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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 52 of 59

Council To Seek Police

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 2

Albury City Council decided last evening: to refer to the police acts of vandalism which had been committed to council property…

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A.C.LU. to Appeal to High Court on Wage Case

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. : ACTU will appeal to the High Court for an order nisi for a writ of mandamus to compel the…

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Confess to Murder of Australian

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 2

PARIS, Thurs.: Three young French soldiers were arrested today and charged with having murdered the…

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Perfect Woman’ in Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 9

TUBINGEN (Germany), Thurs. The denazification court which is prosecuting Hitler’s “perfect woman,’ Feau Gertrade…

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Australian War Bride in U.s. Court Action

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 8

BOSTON, Thurs: Attractive 23-year-old Australian dancer, Thelma C. McLaren (nee McDonald), was the central figure in a 15,000 dollars…

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Robbery of Shoes and Glassware Man Before Wodonga Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 6

Arrested in Western Australia by Detective Pope, of the Victorian CIB, Stanley Alfred Vandine was charged at Wodonga…

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Police Battle with Students for Possession of Ancient Castle Ghent (Belgium)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 3

CHEERED on by chuckling crowds, armed police and firemen with hoses and ladders yesterday stormed the city’s ancient Castle of The Counts. The enemy were 100 Ghent university students, who overcame a…

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High Court May Hear A.C.T.U.’s Basic Wage Application on Monday Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 3

THE Australian Council of Trade Union’s application for a writ of mandamus to compel the Arbitration Court to proceed with the hearing of the basic wage case may come before the High Court next week. The ACTU has engaged Mr P. D. Phillips, K.C., to represent it in making the…

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Fadden Charged with Deception

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: The Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) in a broadcast tonight accused the Leader of the Country Party…

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Hitler’s “Perfect Woman” Sent to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 8

BERLIN, Fri: Hitler’s top Nazi woman leader, Gertrude Scholtz-Klink, was convicted today of being the worst type of Nazi. A…

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Wife on Attempted Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Fri.: C[?]ilia May Norrish, 33, of Rae street, Fitzroy, appeared in Fitzroy Court today charged with…

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Police Watch for Three Men Following Big Theft

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 4

TEMORA. Sun.: Police throughout NSW today were alerted for three men believed to have stolen clothing worth £1500 from J. M…

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Alleged Egg-thrower Charged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 2

A man arrested in Albury on Friday night after he had allegedly thrown an egg at the Communist candidate for Farrer, Mr…

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Three Charged with Manslaughter

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Three men were charged with manslaughter today following an accident yesterday in which a cyclist was…

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Teenage School Murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 5

CHICAGO, Sun.: Two teenage sisters shot and killed another girl during noon recess at the Negro High School here, police…

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Two Held for Murder of Jeweller

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Sun.: Walter Sharpe, 19. and Gordon Lannen, 17, both of Leeds, were remanded in custody yesterday to November 15…

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Police Oust Government in Panama

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 4

PANAMA CITY. Sun.: Control of the Panama Government was seized in a swift coup last night by the Panama National Police, who…

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Items of News Remanded on Assault Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 2

At Albury court yesterday Gavin in Barry Ross, of Townsend st., was remanded until next Monday on charges of having…

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Migrant Did Not Know Magistrate Treats Him Leniently

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 9

When a young Yugoslavian migrant appeared before Albury Court yesterday on a charge of having behaved in an indecent…

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Police Say Woman Smothered to Death

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday : Police evidence in the Central Police Court today alleged that a woman had been found…

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