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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 59

Even Years’ Gaol for Attempted Robbery

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— Peter Warwick Neilty, 24, electrician, of Bank st. North Sydney, was sentenced at the…

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Gaol Escapees Left N.s.w.?

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.: Police now believe that the two escapees from Long Bay gaol may have gone interstate…

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Pilot Charged with Gold Smuggling Attempt Sydney, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 4

A Qantas pilot, committed for trial in the Special Federal Court today on a charge of having attempted to take gold out of Australia without the consent of the Commonwealth Bank, claimed he was not guilty and reserved his defence…

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Police Allege Violent Attack on Woman

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—In what police described as “a vicious and sadistic attack,” a young woman was knocked out,…

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Rompt Arrest Follows Local Jewel Robbery Police Link Man with Six Thefts Totalling £329

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

N Edwardes Street jewel robbery on Sunday night had its sequel in Deniliquin Court today when Donald [?] 34, faced a charge of stealing, from the home of [?] Ingram Thomas articles and money to the value of…

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Counterfeiters Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 14

FRANKFURT, Tues.: A U.S. Military Government court has convicted six Germans of being connected with an international…

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Union Officials’ Gaol Release Application Court May Give Its Judgment Today SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3

THE Full Arbitration Court to-day reserved its decision on applications by eight union officials for release from gaol. “We will endeavor to give our decision at 2.15 p.m. to-morrow,” the Chief Judge (Judge Kelly) said…

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Clerk on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.—A 22 year old clerk was today charged in Paddington court with the murder of Gloria Ida Swanson, at…

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Nazi Marshal on Mass Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 1

HAMBURG, Tuesday: Sixty -one-year-old ex-Nazi Field-Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein today is facing trial,…

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Man in Hospital on Three Murder Charges

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: A man faced three murder charges at a bedside court today. He was propped up in a hospital…

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Police Take Four Chinese to Pentridge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Special police today detained four Chinese and conveyed them to Pentridge gaol to await…

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Court to Decide Wage Powers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 10

CANBERRA, Tues.—Whether the Commonwealth can legally continue to prohibit wage agreements being entered into between…

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Court’s Rebuff To Miners’ Union

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Miners’ Federation had no right to enlist into its union metalliferous miners at Lake George mines,…

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Union Men Out of Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

The decision of the Full Bench of the Arbitration Court made yesterday to release eight trade union leaders who had been gaoled early in the coal strike for contempt of court, will be received with general satisfaction, not because of any…

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Warders Charged Following Escapes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Charges of negligence or carelessness have been laid against three warders at Long Bay Gaol following last,…

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Union Officials Released From Gaol

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 5

Eight trade union officials who were sent to gaol for contempt of court following their refusal to hand into court an aggregate sum of…

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Tributes to Police

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

In Court on Tuesday, His Honour, Judge Berne, speaking on Sgt. Squire's promotion to sergeant, first-class, gave warm…

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Government Charged with Holding Up Infantile Paralysis Research Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

THERE is a risk of an infantile paralysis epidemic spreading to N.S.W. Sydney doctors gave this opinion to-day. The doctors expressed concern at the State Government’s delay in establishing research facilities on the disease. Research is the only weapon…

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Young Man Weeps, Collapses in Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A young, man collapsed and wept in the Criminal Court today when a jury returned a verdict of not…

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Police Interview Lad

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 2

Wodonga police have interview a 35-year-old lad following an alleged assault on a 4½-year-old Wodonga girl. The alleged…

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