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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Gaol Plot Revealed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Giving evidence before the Industrial Commission today a warder at Long Bay gaol said that two…

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Barrister on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun. : James Raymond Augustine O’Keefe, well-known Melbourne barrister, was arrested by homicide…

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Police Kill Wanted Reds

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 21

MADRAS, Sun.: Police shot and killed four “wanted Communists” in a clash in a village in the Krishna district yesterday…

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Stripped Off in Court

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 4

VANCOUVER, Sun.: Eight Doukhobors—three women and five men—stripped off their clothes in a crowded courtroom…

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Charged with Murder

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

Milo Radevic (centre), 40-year-old Yugoslav migrant leaving the cell at Wodonga watchhouse, escorted by Constable Walker (left) and Detective Waters, Wangaratta. Radevic appeared at…

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Police Fear Pole Murdered

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Mon: Police feel that Edward Lewicki, 37, a former Polish architect, who has been missing from his room in…

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Migrant for Trial on Murder Charge; Young Wife’s Death

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 3

A 40-year-old Yugoslav migrant, according to evidence given in Wodonga Coroner’s Court yesterday, was alleged to have told homicide detectives in a statement that his- wife was a ‘‘bad woman.’’ He was further alleged to have told police she had been going out…

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They Broke Even in Court Claim!

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A Supreme Court jury today dismissed a a claim for £3000 damages and a counter claim for £3500…

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Charged with Theft

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

Alexander Young, 23, laborer, of Mt. Beauty, was charged at Albury Court yesterday with having broken into the warehouse of…

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Police Seek Young Mother

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: The mother of a boy, aged four years and 10 months, found wandering in the Capital Theatre last night had…

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Police Kill May Day Rioters

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday : At least 11 Africans were shot dead and 10 were seriously wounded last night in townships…

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Litigants Settle Case Outside Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A settlement was reached outside the Supreme Court today in a case in which a State school teacher…

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Nod and Smile Cause Court Upset

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Judge Moore, in General Sessions today discharged a jury after a prison warder on duty in court said that…

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Marshal Graziani “Sentenced”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

ROME, Wed.: Ex-Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, last of the great figures of Mussolini’s Fascism, was last night…

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Gaol for Former Bootblack

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wed.: John Maragon, 57, former bootblack, who became the friend of President Truman’s military aide,…

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Week’s Gaol For Girl

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A judge sentenced a 15-year-old girl to a week’s gaol today for contempt of court, after…

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Cathedral Plans in Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed: Blueprints of the proposed Holy Name Cathedral covered the associate’s table when the hearing of a Sydney architect’s…

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Police Hunt Mountains Near Mitta for Suspected Murderer Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

An intensive manhunt over a wide area of rugged, mountainous bushland between Omeo and Mitta is being conducted by armed police for a man suspected of having killed Ronald Forsythe, 29, who…

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Charged With Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

Alexander Young, 23, labourer, of Mt Beauty, was charged at Albury Court on Tuesday with having broken into the bar of the Terminus Hotel,…

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Theft Charge Dismissed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 5

Lavington electrician, Roy Clifford Harvey, was discharged at Albury court yesterday after be bad appeared on…

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