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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,141 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 58

Young Mother on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 22 years old mother was charged yesterday at Stawell with the murder of her three weeks old baby…

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Go-slow by Police

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 4

PARIS, Sun.: It took half an hour to travel half a mile in Paris yesterday—all because the policemen were…

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Theft at Road Camp

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 15

When Holbrook shire employes went to their camp on the Jingellic rd, about three miles from Holbrook, yesterday morning, they…

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Man in Gaol Till He Dies

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday : A special meeting of the State Executive Council today commuted to life Imprisonment…

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Court Cases

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 7

The cases, Mrs. Amelia Vesty versus Mrs. Alma Vesty and Mrs. Alma Vesty versus Miss Mary Vesty, which were to have been…

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Police Say Cycle Was Stripped

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 14

Francis Edward Buckley, 34, of Albury, was fined, £10 and ordered to pay £2 compensation at Albury Court yesterday on a…

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Police Seek Owners of Silver Cup

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 5

Albury police are, endeavouring to trace the owners of a silver plated cap which was won by a rifle club apparently some 35…

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Police Allege Man Kicked Wife to Death Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

Police alleged at the City Court today that a 27-year-old cook had kicked his wife to death during an argument yesterday morning at St. Catherine’s School, Toorak…

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“Wetting the Head” Celebrations Had Sequel in Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 15

Two fathers, whose wives had borne children to them, met for the first in the lift at Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital on March 14, and decided to have a “wetting the head” celebration…

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Man Originally Charged with Murder Crown Witness

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A men originally charged with four others for murder was called by the Crown as a witness against…

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U.S. Demands That Soviet Disband “Police Force” Washington

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 3

The United States today demanded the immediate dissolution by Russia of the East German police force on the grounds that it had “the character of an army,” the State Department…

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Stealing Sheep “Rife”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.: Delegates to the annual conference of Pastures Protection Boards today decided to ask police to…

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Lawyer Must Go to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 13

SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.: Mr. Vincent Hallinan, the chief defence lawyer in the recent Harry Bridges’ perjury trial, has lost his…

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G.p.o. Technician Charged

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. : A 34-year-old GPO telephone technician was charged at Manly Police Court today with…

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Man Remanded on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed.: James Fisher, 48, a moulder, of Palmer st, Sydney, was charged in Central Police Court today with the murder of…

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“Police, Nucleus of Army”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 10

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The militarised police force established in eastern Germany could form the nucleus of a…

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Research Officer Charged With Spying for the Soviet WASHINGTON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 7

A man engaged at a Philadelphia hospital on chemical research connected with heart ailments, has been arrested by the FBI on espionage charges. A joint statement by the…

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Lice Infested Sheep in Sale Yards Heavy Penalty at Jerilderie Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Court of Petty Sessions on Monday of last week, before Mr. C. A. Blackmore, releiving S. M., Emlyn Scott Rogers,…

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Suspended Sentence for Assaulting Police Fines on Other Charges

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 3

Daniel Bright, of Mathoura, was last week sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour, when His…

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Bricks, Toilet Rolls Allegedly Substituted for £8250, Court Told Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

In the Central Police Court today it was alleged that half a brick and two toilet rolls were substituted for £8250 in til cash box, in connection with the sale of the Kirketon Private Hotel,…

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