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Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 49

Red's Application For Full Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY. Friday: A Communist application to have t section of the Printing Industry Union's rules struck out was a matter of…

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Decision Reserved on Trainer’s Court Action

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday: Mr Justice Roper reserved his decision in the Equity Court today in the case in which Alexander Higgins, horse…

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Alleged Assault on Girl; Man Arrested

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Police this evening arrested a man in connection with an alleged indecent assault on a seven-year-old child…

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Police Rescue Umpire From Mob

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Melbourne and Sydney football crowds staged brawls yesterday at the conclusion of Union and…

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6 Months’ Gaol for “Problem Case”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon.: “I have had another report from a Government medical officer, who describes you as a problem case, and I agree with…

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12 Years’ Gaol for Killing Mother

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.- George Paul Bechtold, 21, who battered his mother to death with a hammer at their…

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Police Kill Five Command

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

LONDON, Monday — A [?] search party today killed fire Communists in a gun-battle is Cherupuzha, 50 miles north…

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Comic Court For A.J.C. Derby

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 12

Corjvc Court, who downed Ungar and Scotwyn at Flemington in March, will not run at the Adelaide Cup meeting, but is being prepared for the…

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Girl Killed Near Hospital; Car Driver Charged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.: An accident outside the Women's Hospital yesterday afternoon resulted in the appearance in the Police Court…

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FORMER M-P’s. Story of Gaol Life

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 5

MONTREAL, Tues. — Fred Rose, former Labor Progressive member of Parliament, who is serving a six-year sentence for…

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Police Guard for Officer’s Home

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 10

LONDON, Tues.: Captain [?] Farran, whose brother Rex was killed yesterday by a parcel bomb, spent last night in the…

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Czech Officers Sentenced For Mutiny

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. — A Czech military court has sentenced 14 officers of the Czechoslovak State security police to terms of…

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Gaol for Journalists in U.s

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 9

WASHINGTON, Wed. — The House Rules Committee today approved of a bill that would permit the gaoling of…

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Police Search for Pirates

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 4

HONG KONG, Wed.—Land and water police are searching the hills opposite Hong Kong for a gang of armed pirates who…

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Alleged Pickling at Hotel Case Before Court Makes Legal History

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Charge of unlawful picketing brought against a man at Redfern Court is believed to be the first of its…

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District Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

There were case listed for the Court of Quarter Sessions, set down for Hay on Wednesday last and there were only two case for the District…

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Fitzroy Murder Rubber Worker on £500 Bail

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Charged in Fitzroy Court today with having murdered Clive Bretherton, 36, of Argyle st., Fitzroy,…

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Unlawful Assault of Two Women; Man Convicted at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 3

Lionel Appleton, 22-year-old laborer, of Waugh road, North Albury, was convicted in Albury court yesterday on two charges of unlawful assault against a female. He was fined £5 with £2/5/- costs on the first charge…

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Police Examine Wreaths Sequel to Bomb by Post Death

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 16

LONDON, Friday. — Police examined wreaths and formed a strong guard outside Codsall (Staffordshire) parish church…

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High Court Challenge to Blackmarketing Act Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 3

A writ challenging the validity of the Blackmarketing Act, 1942, was issued out of the High Court to-day. Mr. E. S. Miller, K.C., announced this in the Special Federal Court today, when he asked for an adjournment of the…

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