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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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“Tilly Devine” out of gaol

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: Mrs Mary Davis, Malabar rd., Maroubra, well known in Sydney’s underworld as “Tilly Devine”, flew back to Sydney…

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Migrant on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

PERTH, Sun: A Hungarian migrant, Uyula Gyenes, 22, was tonight charged with the murder of another migrant named Leon…

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“Mass murder of millions”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 14

NEW YORK, Sun.: The murder of a whole people on a gigantic and unimaginable scale was being carried out by Communists in North Korea, Dr You Chan Yang said here last night…

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Digger Freed on Charge of Murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 8

SEOUL (Korea) Sun.: An Australian army court-martial yesterday found private Alfred [?] not guilty of murder…

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Telephone Call Clue in Mansion Murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: An anonymous telephone caller has given police a vital clue in their investigations into the…

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Woman Screams, Collapses in Court Murder Plot Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday : A woman collapsed screaming in Central Criminal Court tonight after a jury had found her and a young man guilty of conspiring to murder her husband…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Disqualified driver is fined £25

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 9

A men who had been disqualified from holding a driver’s licence was fined £25 by Mr. Blackmore, S.M,, in Albury Court yesterday for driving a car on October 6. Mr. A. Moran appeared for Mervyn A. Dandridge, of…

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Youth on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 19-year-old youth charged with the murder of his father was remanded without bail until…

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“Police protect S.P. men”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

MACK AY, Mon.: Police here protected unregistered bookmakers, the secretary of the Mackay Turf Club alleged…

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Murder in office alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 9

LONDON, Tues: A 35-year-old solicitor charged with having murdered a woman after they had spent the night in his office,…

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Bail for Youth on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues: Nineteen-year-old Douglas John Cockburn, of Burgess st, Preston, charged with the murder of his father…

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Detonators stolen at Culcairn—police warning

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 11

One hundred highly explosive detonators were stolen from Culcairn Shire Council office on Friday night and…

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Murder conviction probe Witness from W.A. to testify

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues: An important witness in the Royal Commission into the conviction for alleged murder of Frederick Lincoln…

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Court settles 30-year-old dispute

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 10

THE HAGUE, Tues.: The international Court today settled a 30-year-old dispute between Norway and Britain in…

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Bread must be delivered—court holds

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today held in a majority judgment that the…

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Film producer charged

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 9

BEVERLEY HILLS (Calif.), Wed.: Walter Wanger, the film producer, was yesterday formally charged with assault with intent…

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“No Intention of Murder”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Wed.: Louis Arnold Bloom, 35, solicitor, was committed for trial today by the West Hartlepool Court on a charge of having…

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Seven years’ gaol for 18-year-old

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wed.: Judge Holt, in the Quarter Sessions today, sentenced an 18-year-old laborer to seven years’ goal for striking a…

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Clue in the Killara murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wed.: Detectives working on the Kiliara murder today found o clue which may give the c[?]se a sensational turn. Police have observed the strictest silence…

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Double Murder and Payroll Robbery

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wed.: The double murder of Mr. Jack Gabolinscy and his wife, Marie, was committed at the…

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