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Courts & crime, 1946

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Alleged Leakage of Police Information SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

The acting Commissioner of Police (Mr Scott) has called for a report on the alleged leakage of information of police matters. A city newspaper say,…

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Alleges Attempt to Influence Court MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Menzies) said today that Labor’s scandalous attempt to Influence the Arbitration Court by threats had…

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Rioters at San Vittore Gaol Give In MILAN

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 5

Following an ultimatum that a full-scale assault would be made on the gaol unless they submitted, most of the 2500 rioting prisoners at San Vittore…

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8 Dead in Gaol Riot Part of Prison Captured .Milan

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 4

Death roll In the Ban Vittore Gaol revolt now totals eight, including one prisoner killed during a clash between factions on the question of…

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Murder of Australians Indonesians Closing In on Suspected Gang LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

Routers correspondent in Batavia states that Indonesian Republican forces, in the hills of western Java are reported to be closing in on the…

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Terror in Palestine Jews Attack Train; Police Station JERUSALEM

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 2

Arroed terrorists yesterday, which was the day after the week-long Jewish Feast of the Passover, attacked with hand grena[?] a train, manned…

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Corowa Police Court Two Men Sentenced for Begging Alms Sgt. Has Tussle with One Man -- Monday, April 22. 1916

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

Donald McSween, 43 years, laborer was charged with being drunk and disorderly, in Sanger Street. Fined 21 or 48-hours imprisonment…

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Police Allegations Against Woman SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

Police claimed in the Central Court today that part of a large sum of money already stolen by a young woman was used by her to try and…

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Gaol Mutiny Leader’s Claim “Was Member of Mussolini’s First Cabinet” MILAN

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

One of the leaders of the San Vittore gaol mutiny which ended yesterday, when the rioters surrendered, was a man named Carabonna, who…

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Lottery Prize-winner Sentenced SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 5

When Wallace Eric Hanson, 30, carrier, was charged at Quarter Sessions today with three counts of breaking into garages at Ryde and stealing tools…

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A Paymaster to be Sentenced SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 6

Police alleged at Quarter Sessions today that Lawson Clyde Wynter, aged 24. had stolen £1701 and had put the money on racehorses. Wynter, who…

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Man Remanded on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 5

Henry Row Bowden, aged 38, laborer, was before the police court at Redfern today, charged with the murder of Robert Bell, aged 64, at Redfern on…

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Three Remanded On Murder Charge SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 6

Men accused of the murder of Myles Henry (“Face”) McKeon were remanded to next Tuesday, when they appeared before the Central Police…

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Men Gaoled for Assaulting Police Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 5

Two men were given gaol sentences in different suburban courts today on charges of assaulting policemen. Alfred McGuiness, aged 33, sailor, of…

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Cliff Deaths for 200 NATIVES Two Japs Charged With Mass Murders RABAUL

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 1

Charged with the mass murder of 200 natives on Ocean Island, on August 20, 1945, after the Japanese surrender, two Japanese officers appeared before the War Crimes Court today…

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Police Will Protect Tram Conductors Threatened Stoppage Averted SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 1

The police have promised to give protection to Sydney tram conductors on sporting trains tomorrow afternoon, and the threatened stoppage…

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Police Order Cafes to Close Earlier SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

Sydney’s cafes tonight closed their doors at 10 o’clock. Usual closing time on Sundays is midnight. Tonight’s early closing followed warnings from…

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Kiosk Murder[?]trial Accused Pleads Not Guilty Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 3

A plea of not guilty was entered by Douglas Ronald Morris, 26, Journalist, when his trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Jeanette Wicks in a…

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Dishonesty in Air Force Remarkable Court Revelations Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 5

Fines totalling over £100 has three sentences of imprisonment were imposed in Port Melbourne Court today, when 12 men, all members or…

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Girl on Cheque Stealing Charge SYDNEY. Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 5

Joan Josephine Jennings, aged 19, was remanded on £100 ball in the Central Police Court today on a charge of stealing cheques to the value of…

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