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Courts & crime, 1942

717 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 36

Police Transfers Sensation "Force Seething with Discontent ,Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 5

"The whole of the police force is seething with discontent." This was said to-day by Mr. c. J, Cflsgrove, secretary of the Police Association,…

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Cyclist in Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

For having ridden a bicycle without a light after dark, John Henry Paterson was fined 12/. with 8/ court costs, In the Albury Police Court…

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City Police Transfer Serious Repercussions Threatened SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

According to unofficial information received to-day by the Secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove), the transfer from city…

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The Police Administration The Premier Takes Over SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

There was a dramatic move last night in the dispute between the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) and the Police Association,…

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Man’s Lonely Voyage Ends in Court Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 5

Alleged in have stolen a 27 ft. Auxiliary yard. and stated in single banded from Invercargill (N.Z.) In Tasmania. Richard Coril Hash Humphrey. was presented in…

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Premier and Police Chief a Remarkable Situation SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

The action of the Premier (Mr. McKell) in going over the head of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) and ordering the 37 members of the executive…

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Sent to Gaol Several Bigamists Sentenced Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 1

Several prisoners, who had pleaded gulisy or had been found gulity of various offences, were sentenced by Mr. Justice Macfarlane In the Criminal…

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Police Force Control Premier's Action Criticised. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 1

"The public is disturbed by the precipitate action taken by the Premier in taking control of the police force from the Chief Secretary," said the Leader of the…

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Court and Fixation of Wages Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

Judge O'Marn, in the Federal Arbitration Coure to-day, made an important announcement rescreening the procedure to lie adopted in dealing with claims lodged…

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Vichy Wins Court Action Here Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

The Vichy Government was successful in an action which concluded in the State Supreme Court to-day. The action related to a parcel said to contain secret codes,…

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Marriage Lasted a Night Strange Court Story. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

Because legal proof was not available that the husband of Gladys Grace Kemp, aged 27, of Brunswick, was alive on April 19, 1941, when she went through the form…

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A Stir In Police Circles

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 1

What a stir has been created in Sydney regarding the transfer of members of the Police Association executive to the country by the…

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Police Chief’s Powers May be Cut SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

Before any inquiry can commence into the circumstances Surrounding the transference of 17 members of the executive of the Police Association, the Police…

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Ten Years' Gaol for Youth GRAFTON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 2

Sentence of 10 years' hard labor was imposed to-day on Cecil Raymond Ellam, aged 21, who was found guilty of [?] in connection with the…

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Alleged Attempted Tote Fraud Man Charged at Flemington Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 3

While paying out on the first rare at Flemington on Saturday, a rate clerk defected that a [?] place ticket on Legality had been altered to a £5 win ticket…

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Would Gaol Brown-out Offenders Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

Ordering an immediate investigation into the efficiency of the metropolitan nightly brown out the Minister for Home Security (Mr. Lazzarini) said to-day that the [?]ne…

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Hospital Patient Before Court Language Charge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. W. R. Cox, J.P., yesterday William Leonard (11), labourer was charged with having been found…

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Self-satisfaction Brings Four Years’ Gaol SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 6

In sentencing Eric Reginald May, aged 31, metal-worker, to tour years’ imprisonment in the Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Holt said, “To satisfy your own…

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Tribute to Troops Police on Drunkenness in Melbourne MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 1

In a report to the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) on drunkenness, the Police Commissioner (Mr. Duncan) stated that during this week the police had…

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“Lifer” to Be Sentenced Again Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

Sentenced to life imprisonment for a criminal assault. B[?]de Patrick Murray, aged 18 years, pleaded guilly at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day 10 two charges of assault…

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