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Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 49

Terrorists Murder Again

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Sun.: Terrorists last night “executed” three Chinese at the village of Selnmpor, in Johore…

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Palestine Police Arrive in Malaya

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 16

SINGAPORE, Sunday [?] H. S. Gray, Malaya’s [?] of the hour,” tended at a RAF [?] field at, Singapore early today…

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Murder Victim Alive When Thrown Into River MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

WITH the head battered, the body of a man was recovered from the Maribyrnong River, near the Flemington racecourse, yesterday, and a post-mortem later revealed that he was alive when thrown…

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War Service Saved Man From Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Mr Jackson, PM, told a defendant on a larceny charge in the City Court today that he would have been…

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Remanded on Attempted Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Mon: Jack Green, 34, diamond driller, at Cosmopolitan mine, Howley, was remanded in Darwin court today until August…

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Corowa Police Station

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

The Coroner has written FINIS to the tragedy of Sgt. Millar, and Corowa residents deplore the combination of circumstances which resulted…

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Licensing Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 2

The Licensing Court sat at Balranald on Wednesday of last week to hear the applications for the removal of the license of the Homebush Hotel…

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Court News

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

At the Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. M. J. Cronin, J.P., the following matters were dealt with yesterday: Leslie Joseph Rogues aged 47 years…

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Early Gaol Release of Man Questioned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday : The Government today agreed to table papers relating to the release of Clifford Tasman Thompson from…

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Having Good Time in Gaol! Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 1

IN a letter smuggled out of Long Bay gaol, a husband told his wife that he had a good job there,…

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Court Interlude Ends Happily

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: Two deaf and dumb men at the Central Summons Court today withdrew cross summonses alleging assault. They…

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Thompson to Ride Comic Court on

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Tues.: Crack South Australian colt, Comic Court, will be ridden by J. Thompson at Canterbury next Saturday…

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“Prevented Gaol Break Attempt”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. : Clifford Tasman Thompson, who was recently released from gaol after serving a little over three years of…

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Remanded on Mandarin Theft Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 2

Charged with having each stolen [?] mandarins to the value off 1/6, the property of the Railway Commissioner, two young men…

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Doctor-husband Free on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. : The City Coroner (Mr Austin) today discharged Dr George Stanley Thompson, 66, and Gene…

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Police Raid Albury Homes

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 1

Over the last two days detectives raided a number of Albury homes and one district home and seized goods to the…

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“Some Road Deaths Are Murder” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 11

SUPERINTENDENT W. R. Lawrence, of Police Traffic Branch, said today that many road deaths were…

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Body in River : Man on Murder Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 1

ERIC Stanley Jacobi, 44, tractor driver, of Gordon street, Footscray, was today charged with the murder of 19-year-old orphan, Norman Hurley, whose battered body was found in the Maribyrnong…

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N.s.w. Police Seek Bigger Pay

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed. : An acting police sergeant told the Industrial Commission today that after 20 years service his basic…

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Man's Skeleton Discover Western Murder Mysteries Recalled

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

The skeleton discovered by two rabbiters, on Barwon Station, about 13 miles from Baradine, recently, may be the clue to…

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