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Courts & crime, 1944

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 41

Collision in Dean Street Court Action As Sequel

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 2

A civil action in which a collision between a motor truck and motor car in Dean st last May was involved, occupied some hours of hearing at…

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Imposed on Woman Man Sent To Gaol MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 2

An allegation that a man obtained £73 from a woman on the understanding that he could get her husband out of gaol was made in the City Court today, when Roy…

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FAREWELLED Popular Police Officer At Holbrook

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 3

Arranged by Holbrook Shire Council, a large and representative gathering of town and district residents met in the Masonic Hall supper room, Holbrook, on…

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Laborer Sent to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 2

Imprisonment for two months, with hard labor, in Goulburn gaol, on one charge, and one month on another charge, the sentences to be concurrent…

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Airmen Fined on Stealing Charges SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 4

Three airmen pleaded guilty at Parramatta Police Court today to a total of 10 charges of stealing air force property, including 75 gallons of fuel…

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300 Collaborators Sentenced to Death. London, Oct. 3

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 1

The Paris radio says that 300 collaborators were sentenced to death in Brussels on Monday…

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Amusements “North-west Mounted Police.”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 4

“North-West Mounted Police,” a stirring motion picture story of the gallantry and bravery with which a small force of Mounted faced thousands of murdersome…

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Novel Point In Fair Rents Court Signing of an Agreement

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 6

During the hearing of a case for the determination of a fair re[?] for premises situated in Union Lane near the boundary of Albury…

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A Manufacturer Sentenced Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 5

For having purchased women’s clothing for which 10.704 coupons were needed without surrendering coupons at the time of the transaction. Simon…

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On Charge of Murder Young Airman Arrested BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 1

Robin Adair, aged 19, RAAF aircraftsman, was arrested in Brisbane tonight a charge of wilfully murdering Corporal Stanley…

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Arrest in Melbourne: Job for Albury Police

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

An arrest in Melbourne resulted in a job for Albury police last evening. North Melbourne police arrested a young man, who allegedly admitted…

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No Supreme Court at Albury. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 4

The Under-Secretary of Justice (Mr Noll) announced tonight that the sittings of the Supreme Court at Albury on October 10 had been…

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Boy Charged With Murder MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 1

Alleged to hove that his nine-year-old mntc. another schoolboy aged nine was arrested by the homicide squad late today and charged with murder…

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Two Years For Theft of Cigarettes LONDON. October 5

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 3

The theft from a a London railway siding on D.Day of American cigarettes for the RAAF resulted in the sentence in Old Bailey today of…

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charged With Murder of Girl MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 4

Ronald Morgan, aged 24. of [?] road, Moonee Ponds, was charged with murder today, following the death early this morning of Janice Marce Boul, of…

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Trial For Soldier; Assault Alleged MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 4

Charged at Caulfield Court today with having assaulted, with intent to rape, a single girl living at M[?] road, Carnegie, John James Rivett, aged 23. married,…

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Magistrate’s Warning To Youth “Imprisonment Next Time”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 8

A youth, aged 18, escaped a gaol sentence only on account of his health, when he appeared at Albury Police Court yesterday on…

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Remanded on Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 1

Donald McLean, of Wilson st., Horsham, was remanded at the City Court today to Horsham on a charge of having murdered George Binns at Horsham on September…

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For Trial on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 6

Richard William Underwood, aged 29. of Paul st.. Waverley, was committed for trial at tile Coroner’s Court today on a charge of the murder of…

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Gaoled for Stealing Rug

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 2

A laborer, William Owen Jones, aged 67, pleaded guilty in Wagga Police Court yesterday to a charge of having stolen a kangaroo skin rug, the…

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