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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 61

Revolver shots cut short new Minister’s career Wife Held on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 10

PARIS, Mon.: The 38-year-old wife of a French Minister has been charged with his murder. She is Madame Yvonne Chevallier. Only 24 hours earlier Dr. Pierre Chevallier had been appointed to the new Pleven…

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Murder of Woman Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Charged with the murder of a woman whose semi-nude body was found on a vacant allotment, a 23-year-old…

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Two Found Not Guilty of Murder

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.: Leonard Vaughan Toms, 38, and George Joseph Hackett, 31, laborers, were today found not guilty…

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Ex-policeman to stand trial ; father’s murder alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 14

SYDNEY, Tues. : A former police constable, Terence Heffernan, 23, was committed for trial at the Coroner’s Court today on a charge of having murdered his father. The partly-decomposed body of his father, Lawrence Charles…

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Quarry explosion ; man in court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 19

LAUNCESTON, Tues.: There was a sequel in court today to an explosion at a Public Works Department quarry at Detention,…

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Two Prisoners Break Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 15

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Two prisoners escaped from Rockhampton gaol this morning and are believed to have used a sedan car…

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Woman fined on stealing charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 8

A married woman with three children pleaded guilty to stealing a child’s shirt from a Holbrook store…

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Bizarre Story of Murder, Treachery

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: The United States Defence Department yesterday accused two American ex-servicemen of…

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Police brawl with Red youths

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 5

BERLIN, Thurs.: West Berlin police yesterday turned fire hoses on bands of blue-shirted East German youths who linked…

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Steel -helmeted police surround school

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 5

TOKIO, Thurs.: Over 1000 steel-helmeted police reserves yesterday surrounded a Korean High School in Tokio to prevent a mass…

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In Holbrook Court Yesterday Albury Nan Fined on Driving Under Influence Charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 8

When he drove his car from the kerb at Holbrook on July 10, Maurice L. Walters, of Howlong rd., Albury, knocked a pedestrian to the ground. This was stated in…

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“Girl-wife was frightened of men accused of her murder” Father-in-law’s story at charred bodies inquest

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 7

CASINO, Fri.: Duncan Paul Myrah Warner told the District Coroner today his son told film that his wife, Orma Jean Warner, had been assaulted by a man when she was only 13 years old. The grazier told the court his son, Donald…

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Motorist alleges assault

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A bookmaker was arrested by police last night after a motorist had been allegedly assaulted and…

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Climbed to success by stealing

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 10

NEW YORK, Sun.: Ludwig Schlekat, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, a self-made man who became a bank president…

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Artist on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sun.: Following the discovery of the body of Mrs. Ada Adeline Little, 52, her husband, a well-known artist, was…

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“Police court to fly 450 miles”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

DARWIN, Mon.: A full police court will fly to Gr[?] Eylan[?] 450 air miles [?] of Darwin, on Wednesday, to try a white man…

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Gaoled on Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 10

Three months’ imprisonment with hard labor was imposed [?] a 22-year-old man. who said he had “wndered” the streets of…

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Migrant on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 4

PERTH, Mon.: After an extensive manhunt throughout the State lasting 2½ days, Perth defectives Interviewed, Bjorn…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Altered building without permission : Czech couple fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 10

Ignorance of Local Government regulations concerning home building cost a Czech couple £11 at Albury Court yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Ladislav Holemar, of David street,…

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Alleged S.P. Betting, Assaulting Police

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 10

A man charged with illegal betting and assaulting a police constable was remanded until September 6…

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