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Courts & crime, 1944

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 28 of 41

A Young Girl Charged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 2

On a charge of having insufficient lawful means of support. Esther Swain, aged 18. a housemaid, appeared at Albury Police Court yesterday…

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Table Top Dairy Farmer Charged Military Property Involved

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 5

After lengthy evidence bad been taken, a case in which William Charles Tre[?] a dairy farmer of Table Top, aged 40, was…

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Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 2

Richard William Underwood, aged 50. tram conductor, was again remanded when he appeared at the Central police court today on a charge of…

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World Court of Justice Proposed Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 5

The establishment of a permanent [?] court of justice to try disputes [?] nations is now being considered at the Allied [?] in Washington as a…

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Employer and Manager Charged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

Australian Iron and Steel Ltd AND John Linslay Afflect owner and manager of Bulli Colliery, were today pr[?] against in a Special Federal…

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Soldier In Gaol Recommended For Award For Bravery SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

A man who was sentenced by courtmartial to five year, in gaol for going on strike in a detention camp had been recommended for a decoration after…

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“Not Puppets” Counsel on Police Officers SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 6

Police officers who had taken a similar stand to the Police Commissioner in the Mc[?] case were not puppets, [?] to any [?] the commissioner…

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Hay Police Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, S.M., Henry David Taylor was charged with that he did on the 1st…

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Police Think They Know

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

Albury police think they know the identity of the-man whose body was found in a clay pit near the Albury Grammar School last Saturday. They…

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New Arbitration Court Building Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

Decision of the Federal Government to erect a £118,500 building in Melbourne for the comfort of officers of the Arbitration Court was causing…

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Evidence of Perverts In Community K.C’s. Allegation in Supreme Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

There were elements of evidence in reports of police officers that perverts were rife in the community, said Mr Barwick, KC, addressing the Jury on behalf of…

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Theft or Whisky; Bond For Man SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 2

Det. Sgt Gordon Jack stated st Quarter Sessions today that whisky , had apparently been drained from hogsheads railed to Darling Harbor…

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Palau Assault Several Beachheads Established WASHINGTON. September 15

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 1

U.S. forces, supported by carrierbased planes and a heavy naval bombardment, today landed on Palau Island, 600 miles east of Mindanao…

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Another Island Landing American Assault on Angaur Pearl Harbor, Sept. 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 2

American forces have made another Pacific landing—on Angaur Island, the most southerly of the Palau group. Angaur is six miles…

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Jump Into Creek Trying To Evade Police MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 2

In two raids on two-up schools on Saturday and today police made a haul of 81 men, who have been charged with gaming offences. Saturday’s…

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German Mass Murder Million People Put To Death In One Camp LONDON, September 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 1

If has been ascertained that the Germans murdered over [?] persons in the Maidenek Death Camp, near Lublin, states a…

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Absconder Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 4

Kenneth Ross, aged 18, stated to be an absconder from the Gosford Boys’ Farm, pleaded guilty to five charges of breaking and entering at Quarter…

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Russians Preparing for Assault on Warsaw Vistula Defences Cracking London, Mon.--AAP

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 3

The Russians are slowly broadening the crack in German defences on the east bank of the Vistula, opposite Warsaw. The Russians…

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[?] of Former Fascist Police Chief [?] Scenes in Rome’s Palace of Justice LONDON, Sept. 18

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 3

[?]Ious scenes occurred in Rome’s [?] of Justice this morning when [?] Caruso, the former Fascist Chief [?] Police was about to come up for…

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Stealing Change Dismissed

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 1

AT the Qualends Police Court before Mr D. Parker, P.M., Arthur [?] Nixon, [?] and grazier, of [?] Oaklands, was charged…

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