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Courts & crime, 1948

973 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 49

[?]2240 Disappears From Safe in Police Station Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 2

DISAPPEARANCE of £2240 from a safe under a counter in the Liverpool police station was discovered to-day. The money, can exhibit in a court case, was placed in a tin safe last May…

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Russians Break Word: Arrest 23 Berlin Police Sequel to Siege of City Hall Men Taken To Soviet H.Q. LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 1

DESPITE a Russian assurance of safe passage through the Soviet sector, Russian troops to-day arrested the western sector policemen as they were being taken from the City Hall to the…

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Probe of £2240 Theft From Safe in Police Station

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.— Following the theft of £2240 from a safe at Liverpool Police Station, senior police officers are…

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The Police Court Many Cases Heard

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

Street Betting — Liquor Breach — Working After Hours CASES before Mr. Debenham al the Court of Petty Session on Wednesday were varied and ranged from…

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Ten Years’ Gaol for Taxi Driver

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Leslie Joseph Norton, 28, taxi Milperra, was sentenced to 10 years’ penal servitude by…

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Red Terrorists Murder, Another European , SINGAPORE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

GEORGE WILSON, 39, an Englishman, and manager ager of the Waterfall Estate, 18 miles from Kuala Lumpur, was killed by terrorists to-day while driving through the estate with his six-year-old son…

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Stealing Cattle Case

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

A very lengthy case came before Mr. Dehenham, S.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, when Thomas Silyester Curtis and Thomas…

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Woman on Car Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Mrs Irene Standing, 30, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court today on a charge of…

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Canberra Charged with Slowness

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 10

SYDNEY, Men,: Many Britons in India were going to New Zealand instead of coming to Australia because of…

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Police

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

Amazingly enough there was a noticeable lack of police offences during the Back-to Celebrations, despite the enormous increase in population for…

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Arms Dump Theft Inquery Ordered

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday : In an effort to establish how the theft of £3000 worth of ammunition from Mangalore was made…

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Two Men Charged with Sacrilege

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

Two young men were arrested by Detective Sergeant Munro and Detective Smith yesterday and charged with braking and…

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“Doctor Will Not Go to Gaol”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday : Sequel to a car parking fine recently imposed in the police court on a prosecution by Adelaide…

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Revision Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

The lists of electors for the Municipality of Deniliquin, Shires of Windouran and Conargo were revised by the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr…

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Brawl Sequel; Man on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday : As a sequel to the death of a man [?] Minnel Station, 45 miles from Goondiwindi on Saturday night,…

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Court Cases Failed to Travel Distance Grazier Fined £15

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

JOHN O. SCHIER was charged by Stock Inspector Scott Rogers, before Mr. Debenhams, S.M., at the Police Court on Wednesday, with failing to travel sheep the required distance of six miles. Defendant appeared before the Court and…

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Twin Baby Girls Thrown Into Sea Police Search for Mother Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

DETECTIVES are searching for the mother of newly born twin girls found dead in a suitcase floating in Rozelle Bay yesterday. Post-mortem examination to-day revealed that the twins…

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Gambling Blamed for Alleged Theft

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Leo Patrick Crimmins, 27, accountant, Named gambling losses for the theft of £576 from his…

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Youth to Be Sentenced To-day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

DUBBO, Tues. : A Supreme Court jury today acquitted the 16-year-old station hand of a charge of murdering Hugh…

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Man on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

GOONDIWINDI, Tues. : Noel Graham Carey, 28, of Minnel Station, near Goondiwindi, was remanded until September 22 in…

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