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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 59

Hoaxer of Sydney Police Arrested

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Thurs.: Police today, at Magnetic Island, arrested 22-year-old William Thomas Dobson, former…

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Court Shock for Girl

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, [?] A girl who accepted a marriage proposed at a picnic on Sunday learned in court today that her courtier…

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German Police Deserting From Russian Zone

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 11

BERLIN, Thurs.: West German police officials in Hamburg said he Soviet authorities were changing over their Soviet zone…

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Police Trained by Soviet As Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 6

BERLIN, Thurs: A British Military Government survey says that the Soviet zone’s people’s police is being trained on purely…

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Comic Court, Carbon Copy to Clash

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thurs: Cornell [?] and Carbon Copy, winners of the AJC and Victoria Derbies in the spring, will have their first clash as…

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Gaol Escapees Remanded

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY, Fri.: Darcy Dugan and William Cecil Mears, Long Bay Gaol escapees, were remanded in Paddington police…

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Man Detained on Hotel Theft Charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 2

Detectives Rangot and Smith yesterday detained a man in connection with a hotel robbery at Holbrook on the night of August…

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Union Officials on Gaol Experiences

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three of eight union officials recently released from Long Bay gaol where they were sent for contempt of…

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Man Sentenced to Death in 1940 Sent to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

HOBART, Mon.: Alfred Stanley Francis Carroll, 27, who was sentenced to death in Victoria in 1940, was today sentenced to…

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Police Chief’s Appeal to Motorists

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: Police have been instructed to pay strict attention to speeding by heavy lorries, including those with…

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West’s Motors Robbery Man Before Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

Sequel Co a robbery at West’s Motors, Kiewa st., on or about August 31 last was the arrest at Walwa on September 2 of an…

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Priest Sentenced to Death

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 5

VATICAN CITY, Tues.: The Vatican Radio yesterday announced that Stanislas Janusz, a Polish Catholic priest, had been…

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Warder Fined Over Gaol Escapees

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues,: At an inquiry today into the escape of two prisoners from Long Bay Gaol, one warder was fined £10,…

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Ukrainian on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A Ukrainian appeared in the city court today charged with having murdered a fellow…

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Workers in Bitter Clash with Soldiers, Police

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 6

MILAN, Tues.: At least 20 people were injured in fighting between police and demonstrating Breda workers yesterday in which three…

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Court Extends Stay of Chinese in Australia Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 6

THE High Court to-day extended the injunction preventing the deportation of 38 Chinese until September 19. The Chinese are seeking…

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Convict Escapees Before Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The five, convicts who escaped from French Island reformatory prison on Tuesday day appeared in the City Court…

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Traffic Breaches Fines in Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 7

Evidence of gross overloading of transport vehicles using Victorian roads was given in Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Wodonga Court Evicts Man From House

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 10

In Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr Bell) made an order that a warrant for the…

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Remission of Fines: Court Reserves Judgment

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Full Arbitration Court today reserved judgment on applications by three onions for remission of…

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