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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,163 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 59

“Charged with Every-thing From Murder Down”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday : A wharf-laborer stated to have “one of the worst criminal records in this State,” was fined £100 for…

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5 Years’ Gaol for Is Year Old Youth

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday : Alleged to have assaulted a night watchman while armed, 19-year-old Albert Arthur Guinney, of…

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Bodies Swing in Brawl Men Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 7

Pleading guilty to a charge of offensive behaviour in a public place on February 18 last, John Dean, 34 years, of 70 Edgar st.,…

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Supreme Court Writ Over Town Hall Meeting MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

A SUPREME Court writ was taken out on behalf of the convenors of a meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday night, claiming from the the Lord Mayor, councillors and citizens of…

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Short Story Jewel Thief With Wings; Mystery That Baffled American Police

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

Miami, Florida, is a noted playground of American millionaires, who hie themselves South in the Winter, to avoid the rigorous…

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Youth Who Will Probably Never Walk Again Charged With Murder SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

A YOUTH who will probably never walk again appeared today at the inquest into the death of the man he is alleged to have murdered. The youth, 19-year-old Robert Thomas, lay in court on a…

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Man for Trial on Hotel Theft Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 4

A 21-YEAR-OLD. laborer, Robert ‘Lawson, who had only recently been released after serving a nine months’ gaol sentence in Victoria, was committed for trial in Albury Court yesterday on a charge of having: broken into the…

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Albury Man Charged With S.P. Betting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

In Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Leonard Moorhouse, of Jones st., Allbury pleaded not guilty to a charge…

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Fined £15 For Stealing Bicycle

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 4

At Albury Court on Wednesday, Edward George Whybrow, 24, of Bandians was fined £15 when he pleaded guilty to a…

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The court House Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3

The new licence of the Court House Hotel in Corowa is Don Cash who comes from Hobart. He is experienced in hotel business and…

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Balt Migrant Struggled Violently, Police Say

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 10

“If you cannot behave yourself you should net drink at all. We have not the slightest doubt that you were abusive to…

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Gaol But for Wife’s Attitude Albury Man On Assault Charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 3

“But for your wife’s attitude I woud have sent you to gaol,” Mr. Blackmore, S.M., told John Clarence Ross in the City Court of…

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30 Flats on Old Gaol Site

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 1

SURVEY is now being carried out at the old gaol site where the Housing Commission intends building 30 flats, as part of the Government’s plans for multi-unit constructions in country areas…

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Police Case Not Proved, Says S.M.

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 5

Upholding counsel’s submission that the police had failed to prove their case, Mr. Blackmore, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions…

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Impudent Thefts, Says Magistrate

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 5

After evidence of previous convictions by Constable Smith in Albury court on Friday, 21-year-old T[?]curry labourer,…

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West Bengal Police Force Placed on Alert

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Sun: Entire West Bengal police force has been placed under, emergency orders following raids by armed gangs…

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Fitzroy Explosion Police Seeking Tall Young Man

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon: As a result of an explosive charge which was inserted in the base stone-work of a house at…

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Duck Season Open In Albury Police District From Midnight Last Night

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 3

A BELATED announcement by the N. S.W. Chief Saturday yesterday morning that the duck season was officially open in the Albury police district from midnight last night kept many N.S.W. duck shooters in suspense until the last minute…

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Catholic Priests Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 10

LONDON, Tues.: A Polish military court today sentenced two Catholic priests, Kasimierz Fertak and Viktor [?]…

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