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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

923 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 47

Lost Hat at Police Station

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 2

[?] owner to claim a [?] which was found and handed in at the station recently…

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Land, Sea and Air Assault on Stettin Fleeing Germans Being Slaughtered LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 1

The battle for Stellin has begun on land, sea and in the air, with Marshal Zhukov’s tanks breaking through the first big anti-tank barrier outside the city. Sweeping down the Stargard S[?] highway, they have forced their…

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Rent of House Is Reduced Case Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 8

The first intimation that there had been [?] in his wife’s house in [?] was received a week after they had gone in Mr Stanley David…

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Alleges Soldiers Used Disgusting Language Three Fined by Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 3

Three soldiers from district camps —two of them on draft—will serve a term of Imprisonment if they are unable to find money immediately to…

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Ex-soldier to Get Farm Back Application To Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 5

A returned soldier of two wars, William Henry Sch[?]efer, was granted permission to re-occupy his 58 acre farm at Lavington by Mr R. M…

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Former Soldier and a Pistol Albury Court Gives Him A Chance

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 3

Albert Joseph Morton aged 30 on remand on a charge of having been in possession of a military pistol pleaded guilty at Albury C[?]…

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K.C. Alleges Racket in Petrol Tickets Three Men Before Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 4

Described by Sir Henry Manning, KC, as being engaged in a racket for the purpose of preying on the community, three men were charged at…

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Reformatory Prison Escapee Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

At a sitting of the Beechworth Police Court, before Messrs J.C. Bell, PM, and J. P. Harper, JP, a sentence of six months’ imprisonment, with hard…

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Alleged Theft of Butter Three Sent for Trial. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 5

A lorry driver who was alleged to have taken part in theft of a load of butter worth [?] appeared in the Central Police Court today charged, together with…

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Echo of Accident in Bankruptcy Court SYDNEY, Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

A five year old girl who was knockdown by a lorry, driven by Allen Boulden, in Botany in 1932. had her left leg amputated as a result. Later in…

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Refused Time to Pay Fines Ex-Soldier Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 6

The magistrate in Albury Court of Petty Sessions (Mr R. M. Stewart) yesterday refused an ex-soldier th[?] to pay lines after he had been…

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Six of Seven Beechworth Escapees Recaptured Wodonga Police Gets Three of Them

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

Six of the seven men who escaped from Beechworth prison during Sunday night we re recaptured yesterday, three at Barnawartha and three at Mansfield. Leslie Gardiner, aged 25, is still at large. He has four previous…

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Three Prison Escapees Sentenced Each Gets 18 Months

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 2

The three prisoners recaptured by Wodonga police at Barnawartha on Tuesday after their escape from the Beechworth gaol the previous day…

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Corowa Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 3

Francis Daly appared before the local Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, 9th instant, charged with having been found drunk in a public place to…

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Charged with Murder of Husband AUCKLAND [?]

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 6

[?] aged [?] was committed for trial at Wellington police court today on a charge of [?] murdered her husband in an apartment house on…

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Declares Innocence from the Dock Man Charged with Murder SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

The afternoon of the day she found her husband’s bullet-riddled body outside their home, a wife was accused of being in Exhibition Park…

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Japs Murder 1697 Civilians San Francisco

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 1

The Resident Commissioner of the Philippines (Brigadier General Rom-bridgehead, has returned from Manila with captured enemy documents, showing…

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Five Years for Wharf Labour. Henty Chaff Mill Railway [?] Judge Praises Police Work

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 7

A sentence of five years' penal servitude was imposed on Leslie William Hollard, wharf 1abourer, aged 27, at the Albury Quarter…

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“Spent Most of Life in Gaol” An Elderly Man Imprisoned MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 2

An elderly man, who admitted a list of 21 prior convictions dating back to the end of last century, relating to offences committed in…

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9 Jurors Claim £45,000 for Alleged Libel Sequel to Trial of Man on Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 1

Nine men stated to have been empanelled as jurors during the trial of Darrell Ain[?] Sutton, on a charge of murder, today issued Supreme Court writs for alleged libel against the “Herald and Weekly Times” Limited, claiming a total of £45,000 damages…

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