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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Deniliquin Police Sub-district Returns to Former Status

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 7

The Deniliquin police subdistrict, In common with the Bega and Bourke sub-districts, has been raised In status and…

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Floods in East Gippsland Police Move 150 PEOPLE MELBOURNE,Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 3

Tonight the Weather Bureau relayed a flood warning to Gippsland districts, where heavy falls of rain have swollen the Snowy River to dangerous levels…

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Wodonga Court Told of Alleged Shooting at B’gilla Migration Centre

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 5

Two days after Woldomyre Adamko (30), a Ukrainian, had arrived in Australia from his homeland, he was shot in the knee at Bonegilla Immigration Centre, it was stated in Wodonga Police…

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Comic Court Chosen to Defeat Chicquita in Stake (From “Hurst Park”) MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 15

The clash between Comic Court and Chicquita in the £5600 Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday will provide a splendid finale to Victoria's autumn carnival racing. Comic Court is selected to win because he is fit and has proved himself the best-horse…

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Tram Killing Youth Charged

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.: Charles Norman, 20, station band, of Alpha, was charged in Alpha Police Court today with…

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6 Years’ Gaol for Slaying

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Fri.: Norma Cra[?], 44, laborer, was sentenced to six years’ gaol in Quarter Sessions today for the [?]…

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Four Years’ Gaol for Assaulting Old Woman

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Fri.: Vincent Ronald Peden. 30. was convicted of assaulting an 84-year-old woman in the Central Criminal Court today,…

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Woman’s Ordeal 12 Years’ Gaol for Train Attack

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 7

MAITLAND, Fri.: Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, laborer, Singleton, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment by…

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Police Believe Ex-pilot Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Following the finding of wreckage and clothing on Mutton Bird Island, police are no confident that ex-RAAF…

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Woman on Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: A daughter-in-law of the late Thomas John Ley, a former NSW Minister for Justice a member of the House of…

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Theft of Building Materials Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday : Three men were charged at Kogarah police) station early this morning with stealing building materials valued…

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Police Injured Fighting Reds

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

ROME, Sunday ; Six policemen were injured in fighting with Communist-let demonstrators in Naples on Friday night…

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Gaol Escapee Caught

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Gaol escapee Arthur William Edwards, 27, was recaptured in scrub country two miles from Grenfell lock-up late…

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“Traffic Dome Misleading,” Says Magistrate

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 8

The yellow line at the intersection of Townsend and Ebden Streets, was very misleading and it was time something was done…

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£385 Theft from Hotel Room

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 1

Frederick Ross pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions this morning before His Honour, Judge J. Lamara, to a…

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Man Given Whipping in Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Mon: A man received 10 strokes of the lash at Adelaide Gaol. He is FREDERICK HORACE…

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In Albury Police Court Yesterday Serious Charges Against Albury Man

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 8

When Henry Cyril Crampton Mann, 51, laborer, appeared on remand in Albury Court yesterday on three, charges of…

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Three on Murder Charge Following Death Of 19-Year-Old Girl SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 4

As a sequel to the death of a 19-year-old girl who, allegedly underwent an illegal operation, a woman and two men were charged with murder in Central Police Court today…

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Police Chief’s Praise for Army’s Work Wagga Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 5

Police Superintendent Leary, Wagga, said yesterday that if it had not been for the immediate response by Colonel Lord, commanding officer, 1 COD, Bandiana, in supplying flood relief equipment, the situation at Wagga during the disastrous flood could have taken a most serious turn…

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Alleged Gaol Assault Inquiry Adjourned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A Public Service Board inquiry into charges that the Governor of Pentridge Gaol (Mr J. F. Edwards) had…

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