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Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 49

Police Search for Man in Scrub

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Police are searching for a man in dense scrub in the Warrandyte district believed to be connected…

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Alleged Turkey Stealing Case at Rutherglen Court

The Corowa Free Press · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

At the Rutherglen Court on Tuesday before Mr. J. C. Bell PM, Roy Stanley Clancy was charged with stealing, at Wahgunyah, two…

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Woman on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sun.: Mrs Mabel Flora Rowe, 52, was remanded in the Campsie Court yesterday on a charge of having murdered…

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Magistrate Had Doubt Charge Against Man Dismissed

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 12

Doubt raised in the SM’s mind by the evidence of a Baltic woman from the [?] Immigration camp caused the…

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Oaklands & Daysdale Police Stations

The Corowa Free Press · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

Mr. E. T. Kendell, MLA, is in receipt of the following letter from the Police Commissioner's office, Sydney:--…

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Murder Of Manager By Reds Another Outrage in Malaya

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun: Sixty Communist terrorists last night brutally murdered the Scottish manager, Mr H. M. Rice, of…

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Alleges Assault on Tram Driver and Conductor

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Monday : Four men were charged at Newtown Court today with assaulting: a tram conductor and driver at Datwich…

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German Police Arrested

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday : Russian-controlled police in Berlin last night arrested a number of German man police who had obeyed the…

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Reds Murder Man and Wife

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Mon.: The terrorist murder toll mounted steadily today when three gunmen shot dead a Chinese…

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Another New Moon Murder Four Year Old Hanged Boy

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Mon: Two schoolboys yesterday found the body of a four-year-old boy named Patrick Creamer…

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Youth’s Story in Albury Court “Used Bottle and Fists in Self-defence”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 5

ALLEGATIONS were made in Albury Court yesterday by Alfred John Barker, 19, laborer, of Garlton, Melbourne, that a man had attempted to indecently assault him in an Albury residential on…

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Girl on 10 Stealing Charges

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

Appearing on 10 charges of stealing money from her former employer, a Wagga business firm, a 20-year-old girl shop assistant…

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Commonwealth Ready For An Appeal To The Privy Council Judgment in Ranks Case Delivered This Speculation On Possible Decision By High Court SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 1

MOST important judgment in Australian legal history will be delivered by the High Court in Sydney tomorrow morning. Immediately die Justices of the Court assemble, the Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) will begin reading judgement on the challenge by the…

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Federal Government May Continue Against Banks Court Crowded When High Court Gives Judgment Minister Ward’s Gibe At Judges—“No Upsets Of Form” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

A packed court to-day heard the Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) announce that the High Court had declared invalid vita! sections of the Federal Government’s Banking Act, 1947. The court was filled an hour before the…

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High Court Gives Reasons For Declaring Banking Act Invalid Commonwealth Government Ordered to Pay Costs Mr. Justice McTiernan Dissents On One Vital Provision SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 3

THE High Court to-day declared invalid vital sec Hons of the Act for the nationalisation of banks High Court to-day declared invalid vital sec Hons of the Act for the nationalisation of banks Sir judges unanimously held that certain sections of die Act were invalid. Four of the Judges, comprising a majority of the Bench, ruled against sections providing for the…

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Abet. Assault

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

In the Court of Quarter Sessions, before His Honour Judge Berne, on Wednesday, Cyril Stacy Strachan, of Albury, pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Wheat Stealing Charge Fails

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

F. C. Rowlands, of Corowa, was charged with on May 9 at Warragoon Siding stealing 66 bags of wheat valued at £99, the…

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Court of Petty Sessions £20 Betting Fine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. A. V. Quiggin, P.M., Donald David Dewar was charged with having been in…

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Transport Driver Fined Case in Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 8

After discussing the case for more than 25 minutes, Messrs Bell. PM, Bunta and Hore J’sP., in Wodonga Court yesterday,…

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“Corowa Police Officer Took Own Life”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

POLICE had been in charge John James Millar, 51, who had been in charge of Corowa police station, died from cerebral haemorrhage caused by a bullet wound in the head, which was self-inflicted…

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