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Courts & crime, 1944

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 41

Wanted to Attend Funeral Man On Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

When Roy Mariey, aged 35, wharf laborer, was remanded in the City Court today, charged with the murder of Ivan Patrick Laidlaw, at…

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Doctor and Secretary in Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 2

Reginald Stuart Jones, aged 42, medical practitioner, Macquarie st. was charged at the Central Police Court today with unlawfully using an…

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Alleged Obscene Films Man Before Court MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 5

The screening of several films at the Rainbow Hall, Prahran, on August 14, led to Norman Peter Lynch, of Windsor, appearing in Prahran police Court…

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Court Action Over Sale of Colt Auckland (Nz)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 4

Claiming that the thoroughbred colt Rojputana for which he paid 1000 guineas was deformed and varied from the advertised description, Stanley Edward…

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Absconders Sent To Gaol SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 4

Three 17 year old absconders from the Gosford Boys’ Home were sentenced to terms of imprisonment at Quarter Sessions today. It was stated…

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Aged Collaborator Sentenced to Death London, November 1

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 1

Chastenent de Puysegur, aged 79. who described himself as a Count, has been condemned to death by the Paris Assize Court for having worked…

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94 CONVICTIONS Man Sent To Gaol MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

A man who had 94 previous convictions was sentenced by Judge Magennis to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor for receiving, in the…

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“Pretended To Be A Doctor” Man Fined And Also Sent To Gaol MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

Sentences totalling six months imprisonment were Imposed at Malvern police Court today on Herman William [?] aged 51, of [?]…

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Passafiume Charged with Murder of Mancuso

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

Passafiume Giacomo was then charged with having jointly with Cusimano murdered Mancuso Pasquale…

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British Forces’ Assault on Tilburg

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 1

Improvised raft of doors and s crap wood carries civilians and RE’S across the canal near Tilbury…

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Boy To Stand Trial For Murder MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

Trial on a charge of murdering a playmate, faces Geoffrey Charles Clay, nine-year-old schoolboy, as the result of the Coroner’s finding at the im[?] today into…

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Doctor Shot in Car Two Men Charged Bail Refused Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 3

At the Central police court to-day, Clifford Tasman Thompson, 32, engineer, and Leslie Dunn, 38, clerk, were remanded until…

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Defendant Applies for New Court—is Acquitted

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

Cangemi Pasquale, who is charged with allegedly wounding Cusimano, said he would prefer to be tried by an independent court that had not…

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Objection to “The Court” Comment by Norman Lindsay SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 6

Mr [?] said today that he had [?] ago given up trying to [?] of attitude of mind in certain [?] of the community which…

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Italians Before Military Court Further Proceedings in Camp Brawl Trials

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

The Military Court sitting at Hay continued its hearing until Wednesday of this week, concerning the various charges arising out of the fracas which, it is alleged, took place in the Hay P.O.W. Camp on the night of July 9-10…

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Pension Appeals In Camera “Matter Should Be Taken to High Court.” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 3

If legal opinion supports the contention of the Australian Lesion of Ex-Servicemen and Women that the heaving of appeals by pensions appeals tribunal behind closed…

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Carrier Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 2

Mr Farrington. SM, at the Central Police Court today, suggested that an official of the Railway Department had acted in collusion with a man charged with having…

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Former Solicitor Released From Gaol. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 5

After serving three shears and five months of a five years’ sentence for fraudulent disposal of shares In Scottish Loan and Finance Co., Albert Levitus. a former…

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Polish War Criminal Sentenced To Death LONDON. Nov. 3

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 1

Reuter’s correspondent in Moscow savs that Lublin court has sentenced to death a Pole named Muselski. who was charged with complicity in German…

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Japs Thrown Back American Assault On Pinamoboan (From General MacArthur’s H.Q.). November 4

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 November 1944 · page 1

The [?] 24th Division has commenced a land and over-water assault against [?], 7 miles west of [?]. at the northern end…

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