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Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 49

Steward Sentenced to Death

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.: Found guilty of the murder of the 21 year old actress, Gay Gibson, on board the Durban Castle, while on [?]…

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Man on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed. — Following the finding of the body of Robert James Rainbow in an alley at Fitzroy late last night, John…

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Killed by a Knife Six Years’ Gaol For Man

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—“In my opinion your crime was a particularly bad one, and I think you are lucky that the charge,…

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Britain-U S. Charged With Expansionism M. Gromyko Defends Czech Coup American Delegate’s Pertinent Questions LAKE-SUCCESS

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

When the Chilean request for an investigation of the Red coup in Czechoslovakia was further debated in the Security Council, Mr Gromyko (Russia) charged Britain and the…

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A Wife’s Death Husband On Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri. — An inquest into the death of Mrs Eileen May Shields, 38, of Reserve st west, Yallourn North,…

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Court Told Woman Shot Abusive Husband

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri. — Peggy Frances White, 32, of Gaffney’s Creek, appeared in the City Court yesterday charged with…

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Tobacco Theft at Wagga Two Hen Arrested

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

WAGGA, Sunday. — Two men have been arrested at Goulburn and charged with tobacco thefts from two Wagga stores,…

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Unionists and Police Bashings

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Ballarat Trades and Labor Council, by 19 votes to 16, refused to endorse the action of its president, Mr L…

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Court Prosecutes Union

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sun.: Following a refusal by the South Australian branch of the union to withdraw a black baa on the new…

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Man Held on Attempted Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — A Maltese woman was found lying in a blood-stained bed in her home at Wentworthville late this…

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Ex-Champion Boxer On Assault Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—Former Australian champion middleweight boxer Jack Haines, 40, was charged at Paddington Court today…

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British Police Search for Australian Woman

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.: Police are searching for a pretty 31-year-old married Australian woman who left a private mental home…

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Was Guard Murdered? Police Near To Solution SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

Within a week the police expect to know the circumstances of the death of Robert Silvester Condron, 46, railway guard, whose body was exhumed last Wednesday night from the Cootamundra cemetery…

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Stole Money From Woman Case in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 6

After Det-Sgt Munro spoke favorably on his behalf in what amounted to a plea of leniency, Albert Edwin Coupland, 46,…

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Train Kills Man Due To Appear In Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues. — A man who was to have faced an indecency charge at Liverpool court today, was run over and killed by a train…

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Woman on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.- Charged with the murder of Isabel Theresa Latham st Randwick on March 24, Thelma Margaret…

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Youth on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Wed.: John Kenneth Donnely, 19, of Opie st., Ferntree tree Gully, was charged in the City Court today with the murder…

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Lawyer's Allegation Against Police

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.: The police were apparently trying to make up a case against Harry Shoe-bridge after he bad been charged,…

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Italian Police Kill Three in Taxation Protest

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.: Armed police left by air today for Pantellaria where three people are reported to have been killed and many injured when police…

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Police and Pickets Battle on Wall St

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

NEW TORE, Wednesday. — A bloody and furious battle between pickets and police raged for 15 minutes in Wall st…

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