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Courts & crime, 1942

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Charged Too Much for Sandwiches Restaurant Owner Fined £10 PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 December 1942 · page 2

A fine of £10 was imposed on Bernard Hardwicke, well-known restaurant proprietor, today, for having offered pork sandwiches and coffee for sole at a price…

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On Charge of Murder Boy, Aged 15, For Trial WARRNAMBOOL

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 December 1942 · page 2

Ronald Porter, aged IS, was committed for trial on a charge of murder, after the deputy Coroner (Mr W. J. Stephenson. JP) had inquired into the death of John…

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Woman’s Pathetic Letter Tried for Murder of Baby CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1942 · page 2

Mrs Rose [?]lorence Mary May, aged 39. of Westlake, Canberra, was today found not guilty by a Supreme Court jury on the grounds of insa[?]ty at the time of the…

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Returned Soldier’s Lapse Convicted for Stealing Clothing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 1

Arthur Geoffrey Pearson (23), who stated he was a returned soldier and had served m Libya and Crete, was charged at the Deniliquin Police Court…

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45 Years’ Gaol New York, December 2

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 2

Anthony Cramer, who was convicted of giving treasonable aid to Nazi saboteurs, has been sentenced to imprisonment for 45 years and has been fined 10,000 dollars…

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Boy on Murder Charge Warrnambool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 1

Ronald Porter, aged 15, was committed for trial on a charge of murder after the deputy Coroner (Mr. W. J. Stephenson, J.P.) had inquired into…

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Industrial Appeals Court Judge Stretton New President MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 2

The State Executive Council has appointed Judge L. E. B. Stretton as president of the Industrial Appeals Court in place of Judge T. S. Clyne, who was recenly…

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C.C.C. Members Appear in Court Break of Security Regulations SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 6

Charged with falling to comply with the provisions of the National Security (Allied Works) Regulations, Charles Hodgson Arthur, 31. and Thomas Hodgson Arthur…

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Police Officer’s Allegations Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 December 1942 · page 2

Allegations that the landlords of some [?]ty residential were encouraging immorality and drunkenness among young girls by indiscriminate letting of rooms were…

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“Says Some Service Men Disgrace to Uniform” Magistrate Caustic; Fines of €20 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 4

Two Air Force men and a member of the AIF were lined a total at £20 In the City Court yesterday, on charges of offensive behavior and obstructing the…

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Forbes Faces Gaol Term of 152 Years If Found Guilty in America New York, Dec. 6

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 2

Two new indictments have been returned against John Wool coll Forbes, the Australian punter and financier, and Alfred E[?]nest Dowson. in the…

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Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 2

At the Corown Police Court on Monday, before Mr. B. J. Rodgers, J.P., Claude Benjamin Ferney, 47, labourer, was charged with being drunk in…

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Lost Articles at Police Station

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 2

There is a large wind instrument waiting to be claimed at the Albury police station. A side drum, bearing the inscription: “Presented by A. M…

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Defence Powers in Doubt Effect of Recent Court Judgment CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 2

Legal difficulties following the recent High Court judgment on the Victorian public service holiday case may affect the Federal Government’s proposal to restrict…

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Alleged Theft of £633 Assertions Concerning Dead Man KALGOORLIE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 4

Stanley Raymond Joseph, aged 33, married, formerly clerk of Central Norseman Gold Corporation, who was charged in Kalgoorlle court today with theft of £633…

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Shock Troops for All-out Assault on Teburba LONDON, December 8

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 3

Allies are firmly holding Axis couniter-attacks at Teburba and Djedeirda, it is reported by Algiers radio. They are firmly entrenched in a…

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“French Police Must Be Dissolved” LONDON, Dec. 8

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

Herr Krug von Nidda, German Consul-General at Vichy, has informed the Vichy Government that the French police must be dissolved and their functions…

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Deaths of Mother and Baby Militiaman on Charge of Murder Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

Outlining the Crown case against George Frederick Maes, aged 35, militiaman, who is charged with having murdered his wife, Olive. Maes, aged 20,…

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Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1942 · page 2

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday C.B. Ferney, labourer, 47, who was convicted on three charges on Monday last again appeared on a…

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Sequel to Raid by Gaming Police 27 Persons Charged MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 December 1942 · page 4

A raid by members of the Gaming Police on premises in Elizabeth St.. City, on October 4 had [?]s sequel in the Fourth City Court today when Frank Vine. 45, of…

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