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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 61

Police had a busy night

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.: Seven men and three youths were arrested by the police in the city and suburbs during the night…

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Roach to stay in gaol

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: In a unanimous verdict five judges of the High Court refused to free Edward Ch[?] Boach,…

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Court Shorts

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 2

In the Hay Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mervyn Miller did not appear: to answer a charge of failing to return a number plate and was fined…

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Police Seek Missing Girl

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

LITHGOW, Thurs.: Police have bees called in to investigate the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl who has been…

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Dodged Bullet, Man Tells Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Thurs.: When a gun was fired at him at close range a man ducked and escaped harm. Arthur William Pitt told the…

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Dead man wins appeal to High Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The High Court today allowed an appeal which had been initiated by a man now…

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Gaol for Assault and Robbery

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 19

SYDNEY, Fri.: John McEvoy, a 60-year-old baker, was today sentenced to two years’ gaol for having assaulted Thomas Waddell,…

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More Police Wanted

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

The court proceedings in Albury on Thursday in which a young man was fined for having assaulted a policeman provide a grim pointer…

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Dramatic turn at inquiry by A. J. C. committee : owner charged

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: An appeal heard by the A.J.C. Committee took a domestic turn today when the committee charged an owner with doping his horse. The owner, Mr L. S. Walmsley, a member of a prominent Queensland family of graziers, races Confidential, who was doped at Boggabilla last September…

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“Ginger” Can Make Transfer—high Court Says

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Fri.: The Full High Court today [?] the right of James Charles [?] creator of “Ginger Meggs,” to take his…

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Clergyman to die for murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

ROCHESTER (N.Y.), Sun.: The Rev. George Hetenyi, 44, was found guilty of the first degree murder of his wife,…

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Claims N.z. Is a Police State

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sun.: Australian wharf labourers have sent £2000 to the New Zealand wharf labourers now on strike, said Mr S…

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Jewel theft has puzzling features

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Theft of £2750 worth of jewellery belonging to Lady Rutherford, of Barwon Heads, is puzzling the…

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Police Seek Missing Teenage Girls

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: Police are searching for two teenage girls missing from their homes in the Kogarah district since late…

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Uproar in police station cell

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.: While other prisoners yelled encouragement and tried to force their way out of a cell a drunken…

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Police Car Damaged in Collision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Deniliquin police utility was extensively damaged when it was involved in a collision at the comer of Poictiers and…

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Murder Conviction Echo Missing widow dead, judge finds

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: In granting leave to swear the death of a person considered dead, Mr Justice Roper in the Probate Court…

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"Fire At Court House Hole

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

At about 2 o clock on Sunday morning, the Corowa Fire [?] received a call to Mr. [?] Court He [?] Hotel, Corowa. The…

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Youth charged with killing baby boy

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Robert Henry Warren, 20, laborer, was charged at the City Watchhouse this afternoon with the…

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Albury Court House Criticised

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

Acoustics in Albury court house were criticised yesterday by Mr Justice Kinsella in the Supreme Court sitting at Albury. His Honor…

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