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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,297 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 65

Soldier Didn’t Like Sausages ! Visit to An Albury Cafe; Court Sequel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

“I went into the cafe for a ‘feed’ and was offered sausages. I got annoyed because I had been eating [?] for 12 months. That is why…

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20 Belgians Sentenced to Death LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 5

A military court today sentenced to death 20 Belgians who were alleged to have aided German field police during the war. Several others were…

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Theft of Sables Worth £18,000 LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 5

Sables valued at £18,000 and a safe containing £3000 in notes were the haul of burglars who last night entered Carngham Castle, home of Mrs V…

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Poles To Die For Callous Murder LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 5

A British court has sentenced to death four Poles who were charged with Murder and robbery with violence in the Bremen area, says…

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Constable Issues Writ Against Police Superintendent MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 5

A Supreme Court writ has been taken out by Edmund Mclnerney, senior constable at Terang. against Michael Canney, Superintendent of Police…

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Court Rules Men Do Not Have to Work Overtime SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 6

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today ruled that ice cream workers were not obliged to work overtime under the existing award…

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Sequel to Fatal Accident Young Man Fined £30 in Howlong Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3

At the Howlong Court on Tuesday, before Mr M. S. [?], PM., Charles Henry Campbell, aged 21, laborer, of How[?] was [?]ged…

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Plan For Gaol Break MELBOURNE .Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

Following the discovery of a plot to break out of the army detention barracks at Geelong, three soldiers will be court martialled by the…

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Lock-up Escape Attempt; Two Men Sentenced MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 8

Leo Clinton Cartledge, aged 24. laborer. of George St.. Fitzroy, and Ray Abbott, aged 26. laborer, of Prenti[?] st, West Brunswick, were each…

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Alleged Struggle for Pistol; Man Charged MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

Following a struggle between a man and woman for possession of a fully loaded pistol in a bedroom at a St. Kilda road guest house last night, a…

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Police Hopes After Boy’s Arrest SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

With the arrest of a 16 year old boy in a Rose Bay flat, police believe they have ended a series of housebreaking incidents, extending over the…

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5 Years’ Gaol for Robbing Old Woman Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 2

A man who gripped a 70 years old woman by the throat in on attempt to rob her was sentenced at Quarter Sessions today to five years’ gaol. “It was…

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Alleged Water Leaked Into Rooms Tenant’s Story in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

To enable the owner of the premises at 588 Englchardt st, Albury, to be present at the hearing of an application for the determination of the fair rent of…

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10 Year Old Shooting Man on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

Shooting of a man and a women al Forbes more than 10 years age was described in the Central Criminal Court today by the Crown…

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20 Years’ Gaol for Frenchman PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Found guilty of attaching the “external security of the Elate” in the High Court of Justice, a former Vichy Minister, Jacques Chevalier,…

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Two Strikers Killed by Police Trieste

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 5

A general strike in the British Mid American occupied zone of Venesia Glulia began at midnight last night, after a clash between the inhabitants…

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Man Wins Right to Appeal After 10 Years in Gaol Auckland (Nz)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

Gaoled for life on a charge of murdering his wife, Eric Marco, aged 55, musician, has secured the right to appeal after 10 years’ agitating. He was…

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“Cartons Filled with £l Notes Sold for 10/” Strange Story Told to Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 5

Allegations that three cartons filled with pound notes had been sold in a hotel bar as cartons of cigarettes at 10/ per carton, was made in the…

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Husband Charged with Assault

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

For the past 12 months, his married life had been most unhappy, John Clarence Ross, aged 41. house cleaner, of Albury, told Mr. M. S. Meagher,…

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