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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

811 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 41

Question of Hotel Licence Raised in Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

Gordon Joseph Casey, who at the Central Criminal Court lest week was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for conspiring to sell liquor at prices exceeding those…

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Charged with Stealing 500 Watches SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

Bail in £500 was allowed William Norman Bennett, 40 wharf laborer when he was committed for trail a the Central Police Court today on a…

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Widespread Assault Continued LONDON, March 7

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 1

Continuing the round the clock serial bombardment of Germany and occupied-Europe, RAF bombers last [?] attacked targets at Tropes. about…

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Victim Absolves Charged Men SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

At the Central Court [?] Charles Russell Kelly, 32. and John [?] O’Connor. 33, wharf [?] were charged with [?] at William…

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Agostini Remanded On Murder Charge To March 15 Now in Pentridge Gaol Silent During Proceedings Bail Not Applied for Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 2

Antonio Agostini, 41, Italian waiter, charged with the murder of the Albury “Pyjama Girl,” who is stated to Have been his wife, was remanded, in the City Court today until March 15…

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Cases Before Howlong Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3

At the Howlong police court on Tuesday, before Mr R. M. Stewart, PM, the following cases were dealt with: Thomas Allen, a grader, of Kelly st„…

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Police Investigating Flat Robbery Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 5

Police are investigating a report that £400 was stolen from the flat of Ji[?] Leo Stevens, bookmaker, at Woollahra. yesterday. A cash box…

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Bride Collapses Outside Court DUBBO

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 2

When Gilbert Taylor, 24, soldier, and a first offender, was sentenced with another soldier, Waller Barber, 22. for assault, his five months bride, an…

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Workers’ Compensation Act Bill to Benefit Police Read SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

Designed to give members of the police force and their dependants the benefits of the “to and from” clause in the Workers’ Compensation Act as amended by the…

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Faulty Inspection Alleged Court-martial of Three Officers WASHINGTON, March 6

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

American Associated Press states that the Army ha announced that three Anny Air Force officers will be court-marllailed in Cincinnati. Ohio, on April 3. on charges…

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Police Cricket Team

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 5

The team to represent the Albury police against Murray on Sunday next at Billson’s Park is as follows: G. Munro. R. Allen. W. Clarke. P. Rowe, A. Klose. A…

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Charged with Unlawful Possession of 300 Petrol Tickets BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

Thomas Cleaver, 29, was remanded the City Court today on a charge of having unlawfully obtained possession of 300 petrol ration tickets. The…

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Seven Years Soldiers Sentenced for Assault

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 1

When Gilbert Taylor, 24, soldier, and a first offender, was sentenced with another soldier, Walter Barber, 22, for assault his bride of five…

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Pyjama Girl Murder Man Charged in Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 1

After a world-wide investigation lasting nearly 10 years, Victorian and New South Wales detectives, working together over last week-end…

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Soldier’s Costly Assault

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

An assault on John George Whitfield proved a costly affair for Reginald Charles King, a soldier 28 years of age, who pleaded guilty to the…

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N.S. Regulation Declared Wholly Bad Full High Court Decision MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 6

The Full High Court today declared that Regulation 60 (H) of the National Security Regulations and an order made under it by the Minister for the Army were wholly…

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Frenchmen Sentenced to Death LONDON. March 11

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 3

The German News Agency reports that a War Tribunal at Rhelms has sentenced to death Count Devogue, the proprietor of a champagne firm, and also four others, for…

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Investigation Leads to Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

Police investigations into the finding of the body of David Orchard, 62, on the road in Claude St.. Northcote, last night, led to the charging of his brother-in-law, James…

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Escapees Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 2

Stanley James Jackson, aged 19, and Thomas Patrick Jackson, aged 18, were yesterday charged in the Wagga court with escaping from the Lockhart…

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Murder of Grazier Youth Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

Found guilty at the Central Criminal Court today of having murdered Gordon [?] Archibald, grazier, of Scone. on November 18 last year, Lester John Turner,…

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