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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 61

“Millionaire” sent to gaol at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

A man charged with vagrancy before Mr. Blackmore, S.M., at Albury Court yesterday, claimed he had “approximately” £1,000,000 in the head office of the Commonwealth Bank,…

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Murder case re-trial

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The second trial of Horatio Raymond Morris, 36, of Orr st.. Carlton, laborer, charged with the murder of…

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Fresh evidence in murder appeal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon: A police officer has been assigned to assist in investigating fresh evidence for the appeal of Stanley…

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Trotter knifed : police inquiring

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Mon: Believed to have been made by a razor blade or a sharp knife, a gash a foot long and three inches deep was…

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Yesterday’s Court

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

Brian Cormack was fined 10/-at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when he pleaded guilty to being found drunk in Cressy…

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Woman arrested at ’drome in court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A young married woman, Mrs D’Lyla Gooden, 22, who was arrested at Kingsford Smith airport on Saturday…

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Bankrupt sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A former Port Fairy jeweller and cafe proprietor was sentenced in Bankruptcy Court today to two…

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Union faction fight again to go into court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Application will be made to the Arbitration Court tomorrow or Thursday for an order for a ballot for three…

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Murder Charge Withdrawn

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Although the police prosecutor in the City Court this morning sought an adjournment of a charge of murder…

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Truck driver charged following child’s death

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Wed.: A truck driver was charged at Tamworth tonight with the manslaughter of a five-year-old girl…

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More Supreme Court judges are needed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Wed: The administration of justice in NSW could not be carried out without an increase in the number of Supreme…

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Victorian police force cost nearly £3 million last year

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The Victorian police force cost £2,711,242 to maintain for the 12 months to June, compared' with £2,236,802 in…

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Daring Train Robbery at Henty Goods Yard Three Men Charged at Albury Police Court

The Observer · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 1

At the Albury Police Court Yesterday (Thursday), Rupert John Cole, 31 years, of 91 Horden Street, Newton (Sydney), James Taylor, 24 years, of 32 Ormond Road, Elwood (Victoria) and Arthur Thomas Bedford, 41 years,…

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Stealing Charge Withdrawn

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 13

Because police could not locate the complainant, a charge of stealing £95 was withdrawn against an Albury man…

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Sailor on stealing charges

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 13

A sailor, Ronald J. Herringe, was remanded, until today on charges of sealing several articles of clothing…

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Police-students in fierce clashes in Teheran

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 7

TEHERAN (Iran), Thurs.: More than 100 persons were injured today as thousands of battling police and Communist-led students turned Teheran into a scene of wild running fights…

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Court held at man’s bedside

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs: The City Court today moved to a Parkville house where Mr Addison, SM, heard evidence from the…

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In Albury Court Yesterday.... He only “borrowed” battery, but it cost Albury man the sum of £20 !

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 13

When he removed a battery from a nearby utility truck and placed it in his car, Trevor Frederick Young, Stanley st., did not intend to steal it; he only wanted to borrow it…

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Sailor sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 2

The Navy meant so much to a young man that be gave himself up to police for offences be had committed before he joined the…

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“Sow ritual murder”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 18

MBABANE (Swaziland), Fri.: An African woman told the Swaziland High Court yesterday that she saw the…

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