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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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In Albury and Wodonga Courts Yesterday Stole From Railways; Six Months’ Gaol for Two Albury Men

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 16

“I would be failing in my duty if I did not do everything in my power to prevent pillaging,” said Mr Quiggin, S.M., at Albury Court yesterday, when he sentenced two Albury men to six months’ gaol for stealing…

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“Could Not Live Without Wife,” Man Tried to Kill Himself, Wodonga Court Told

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 17

Because he could not live without his wife, who had returned to the man from whom she was divorced in Austria in 1948, Slobodan Mijatovic, 31, an Albury boot repairer, attempted to stab himself to death in a hut at Wodonga Flats on July 6…

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To Be Sentenced For Bigamy

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: A 24 year old driver who claimed he married twice in the belief that his wife died, after he deserted her,…

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Police Use White Flags to Direct Traffic

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Fri: Police with white flags directed traffic in Adelaide this morning during the heaviest fog for…

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Court Told of Beheading of P.O.W.

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 3

LOS NEGROS, Fri.: With one stroke of his sword Sgt. Major Sadatoshi Sakamoto, of the Japanese Army, had beheaded an…

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Court Awards Son £14,000 From Father’s Estate

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Fri.: A Horsham solicitor, who was not mentioned in his father’s £38,000 will, is to receive £14,000 from the…

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£260 Theft From Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sun.: The Railway Hotel, Albert st., Brunswick, was broken into last night and a safe containing bank notes and…

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Car in Creek; Man Charged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 1

Police alleged in Wodonga Police Court on Saturday that this sedan car, owned by Mr Les Paton,…

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Police to Search for Widow’s Remains: Man Is Arrested Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 3

Police are to begin an intensive search around Eden, on the Victorian border, for the remains of a widow believed to have been murdered. After a hunt all over the Commonwealth, police…

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Magistrate Leaves Sick Beef to Preside at Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 15

Mr. Quiggin, S.M., left his sick bed yesterday to preside ar Albury Court of Petty Sessions and deal with 32 eases…

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Theft From Wool Firm

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

Detectives Smith and Rangott are investigating the theft of £173 from the office of the Border Wool Co, Smollett st. Polieve believe thieves…

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Jap Murder Suspect Dies

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

LOS NEGROS, Mon.: A suspected Japanese war criminal, charged with the murder of Australian prisoners of…

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Murder Charge on Eve of Wedding

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 12

PERTH. Mon. : A man was arrested on the eve of his marriage and charged with murdering a wealthy widow whose body…

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“People’s Police” Has Air Arm?

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 11

BERLIN, Mon.: The United States zone newspaper, “Neu Zeitung,” said today that East Germany’s “People’s Police” had…

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Court Move to Halt Elections

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Mr Justice Dunphy in the Arbitration Court today reserved his decision on application that the…

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Secret Police Interview Mr. Bird

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues: Commonwealth investigation officers this afternoon questioned the Victorian secretary of the Seamen’s Union…

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Police to Search for Widow’s Remains

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: Police will out tomorrow night set out tomorrow night or early Thursday to search in rugged country around Eden for the…

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Sedition Alliged; Paper Man to Face Court Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

Publisher of the Australian Communist Party’s official newspaper, “The Tribune,“ was today summonsed under the Crimes Act by the Federal Government for alleged sedition…

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Son Charged with Father’s Murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wed.: The son of a 69 year old pensioner, Charles Augustus; Naudin, was faced with an allegation at the…

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12 Mouths’ Gaol for Salesman

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY Wed.: James Wallace Hines, 24 insurance salesman of Bulkara Road, Epping was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment…

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