Court Carrier Fined for Competing with Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

C. H. Way, carrier, was charged with having competed with the New South Wales railways for a distance exceeding 60 miles. Mr. W. M. Strong…

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Assault and Robbery Alleged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 2

John James Davidson, aged 19. of William street. way committed for trip , to-day from the Central Police Court on a charge of assaulting and robbi…

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Police Raids in Scotland London, May 8

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

Detectives in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen raided the Scottish Socialist Party, the United Scottish Movement, and the Nationalist Mutual…

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Austral Pictures Bette Davis This Week-end Canadian Mounted Police Story Next

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

"All This and Heaven Too," from the world-famous novel by Rachel Field, will be screened at Austral Pictures this week-end (Friday,…

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Sentenced to Death London. May 8

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

George Johnson Armstrong. aged 39. an engineer, was sentenced to death at Old Bailey, after a trial in camera, for an offence under the…

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Revenge As Motive for Murder ? BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 2

An important clue has been obtained by the police in their investigation of the baffling murder of Herbert Edgar Blake, aged 69, and his wife on their…

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Hay District Court. a Balranald Case

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 2

At the District Court, Hay; on Wednesday, before His Honor Judge Barton and a jury of four, Jack Renfrey, of Bairanaki, motor mechanic, sued…

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