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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Main in Gaol 17 Years Declares That He Is Innocent Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

After having served more than 17 years as an inmate of Long Bay Gaol, PAUL GRIERSON, 51, field an application in the High Court today for special leave to appeal against his conviction at…

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Laborer Charged with Murder of Baby Girl Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

A 23-year-old laborer was remanded until April 28 in Liverpool Police Court to-day on a charge of haying murdered a 21 -months-old girl at Fairfield on Wednesday night…

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Two Millionaires Sent to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 8

JOHANNESBUG, Friday: Two millionaires, Norbert Stephen Erleigh. and Joseph Milne, who were found guilty on charges of…

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Police Fear Mass Nude Parade

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

KRESTOVA (Brit. Col.), Fri.: Fearing a [?] nude parade on Nelson, the police have cordoned off the [?] Valley,…

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Items of News Police - Warning

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Wodonga police warned people last night not to let gypsies “bless” their money. They said there were troops of gypsies in the…

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Man and Wife on Murder Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

A man and his wife were charged with murder early this morning at Balmain Police Station, after an elderly man had been found stabbed to death at his home in Elliot St., Balmain,…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

Roy Clifford Harvey (26), of Lavington, was remanded to May 4 at Albury Court yesterday on a charge of breaking, entering and…

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Robbery and Assault Two Remanded

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

In the Hay Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday, two men were remanded to appear next month on charges of robbery and assault…

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10 Years for Cemetery Assault

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon: A 30-year-old laborer was sentenced to 10 years gaol by Mr Justice O’Bryan in the Criminal Court…

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Cases in Albury Court Youth Pulled Buttons From Police-man’s Tunic

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

A youth who was found drunk in Dean Square at 5.30 a.m. Saturday morning, kicked and struggled with a policeman for…

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Man, Woman on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: A man and a woman were charged at Balmain Police Court today with the murder of John MacKenzie at…

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Police Kill Rioter; Wound 7 Others

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Mon. : Police opened fire in Johannesburg yesterday during rioting in which one African was shot dead, seven…

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Woman to Be Retried on Murder Charge Dubbo

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1

Mr. Justice Dwyer to-day ordered a re-trial for Mrs. Ethel Maude Wood, 42, who is accused of poisoning her husband. The jury, after a…

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Wangaratta News Items Court Cases

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 11

WANGARATTA, Mon.: Fine of £4 or four days’ imprisonment was imposed by Mr Bell, SM, on Mervyn Joseph Francis, on a…

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Address of Witness is Withheld at Inquest: Five Men Charged MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 3

The address of a principal police witness was not given in the Coroner’s Court to-day when he gave evidence at the inquest into the death of Mervyn Lance Batten, 31, a wharf laborer, who was shot at Collingwood on March 2…

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Child’s Body Dug Up by Police

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 10

LONDON, Mon.: Police at Waltham (Kent) have dug up the body of a three-year-old girl-who had been missing since Saturday…

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Greek Charged After Alleged Stabbing

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Greek was charged at Central Police Court today with assaulting a fish merchant who was stabbed…

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“Home for Sale; Owner Going to Gaol”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

HOLLYWOOD, Tues: Film writer Ring Lardner, Jun, today advertised his 10-roomed beach home for sale under the…

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Assault on Taxi Driver—fined

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 8

For assaulting a taxi driver, and refusing to pay his fare, Desmond Anthony Thomas, 27, of Albury, was fined a total of…

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Brutal Murder of Policeman

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Wed. : William Murphy, a 52-year-old police-man, who had just knocked off duty, was killed by four…

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