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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,297 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 65

Former Railway Employee Charged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 2

Railways Detectives Crittenden Rindf[?]eish and Kanemann yesterday arrested a 31-years-old former railways employe at Albury…

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Gaoled for Assault on Policeman

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tues.: John Johanson, of Wesigarth street, Fit[?]roy, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted…

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Postal engineer sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 7

GRAFTON, Tues.; James Wallace Entwine, 40, former acting divisional engineer of the Postal Department at Grafton, was…

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Man Who Stole Car to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 6

After be had seen service during World War II, Albert Hart, 42, Melbourne, told the court he became nervous and highly…

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Police Trail Bloodstains

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Police today followed a trail of blood for 1¼ miles from a burgled home in East Kew, but lost it when…

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Presides Over Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 6

Judge Brereton, who is presiding at the Sessions…

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Motorist Charged with Drunken Driving

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 2

Albury police last night arrested a 36-year-old man and charged him with having driven a motor car while under the…

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Storeman committed for trial on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: City Coroner Mr Bott, SM, today committed Alfred Edward Tanner, 41, storeman of Surry Hills, for trial on a…

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Shooting of Police Constable: Similarity in paint alleged

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Articles found at the scene of the shooting of Constable George Howell at Caulfield on January 30 carried traces of paints the same colors and, in some cases, the same pigmentation and constitution as paints which were found on the walls and fittings and a…

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Ex-policeman to Be Sentenced

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE , Thurs: A 45 years -old former Shanghai police sergeant who allegedly told police he stabbed his…

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Laborer on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs,: Alexander McIntosh Campbell, 53 laborer, of Jones street, Ultimo, was remanded at Central Police Court…

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Hanged for double murder

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

WELLINGTON (New Zealand), Thurs.: William Geovanni Silveo Fiori , 29-years-old mill hand was hanged in…

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Husband Shot in Neck Wife, Man Charged

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

Frank Charles Mitchell told police last Wednesday night that he had been shot in the neck and the was immediately…

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New deputy head of NSW police appointed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Superintendent Colin John Delaney, has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of the NSW Police Force…

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Woman imprisoned for disobeying court- order

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A woman was sent to gaol at the Supreme Court today when, in defiance of a court order, she failed to…

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Gaoled for Assault on Girl

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Fri.: A man who Indecently assaulted an 11-year-old girl while he was boarding at her parents’ home at…

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Sicilian migrant who used Knife sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.: Judge Curlewis today sentenced to 2½ years gaol a Sicilian immigrant who had stabbed an Australian working beside him…

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“Romeo-Juliet” romance ended by court

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 3

HERAKLION (Crete), Fri.: The Cretan “Romeo and Juliet” romance which captured world headlines in…

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High Court “throws out” wheat men’s action involving £30 mil

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Full High Court today refused a wheat firm leave to bring an action before the Privy Council for compensation for wheat compulsorily acquired by the…

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Man arrested for alleged criminal assault on wife of suburban doctor

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 48 hour search for a man who allegedly criminally assaulted a doctor’s wife at Springvale on Thursday ended last night when detectives arrested and charged a…

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