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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,141 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 58

200,000 Workers Affected by Drastic Court Decision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 11

On an application by employers because of overtime bans applied by union members, the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Courts in a majority decision today, dismissed from the £10 basic wage case the claims of six metal trades unions…

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Aborigines on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1

CAIRNS, Wed: Two aborigines, William and Conrad, were today committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Harry, a…

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Seaman to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Thurs.: A Supreme Court jury today found that Chesley Lachlan Brooks was not guilty of murdering Stanley Frederick…

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Judge Will Gaol Drunken Drivers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: In Quarter Sessions today Judge Berne dismissed the appeal of William Garnet Fowler. 40, Princes…

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25 Years in Gaol; Fined £10

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY. Thurs.: In Central Police Court today a 74-year-old wharf laborer, who had the death sentence recorded against…

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Court Can Order Union Ballot

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Arbitration Court bad the power to order a fresh election of Boiler-makers’ Union officers, the Full…

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Man Collapses and Dies in Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thurs.: The hearing of the claim by Jack Francis Hennessey against the Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr Duhig)…

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Lyric Pictures Co-operation From Police in Thrilling Film

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

Filmed with the co-operation of the Los Angeles Police Department, "He Walked by Night," Eagle Lion's semi-documentary melo-drama of a…

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Italian Marshal Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

Marshal Rudolfo Grazianl, last-ditch general in Mussolini’s army, was sentenced to 19 years’ gaol recently for…

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“Drowned” Man Now in Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

PERTH, Fri.: A further chapter was added to the adventures of Edward Lewicki, 37, former Polish architect, former member…

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Radio Artists’ Club Venture Before Court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY, Fri.: Well-known radio artist, Jack Davey, was today granted an interim injunction until Tuesday restraining Mrs…

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Theft From Globe Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

On Sunday morning at about 2 a.m. the bar at the Globe Hotel was entered by forcing a door from a parlours, and a quantity of liquor,…

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Man Sentenced to Six Months

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

On Tuesday afternoon the Rutherglen police apprehended a man in the street after information had been received that he was selling…

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Three Months’ Gaol for Hotel Lodger

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 10

Police alleged at Albury court yesterday that a lodger at the Terminus Hotel Corowa had entered the bar-room through a window and had stolen £52, the property of Lionel Thomas…

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In Albury Police Court Yesterday Man Allegedly Burnt Wallet After Taking £35

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 10

A man who allegedly stole £25, drove along Hume Weir road, and then burned all evidence of the theft, because he claimed his foreman had given him all the hard jobs to do, was fined…

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Court Hearings Expedited

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 10

Cour[?] officials and police co-operated yesterday to expedite more than 60 hearings at Albury Court of Petty…

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Police Search for Red Sedan

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

Albury police last night were searching for a red sedan car which was alleged to have collided with a utility truck on the…

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Police Probe Woman’s Death

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Mon.: Detectives are investigating the death of Mrs Violet Clare Robertson 31, in her home at North Curl Curl at the…

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District Court Work Expands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

A number of District Court judges have already dealt with cases under the expanded jurisdiction conferrer on the District…

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Barrister for Trial on Murder Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

A 58-year-old Melbourne barrister and solicitor told police that he had to use two knives to kill his wife, it was alleged at the Coroner’s Court to-day…

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