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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,219 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 61

Drove Under Influence, Police Allege

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 12

New Australian Patrolman, Michael Fadyk, 26, of Bonegilla, was fined £5 for driving under the influence of…

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Anti-Americans to be sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 2

SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Tues.: Eight members of the anti-American Nationalist Party were last night found guilty of conspiracy…

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“Murder Before Television Set”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

OAKLAND (Calif.), Tues.: A 14 year old boy confessed yesterday that he killed his parents .while they were…

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Chinese victim of political murder

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 10

HONG KONG, Tues.: Police are trying to unravel what they believe to be the second political assassination in Hong Kong in…

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Youth Awaiting Trial for Murder Hangs Himself

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Awaiting trial for murder, 20 year old John Edward Martin hanged himself in his ceil at Long Bay…

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Playboy may not clash with Comic Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Sydney stayer Playboy is a doubtful runner against Comic Court in the Ercildoune Slakes at…

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Court case started in Sydney to end in Prague

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: Evidence for a suit to be heard in Prague (Czechoslovakia) was taken commission in the Supreme Court…

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In Corowa Court Yesterday £7 Fine for Assault

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 9

“You must learn to keep your first to yourself” the SM told Robert Vernon Kernaghan when he fined him £7, in default…

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15 Years for Murder Attempt

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.: William Smith, 63, cattle dealer, Alma Mabel Walsh, 46. housewife, wife, of Shorncliffe, Sandgate,…

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Leaving Police Force

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 5

Constable Argus, of Grong Grong, has given notice that he intends to resign from the police force. He proposes to take over…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

At the Corowa Court yesterday, before Mr. Raschke, Francis Kevin McMillan was charged with using had language within the…

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Murder Charges Withdrawn

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Fri.: In the City Court today the police withdrew two charges of murder against Mrs Shirley Rose…

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Assault Story Concocted

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun: Because she feared what her parents might say for getting home late, a 17-year-old girl and a youth of 19…

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Car Driver Charged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2

A man was charged with driving under the influence of liquor following an accident in which a 19-years-old motor…

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Police Seek Bombers of Union Office

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 10

JERSEY CITY (New Jersey) Sun: Public Safety Director (Mr Louis Messano) cancelled all leave for policemen yesterday to…

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Police Swoop on Alleged Floating ‘Gambling Den’ Sydney, Sunday

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 3

Vice Squad detectives and water police this afternoon arrested 53 men during a raid on an alleged “floating gambling den aboard the pleasure launch Lilly Brayton, in…

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Theft of Watches

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

[?], Mon.: More than [?] worth of watches were [?] John McKinney, whole[?] and retail merchants, of…

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Mercy Killing No Defence, Crown Claims; Widow On Charge Of Murder MELBOURNE, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

Mercy trilling was no defence, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr F. Nelson) told die Criminal Court today after he had read an alleged statement to the police in which a doctor’s widow claimed she…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Doubts About Car Driver’s Intentions

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 11

“I don’t know whether you intended to pick up these people you describe as your friends or knock them down. If this was…

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Comedy Prince And Comic Court , Backed For Sydney Double SYDNEY, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 16

Stablemates Comedy Prince and Comic Court were extensively backed in Sydney and Melbourne today to win the Doncaster-Sydney Cup double. The betting move for this…

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