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Courts & crime, 1941

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Charged Man Found Shot Gosford

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 3

William Stevenson was found shot early to-day when he was due to appear at the Gosford Court. The charge against him was that he had…

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Life Imprisonment Boring Engineer Sentenced Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 3

James Callaghan, aged 60 years, a boring engineer, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at Cunnamulla yesterday for murder…

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Savage Murder Elderly Man Battered to Death 15-Year-old Boy Arrested Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

Police yesterday arrested a 15-year-old boy and charged him with the murder of William Thomas Halse, aged 77 years, bootmaker, of North…

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Savage Double Murder Brisbane

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

The bodies of Herbert Edgar Blake (69), Shire Clerk at Nebo in the Mackay district, and his wife Lizzie Maud Blake (74) were found…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, May 5, 1941 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

There was only a short list of cases before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday and the sitting concluded shortly after 11…

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Army Boots Case High Court Prosecutions Fraud Allegations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) announced, to-night that prosecutions would be launched in the, High Court against a number of…

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Items of News Police Spitfire Fund

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

Sergt. Hill yesterday received 8 cheque for £51 from the Ariah Park committee of the Wagga Police and Citizens' spitfire Fund, making a total…

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Gundagai Police Court P.M. Has Easy Day

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 1

There was very little business for Police Magistrate F. Grugeon to attend to when he visited Gundagai to preside at the…

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Gundagai Police Court (Before Mr. P. Grugeon, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

At the Gundagai Police Court before Mr. W. P. Grugeon, P.M, J. M. Anderson, of Jugiong, was proceeded against by the P.P. Board for failing to…

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Farmers Charged Conspiracy Allegations Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

Frank Bach, aged 54 years, farmer, and his son, Frank Bach, were charged at the Toowoomba police court to-day that, between March 4, 1940…

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State Election Aims to Weaken Country Vote Mr. M'Kell Charged By C.P. Leader SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

"During his recent campaign in the north-west. Mr. M'Kell is reported to have travelled 220 miles in four hours, on his lightning campaign." said the…

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Labor Police "Put Together in a Hurry" Says Col. Bruxner Parkes

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

The leader of the State Country Party (Col. Bruxner) said to-night it was obvious that the leader of the Opposition (Mr. M'Kell) had put his…

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French Collapse Echo in Sydney Court Claim Prom Bank Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

An echo of the crash of France was heard in the Prothonotary's Court to-day when the Vichy Government endeavored to obtain possession of a…

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Alleged Assault of Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 4

After having been arrested on a charge of having allegedly used indecent language, a man was taken to the Wagga lockup on Wednesday night…

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Running of Miss Rescue Owner Approaches Club Officials Police Take Exhibits

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 8

Following upon her poor running in the Wollundry Stake at Wagga Greyhound race meeting on Wednesday night, Miss Rescue became distressed…

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Junee Police Court Man Charged Under Security Act Allegedly Posed As Intelligence Officer

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 3

At the Junee police court on Tuesday last, Joseph Allan Johnstone, aged 48 years, was charged under the National Security Act with posing as…

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Compensation Court Held at Leeton Before Judge Moffitt Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 6

At the Workers' Compensation Court held at Leeton yesterday. His Honor Judge Moffitt presiding. John Brock proceeded against the Department of…

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Man Charged Under Security Act Allegedly Posed As Military Intelligence Officer

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 3

At the Junee police court on Tuesday last, Joseph A. Johnson, aged 48 years as charged under [?] National Security Act with posing as…

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Day Off for Police Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 3

N.S.W. police have had their day-off restored to them, the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. Cosgrove) said yesterday. This meant that if the men were deprived…

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Running of Gundagai Dog Owner Approaches Club Officials Police Take Exhibits

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 3

Following upon her poor running in the Wollundry Stake at Wagga Greyhound race meeting on Wednesday night, Miss Rescue became…

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