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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 48 of 61

They gaol drunken, drivers in N.Z.!

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Goaling of drunken drivers had reduced the accident rate in NZ, two traffic experts from the…

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Murder Flat Sold for £20,100 Record Price

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: A Macquarie street apartment in which a wealthy widow was murdered last December was sold today…

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Man charged with woman’s murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sun.: Following the finding of the battered body of a 40-year-old woman in a small flat in Abercrombie street…

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Brother charged after sister’s road death

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY, Sun.: Following the death of Lucy Cormick, 24, of High street, Maitland, as the result of an accident at…

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Police rescue boxer from crowd

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Sun: Jack Smith, 11.11, drew with Bill Laming, 11.12, in a torrid 12 round bout at Newcastle Stadium last night. Police…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Magistrate hits at lack of parental control

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 11

Lock of parental control was strongly criticised by Mr Hodgson, in Albury Children’s Court yesterday, when two juveniles appeared on several charges of breaking, entering, and stealing. It was because of lack of moral control by…

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Guilty of Stealing, but Discharged on Bond

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

John William Jones pleaded not guilty at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when charged with stealing a £5 note,…

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Police seek missing bridegroom

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Mon.: Guests waited at the Magill Baptist Church on Saturday for a bridegroom who did not arrive, and…

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Police Superintendent’s Visit

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

Superintendent J. D. McAuley, officer in charge of the Riverina Police District, is at present in Deniliquin making…

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Judge knocked out in court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 15

VIENNA, Mon: A police riot squad in steel helmets and armed with truncheons was called to the Vienna Court on Saturday…

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High Court Upholds Land Resumption

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 4

The validity of the New South Wales Closer Settlement Acts, under which soldier settlement land resumptions are made, had been…

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Alleged murder victim’s skull produced in court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Government Pathologist (Dr. Keith Bowden) produced the skull of Murray Herbert Ling in the Bendigo Supreme Court today to illustrate evidence at…

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Murder Trial Stir Woman admits to convictions

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The chief Crown witness who told the Criminal Court yesterday that she saw a man now charged with…

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Police kill man in running gun battle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: A man was shot dead during a running gun battle with police through the grounds of Darlinghurst…

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Gaol for drunk drivers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wed.: State Parliamentary Labor Caucus today approved legislation which provides gaol for the offence of…

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Yugoslav found guilty of murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 11

BATHURST, Wed.: Juro Eror, 20, a Y[?]goslav, was today found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of the murder of William Rogers,…

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Another three months’ gaol for Howlong man

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 14

A man at present serving a three-month sentence for larceny was yesterday sentenced to a further three months’ gaol…

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Dramatic end to murder trial

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The Dumosa dam murder trial in the Bendigo Supreme Court came to a dramatic end tonight, when Mr Justice Barry discharged the jury following the…

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‘Met man after his reported murder’

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A witness today told the Royal Commission into the conviction of Frederick Lincoln McDermott, for alleged murder, that he had met a man who claimed to he Henry…

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Court challenge to capital issues

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 20

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A writ filed in the High Court today will challenge the validity of the Commonwealth Government’s…

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