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Courts & crime, 1946

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Girl Tried to Jump Over Gap After Alleged Assault Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 6

Raymond James Groves, engineer was committed for trial at Newtown police court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Veronica Eyles, and caused her bodily…

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Arrests for Murder of Australian Investigators London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 5

Reuter’s correspondent in Balavia states that two Japanese and three Indonesians have been arrested by the “Indonesian Republican People’s Army” for the…

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28 Convicts Killed by Guards Riot in Indian Gaol BOMBAY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

Twenty-eight convicts were killed today when the authorities at the Central Gaol at Mach, 30 miles south of Quetta, were forced to fire on the…

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Famous Police Dog Dies SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 6

The famous police dog, the [?] “Zoe,” died to-night In Alexandria police kennels, She was 11 years old and had helped to track many people and had…

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Two Killed in Clashes With Police PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

Two persons were killed and five others were wounded when police fired on a crowd which was demonstrating against the arrest of members…

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Two Poles to Die For Murder of ’Police LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 6

The British News Service in Germany [?] that two [?] have been sentenced in death by a military court [?] killing two police [?]…

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Doctor And Wife Charged SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 6

A doctor and his wife were charged at the Central Police Court today with having unlawfully used an instrument on a married woman on…

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Master Builder Sent to Gaol MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 4

Percy Cameron, aged 52, master builder, Collins street, Melbourne, was sentenced six months’ Imprisonment to-day on each of seven charges of having obtained…

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Police Boys’ Club Criticised SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 1

Objections to the way in which the Police Boys’ Club was administered were raised in the Presbyterian Assembly today by Rev H. F…

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Police Allege Man Wounded Mother SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 6

In the Central Police Court today Cecil John Murphy, aged 25, laborer, was remanded on bail to June 25 on a charge of shooting his mother,…

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Dramatic Moment in Court Dachau

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 5

A former US army lieutenant, Virgil Lary, in the War Crimes Court to-day, grimly confronted 74 members of the SS. of whom he identified George Fleps,…

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Students Use Smoke Screen; Outwit Police Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 1

University students invaded Martin Place today after the leading floats, which had taken part in an earlier procession around the…

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Undertaker’s Assistant Sent to Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

Charles Henry Harding McIntyre Parker, junr., aged 24, undertaker’s assistant, and Henry Davidson, aged 33, textile worker, were today found…

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Last Minute News Australian Judge to Investigate Murder in Java LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 4

The Australian Government is sending a judge to Batavia to investigate the murder of three Australian war crimes Investigators…

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Alleged Under-Payment Of Tax £4616 Mentioned In Court MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 2

A claim that Julius Augustus Gromann, wine and spirit merchant, of Collins st. Melbourne, had avoided payment of £4616 16/8 income tax…

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Another War Criminal Goes To The Gallows EIGHT S.S. Men Gaoled for Murder of British Paratroops Jap’s Trial For Sadism Continued LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 1

Below is the latest news round-up in connection with the fate and trials of German and Japanese war criminals: Prague radio announced today that Karl Frank, who yesterday was…

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Murder While Police Watched London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 8

Police have arrested Thomas Hendren, 21, ship’s baker, in connection with the murder of a Liverpool manicurist, Mrs. Ella Staunton, who was [?] and strangled…

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“Murder. He Says” at the Regent

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

“Munder He Say” opening at the Regent to-day. has a combination that’s hard to beat—Fred MacKuiray. as the star with George Marshall directing. Other members…

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Record Numbers in Gaol There was a record daily

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

age number of 1,930, persons in New South Wales gaols during the year ended June 30, 1945 Men prisoners during the year…

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Murder of Australians in Java Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

Judge Kirby, of NSW District Court, has been appointed by the Federal Government to investigate the murder of three Australian War…

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