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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 61

Police Check on Dogs

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 October 1951 · page 2

Many Albury dog licences which were due for payment on September 30 are still outstanding. Dog owners were allowed fourteen…

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Woman’s death: murder possibility is discounted

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Sun.: Police have discounted the possibility of murder in the death of Mrs Both Loveday, about 60, of…

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Police worn store and hotel keepers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 3

WAGGA Sun.: Wagga police have issued a warning to store and hotel keepers to be particular about the security of their…

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Police blitz cuts accidents on roads

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Weekend blitz by the police on traffic offenders has resulted in the lowest accident Tate for some months…

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Corowa police probe young woman’s death

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 1

The death of o young married woman at Corowa on Saturday night is thought to be the result of cyanide poisoning. The woman, Mrs. Joan…

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Six months“ gaol for joy rider

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Moil.: A bus conductor who used a motor bus valued at £6000 for joy-riding was sentenced to six months’…

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Murder of Mother Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Mon.: An Italian migrant carpenter, Guiseppe Trimboli, 35, of Uraidla, was committed for trial In the…

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In Albury Police Court Yesterday Charge Against Man Found in Hotel Room Dismissed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 5

Two different excuses for haying been in an hotel room were given by a man who appeared before Mr Bryant, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday…

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Yesterday’s Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 1

Mr. E. B. Watkins, J.P., dealt with the following cases at the Court House yesterday: Ernest Lewis, Finley Road,…

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Facing Second Trial for Alleged Wife Murder

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 43-year-old military pensioner, Raymond Murray Baillie, Fitzroy, faced his second trial in the Criminal Court today for the alleged murder of his wife…

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“Monster” stalking over roads, police cheif emphasises

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.: The Traffic Superintendent (Mr Lawrence) said at a conference of road safety experts today that a “monster” was stalking our roads, taking grievous toll…

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Ruling on long service leave given by Industrial Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon: A general ruling on terms for long-service leave was delivered today by Mr Justice Webb, presiding over the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission…

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Women’s denial of talk with man in police cell

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.: A woman today denied she had asked Frederick Lincoln McDermott to “make a clean breast of it” after his arrest in 1946. The woman, Mrs. Florence Hampton, of…

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12 months for wool theft

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed,: William Michael Gee, 41, hide and skin dealer, of Merriwa, was sentenced to 12 months’ gaol in Quarter Sessions…

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Italian farmer committed for trial on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 12

MYRTLEFORD, Wed.: A tobacco share farmer was today committed for trial at Shepparton or the murder of a 27-year-old Italian. Fulgido Dalle Nogare, another Italian, appeared…

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Police officer’s denials at probe into man’s murder conviction

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A high police official at the Royal Commission inquiring into the conviction of Frederick Lincoln McDermott in 1947 for alleged murder denied today that two witnesses had “split up” a reward after McDermott’s conviction…

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“Body in dam” murder trial verdict of not guilty

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thurs: Henry Richard Bugg, 37, cartage contractor, of Separation St., Northcote, was found not guilty of the murder of Murray Hervert Ling, 26, at Dumosa in March,…

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Corowa Court of Petty Sessions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 6

At the Corowa Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday before Mr. A. J., Brys[?], S.M. Antony Taylor and George Homphries…

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“Best rail thief” sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: A man whom police said had boasted he was “the best thief in NSW,” was sentenced to three years’ gaol…

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Remanded on stealing charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 October 1951 · page 9

Trevor Frederick Young, of Albury, was remanded until November 22 on a stealing charge. Police alleged Young had stolen,…

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