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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 59

Two Women to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon; Two women, who were sentenced to death on a charge of murder on February 11 on annual to…

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McPHILIPS Leaves Gaol Next

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Men.: Next Saturday morning Mr. L. J. McPhilips will be released front Long Bay [?]…

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Police Attack Pensions Payments

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Minimum rate of pension paid to widows, of policemen killed on duty was not as much as paid to…

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Woman Weeps in Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Men.: A woman brake down and wept when Mr Just[?]ee Simpson, of the ACT Supreme Court, sitting in…

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Man, Once Convicted of Murder, Fined Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

Thomas Myers, 48, metalworker, Doneaster avenue, Kensington, who was convicted of murder in 1939,. was today…

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Laborer on Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 6

BOWRAL, Tuesday ; Charged with stealing a radio and other goods valued at £40. a 37 year-old laborer, Henry Vincent Ling,…

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Woman Collapses ! When Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues: A woman collapsed in the Criminal Court today when Mr Justice Martin sentenced her…

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Seven Years’ Gaol for Youth

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 5

ORANGE, Toes.: Concurrent sentences of seven years and three years' gaol were imposed 19 year old laborer, George…

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Police Station Conditions Condemned : Albury Mentioned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 12

COMPLAINTS that police officers had to wash on the front lawn that police and buildings were unsafe, and facilities in some cases were “no better than a black’s camp” were voiced at the…

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Son of Ex-minister in Bankruptcy Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday : The Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr J. T. Keaney) was told today by Keith Edward Vernon Ley, 48, that he…

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Licensing Court Hotel Royal License Transferred

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Licensing Court on Monday before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, relieving S.M., the transfer of the license of the Hotel Royal,…

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Assurance to Court by Employers SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 3

BEFORE the Full Bench of the Arbitration Court would hear an application by the Metal Trades' Employers’ Association to-day, the association representative had to give an assurance of its belief…

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Passing Valueless Cheques 12 Months Gaol

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Following a somewhat spectacular 10 days' visit to Deniliquin recently, Peter Shannon appeared at the Court of Petty…

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Aided Wife to Escape From Lazaret, Police Allege

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A young man had aided his leper wife to escape from Little Bay lazaret, police alleged today…

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Negro Actor to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 2

TOPEKA (Kansas), Friday : The negro actor, Rex Ingram, today pleaded guilty to having transported a 15-year-old white…

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Son of Famous Father Sentenced to Death

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Fri.: Paul de Lesseps, son of Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, who built the Suez Canal, has been…

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Union Secretary Out of Gaol Today

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday : The assistant national secretary of the Ironworker's Association (Mr L. J. McPhillips) will be released from…

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Husband, Seeking Divorce, Cries in Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Fri.: With tears rolling down his cheeks, Arthur Claude Arlott Court told the Divorce Court today how his…

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Wagga Jewel Robbery Sequel Two Men Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 4

Sequel to a robbery at a Wagga Jewellery shop early last Sunday morning was the apprehension in Albury on…

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Two Charged After Man Is Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: A 32-year-old robber worker, Thomas Raye, of Lavender St., North Sydney, was shot through the left leg…

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