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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 61

Man says in court that girl gave herself to him “body and soul”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday: Defending a breach of promise case in the Supreme Court today Sidney William Roberts, garage proprietor, of Enmore, said that Miss lola Rorke, who brought the case…

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10 years’ gaol former Mla Jury Says He Shot Young Woman

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

BURNIE, Sun.: The Chief Justice (Sir John Morris) last night sentenced a former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly to 10 years’ gaol for the manslaughter of his de facto…

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Police fire on 5000 hungry Indians, killing five wounding 32 others

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

COOCH BEHAR (India), Sun.: Police opened, fire on 5000 rioting hunger marchers here, killing five, including one girl, and injuring 32. The Government…

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Murder by Parole

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 4

J. Edgar Hoover has said:-- "Abuses or parole, probation and pardon contribute to the f[?] that a serious crime occurs in the United…

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Accident Sequel in Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

A collision at the Intersection of Guinea and Young sts. had its sequel in Albury Court yesterday when Alan George Thompson,…

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Police Say Man Swore Falsely That He Was Not A Member Of Red Body HOBART, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

A hotel employe was committed for trial on a charge of falsely declared he was not a member of a Communist organisation. The prosecution, launched under Section 113 of the…

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Devil Goes to Gaol!

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 16

HOBART, Tues.: New Norfolk’s captured Tasmanian devil is chained in the local gaol— where drunks refuse to believe…

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Murder Plot Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 15

KATOOMBA, Tues.: Keith Edward Farnsworth, 21, robber worker, of Harris Park, and Mrs. Esma Marie Turner, 33,…

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Billycart driver and his passenger fail in court action for damages

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Two small plaintiffs —one the 10-year-old driver of a billycart, and the other his 7-year-old passenger brother— claimed £748 damages in the County Court…

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Tyre stealing prevalent

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: Motor tyres worth £5000 had been stolen from the Railways Department in recent months, it was stated in…

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Youth Charged Following Stabbing

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A youth was charged with wounding with intent to murder and malicious wounding following the stabbing…

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Reds Gaol Catholic Bishop

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

HONG KONG, Thurs.: Chinese Communists have imprisoned Bishop Rene Boisguerin, French Catholic…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

At the Corowa Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. Hodkins P.M., David Hall was charged with being drunk. He…

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Man on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Charged in the City Court today with having murdered Percy Charles Neville on or about April 9, Norman…

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U S. to Gaol Political Prisoners

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Fri.: Subversive activities of the Communist Party “far exceed in seriousness any Nazi Fifth Column in the…

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Murder Conviction Appeals Dismissed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Appeals by two girls and a youth against their convictions for murder were dismissed by the Full…

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Police probe women’s deaths

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: Detectives have been detailed to investigate the deaths of three women at St. Vincent’s Hospital…

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Migrant weeps in court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Fri.; Appearing against the sentence of death imposed on him for violating a four-year-old girl, a Russian…

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Sheep stealing alarms NSW graziers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sun.: To [?] sheep stealing the NSW Graziers’ Association will ask the Government to prevent anyone without…

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Man in hospital under police guard

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two shots were fired by a night-watchman at a man whom he found on premises in…

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