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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 61

Oaklands Police Station

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Premie's Department, Sydney, dated the 13th instant:--…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Court-sequel to ‘plane crush

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 10

A young Albury man was fined and ordered to way vosts totalling £50/4/6 as a sequal to a palce crash on Good Friday…

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Former Albury police chief rewarded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 8

Mr A. McL. Tardy, who retired last year as inspector-in-charge of Albury police force after 37 years’ service, was…

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£89 million involved in court action

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Mon: Harry Ferguson, Irish-born tractor manufacturer, has left for New York to fight a £89…

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High Court “kills” claim for £300,000 damages

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Full High Court held today that the Fremantle Harbor Commissioners and the Commonwealth were not responsible for damage done to the 15,000 tons…

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Father to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.: ,A man who dropped his daughter from a balcony, fracturing -both her Wrists, was today convicted in Quarter…

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Wild Struggle in Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A prisoner charged with consorting struggled wildly seven detectives at the Fifth City Court…

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Missing Body Case Before Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Two women told the City Court to that they believed a chef charged with the murder of his…

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Japs Used Natives As “Guinea Pigs” Court Told Los Negros, Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

Japanese Killed natives of the Dutch East Indies in 1945 by injecting them with poison, the Australian War Crimes Court was told today…

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Sir John Latham, Chief Justice Of The High Court, Retiring CANBERRA, Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (Sir John Latham) will cease active duties as from April 3 this year. His Honor will begin a period of 12 months’…

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Manslaughter Charged Withdrawn

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wed.: Reginald Sydney Clark, 25, a truck driver, of Waterloo road, East Bankstown, was discharged at Parramatta…

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Third big wool theft

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Thirty bales of wool worth £6000 have been stolen from Federal Felters’ warehouse at Footscray…

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Young Framer on Three Stealing Charges

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Lyle Thomas Druitt appeared at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to answer three charges of stealing. He pleaded…

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Mutes on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 8

ATLANTA (Georgia) Wed.: A bizarre murder trial in which: the principal, figures spoke the deaf and dumb sign language began…

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Allegedly Assaulted Little Girl Russian Sentenced to Death

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Wed.: Found guilty of having criminally assaulted a four-year-old Polish girl at Bathurst migrant camp on January 24, Aleksandr Anatasow, 47-year-old Russian, was…

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Wool Tax Valid High Court Decision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The High Court has unanimously held that the Wool Tax Deductions Act is valid. The decision means that brokers will…

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Man wheeled off to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Crippled by paralysis since youth, John Lowe, 51, contractor, of Edinburgh st, Burnley, was taken…

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Court refuses application for house

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 18

Holding it would be unreasonable to deprive respondent of the opportunity of selling his house with vacant possession to…

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Wool Tax valid, court hold

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri: The Full High Court unanimously held yesterday that the Commonwealth Government had power to…

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Leave for troops and police cancelled as strikes spread in France

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

PARIS, Fri.: All Easter leave for police and troops has been cancelled to guarantee public order in the widespread strikes of French transport and other workers…

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