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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,141 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 58

Baker on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed A charge of murdering Mrs Phyllis Page, 50, of Blacktown, was preferred against Lionel Charles Thomas,…

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Stronger Police Forces

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 13

WASHINGTON, Wed.: Government officials yesterday said that the United States was prepared to discuss proposals for…

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Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Licensing Court on Monday of last week before Mr. Smith, S.M., the licence of the Jerilderie Hotel was transferred from…

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8. Police Force, Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 1

The writer has been unable to procure from the Govt. Departments concerned, the list of policemen, in charge in Jerilderie, or any…

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Items of News Court Acoustics

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

Although judges, legal profession deposition clerks, reporters and witnesses have complained about the bad acoustics at…

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Would-be Gap Victim in Court

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wed.: Doris May McGuirk, 43, who fell into the sea from The Gap at Watson’s Bay on July 2 and lived, pleaded…

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Tallangatta Car Theft

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

Twenty-five year old West Brunswick laborer, George Leo Matheson, was remanded in “Wodonga Court yesterday on a charge…

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Laborer for Trial H on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The City Coroner (Mr. Bott) today committed for trial Robert Knight Williams, 45, laborer of Donnelly…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

At the Corowa Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before the Magistrate, Mr. McCauley, several persons were prosecuted for having ridden…

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Court’s Vital Decision on Resumption of Land

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. : The Chief Justice (Mr Justice Street) said in the Full Court today that the NSW…

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Court Told How Japs Beheaded and Bayonetted P.O.W. Los Negros

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

An account of the decapitation and bayoneting of about 50 Australian prisoners of war by Japanese naval men on Ambon Island in 1942 was to the War Crimes Court today. The senior prosecutor (Mr…

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£4000 Jewel Theft From House

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Thieves who raided a house in Toorak early this morning and stole Jewellery valued at £4000 while…

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Escapes Gaol, But Must Pay Creditors

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon.: In the Bankruptcy Court today Mr Justice Clyne declined to send a bankrupt storeman to gaol,…

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Demand for Comic Court, Peeriess Fox

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon: Comic Court, in the Caulfield Cup AND Peerless Fox in the Melbourne Cup continued to be the most popular double…

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Comic Court Not Going to Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon: Comic Court will not come to Sydney for the AJC spring meeting. He was scratched today from both…

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Police Will Begin Search For Remains of Missing Widow Today SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

Eight police will travel from Sydney to Eden tomorrow morning to search for the remains of a woman whom they allege was murdered. They will seek the remains of MRS…

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Cathcart Case at Last Reaches Formality £1500 Damages Awarded Against Council by Supreme Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

THE SYDNEY SUPREME COURT last week head the Cathcart Case and awarded £1500 damages against Deniliquin Municipal Council. Unexplained adjournments of the case had extended…

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Move to Gaol Harry Bridges

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Tues.: The Federal Government yesterday asked the District Court to revoke the bail of Australian-born…

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Taxi-driver’s Court Story of Mercy Dash

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: After hearing the defendant’s explanation for having travelled at an excessive speed at Royal Park on…

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Well-Known Tasmanian Chemist on Theft Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

HOBART, Wed.: James Robertson Chant, 40, well-known Hobart chemist and chairman of the Pharmacy Board of Tasmania, was…

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