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Courts & crime, 1943

763 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 39

Raid by Gaming Police at Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

Late on Friday night certain premises in Baylis St. Wagga, were entered by Sgt[?] T. P. Ellis and E. E. White and other police, and as a result, 35…

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Threatening Words Military Officer Charged

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

In Albury court last Friday. George Walter Daniels, civilian, charged Harold Sidney Wright, a captain of the Australian military forces, with…

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Annual Police Sale, Saturday Week

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

Annual police sale of unclaimed articles will take place next Saturday week, and not April 27 as previously, stated. The sale .will begin at noon…

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Stir at Police Inquiry Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

After he had been refused. permission to cross-examine a witness, Mr C. J. Cosgrove, secretary of the Police Association, today walked out of the police…

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Solicitor Charged Following Court Clash SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 4

Culmination heated exchange between Mr. Farrer, solicitor, and Mr Mahoney. SM. in the Balmain court today was that the first-named was charged with…

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Albury and Beechworth Gaols’ Escapee Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

The prison escapee and indeterminate prisoner. Lee Stevens, alias Lionel Stere. aged 25, who, while an Inmate of the Becchworth prison reformatory, made a…

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Alleges Police Chief Settled Action SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

Action taken by two officers of the Road Transport Department against the Commissioner for Police (Mr Mackay), and which was allegedly settled by him was…

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Damages for Chorus Girl End to Strange Court Action SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 4

Verdict for the plaintiff, a former London chorus girl, was given in the Supreme Court today in the case in which she med Reginald Cooper,…

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Stealing Charges at Berrigan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

At the Berrigan Police Court on Wednesday afternoon of last week, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., Henry Edward Ferguson and Ronald…

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Gaoled for Stealing Coupon Hooks Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 3

Two years imprisonment was imposed on Thomas John Kennedy at Darlinghurst Sessions today for having broken into the Bondi Junction Electoral Office and stolen…

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Woolcott Forbes Paces Gaol Terms of 112 Years New York. March 37

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Canada has instituted proceedings before the United States Commissioner (Mr Cotter)-to extradite John Woolcott Forbes, the Australian financier, and Alfred…

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Balranald Hospital Inquiry Magistrate's Findings

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

The report and recommendations of Mr. T. A. Doolan. P.M., on the management and activities of the Balranald District Hospital were…

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Another Mystery Murder

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Last night's murder of a seaman, who has been identified as Jesse Maria Raas, a native of Curacoa, Dutch West Indies…

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HELD £4600 IN [?] Police Allege. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

A summons is to be issued against a [?] bourne SP operator on a charge of having used a place for belting. Two will be charged with gaming…

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Youth Charged with Murder Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

Following the discovery of the partly charred body of Mrs Wilhelmina Webster, aged 26, taxi driver, this week, John Hector McCauley. aged 17, was remanded at…

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Murder of Seaman Has Baffling Features SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

Last night’s murder of a seamon, who has been identified as Jose Maria Rans, a native of Curacao, Dutch west Indies has provided the police with one of the most…

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Inhuman Nazis Mass Murder of Jews LONDON. March 19

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

The Germans are speeding up the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, intending to empty the ghetto altogether and close it up before the spring, according to…

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Upkeep Op Our Men in Britain Australia Charged 9/ a Day For Each Soldier CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

Since December 1, 1940. Australia has paid the United Kingdom 9/ a day sterling to maintain each AIF soldier in British Anny Commands…

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Court-Martial Clears Provost Corps Men BENDIGO

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 2

Cpl Joseph Cornwall; of the Provost Corns, was acquitted by a court-martial today on a charge of having struck and kicked Pte R. H. Wymer when he was arrested…

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Best Appearance in Court by Three Hours. Perth. Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

Three hours before, he was due to have; appeared in court on a charge of having from a farm prison. Harold George Thorne aged 29, today escaped from the…

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