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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 49

Police Inspector Thanked

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

President of the Albury Public School P. and C. Association (Mr Braid) told members last evening that Albury parents owed thanks…

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Two Men for Trial; Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday : At the conclusion of an inquest to-day info the death of Frank Vickers, 35, laborer, of a Beckett…

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Police Have Two Bicycles

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

Wodonga police are seeking own-ers for two bicycles which have come into their possession. One is a man’s machine which was…

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”Jock” Garden’s Son Before Special Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 10

SIDNEY, Tuesday : Harcourt McLean Garden, son of J.S. (“Jock”) Garden, was. charged with Thomas Leslie Harvey in…

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Mulwala Wheat Theft Three Men Released on Bond

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5

Charged with having stolen 61 bags of wheat, property of the Australian Wheat Board, from the Sloane railway siding,…

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“All Oblivion”—man's Defence to Murder Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 10

Reginald Gilford Mann, 56, of Lebassa Grove, Caulfield, barman, said on oath In the Criminal Court to-day that what happened on March 11 was “all oblivion.” He is charged with having murdered Mrs. Isobel Davis (also known…

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Mulwala Wheat Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

Charged with having stolen 61 bags of wheat, property of the Australian Wheat Board, from the Sloane railway siding, six…

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Slaughterman Charged by Steer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

Mr. Claude Miller had a fortunate escape from injury when ho was charged, by a steer at Mr. G. Phipps' slaughter yards on Wednesday last…

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Rabbiter’s Suicide Follows Murder

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

NUNDLE Thurs. : In the Coroner’s Court today a window described the shooting of her husband and subsequent suicide of a…

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No More Police for Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

As far as he knew, no additional police had been appointed to Albury, although additional staff was needed, stated Inspector Yardy…

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76 Arrested In Malaya More Murder Attempts SINGAPORE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

Perak State .Government this morning asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency throughout Perak and not only in the area around Ipoh and…

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Big List of Court Cases

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

A list of over fifty cases confronted Mr. A. V. Quiggin, Police Magistrate, when he opened the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday,…

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15,000 Police Massed for French Strike London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

Early on Wednesday night it was estimated that there were 15,000 police in action against 20,000 strikers in the various plants in the French town of Clermont Ferrand,…

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18 Months’ Gaol for Bag Snatcher

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: A 28 year old process worker was today at Quarter Sessions sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for stealing…

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Police Chase Stolen Tram

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Fri.: A tram conductor leaped from a police patrol car to halt a runaway tram as it careered through…

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Fined for Assault and Trespass

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions at Corowa last Thursday, before' Mr. A.V. Qulggin, PM, Daniel Thomas Dwyer, of 9 Albert street,…

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Fortune Teller to Serve Gaol Sentence

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon.—Judge Stacy the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court today dismissed an appeal by Cuthbert Southern Beckett,…

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Laborer Remanded on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY Won.—James Michael Murray, 30, laborer was remanded until July 8 for the inquest into the death of Mrs…

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Plane Trip for Man on Murder Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

A man who was flown under police escort from Melbourne to Sydney to-day was charged at the Central Police. Court this afternoon with the murder of the Sydney gangster, Francis John Allard…

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Charged with Murdering Gangster

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday : Charged at the Central Police Court today with the murder of the gangster, Francis John Beaumont Allard, on…

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