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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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First Soviet prisoners leave gaol

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

LONDON, San.: Women and children in Moscows Boutyrskaya gaol were the first prisoners set free yesterday under…

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Heir to fortune goes to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

NEW YORK, San.: Minot (“Mickey”) Jelke, heir, to a margarine fortune, was sentenced yesterday to three to six…

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Man arrested at Bundaberg (Q.) sent for trial by Yarrawonga Police Court

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

YARRAWONGA, Sun.: A maw who was arrested at Bundaberg, Queensland, was sent for trial by Yarrawonga Court the other day. The accused, a farm…

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Police kill escapee

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

SINGAPORE; Sun., Police tracked down the two young Chinese who escaped from prison on Wednesday while on trial for the…

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Father and son indicted for murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

MODESTO (Gal.), Sun.: A frecklcd-faced 13-year-old boy and his father were yesterday indicted by a grand jury for…

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Fifth woman’s remains found in “murder. housed”: search for clerk

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.: Human remains—possibly those of a fifth victim of the Nottinghill murderer—were found by police digging in the garden of the “murder house” yesterday. The remains were found inside a buried dustbin in a corner of the…

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Albury Police Court yesterday Man Put on Bond

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 8

After he pleaded not guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting a man to drive a motor vehicle whilst under the…

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Wife murder is alleged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 15

NEW YORK, Mon.: A man killed his estranged wife on Saturday night after he had had a tattoo artist obliterate her name on…

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Court of Petty Sessions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

At the Corowa Court of Potty Session on Thursday last before Mr. O.J. Lake, S.M., William D. Plunkett was charged with…

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Serial Story Alias Basil Willing a thrilling adventure in multiple murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

THE STORY: Dr. Basil Willing has trailed an imposter to a party at the home of another psychiatrist, Dr. Zimmer. When…

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In Albury Court Yesterday : “Urgent date” costs man £8/10/

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 9

The “urgent date” Robert Mannering, of Olive st., had at Wodonga on November 2 cost him £8/10/ when he appeared…

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In Wangaratta Court Yesterday J.’sP. told of migrants’ “dust up”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 12

Migrants who come to this country must learn to observe our laws, said Messrs R. Page and J. P. Jones, J’sP. in…

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Parson sentenced for alleged wife murder

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 16

SYRACUSE (N.Y.), Tuesday: The Rev. George Hetenyi was yesterday sentenced to from 40 years to life oh a charge of…

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M. L. A. demands suspension of magistrate

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Mr. Corrigan. (Lab, Port Melbourne) asked the Government in the Legislative Assembly tonight to…

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Potato men’s court challenge on prices

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Full High Court today reserved judgment in the case in which a number of Tasmanian potato growers have…

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C. P. to fight Seats Bill in court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Country Party is expected to take out a Supreme Court injunction to prevent the…

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Workman who broke leg on way home entitled to compensation, court holds

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The State Full Court today ruled that a man who broke his journey on the way home for a glass of beer or some other reason was still entitled to compensation if he suffered an injury…

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Christie charged with murder of wife

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.: John Reginald Christie, 55, clerk, today was remanded In custody for one week on a charge of…

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Doyle is to stay in gaol

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: The High Court today refused to release Reginald Aubrey Doyle from Long Bay Gaol, where he was committed yesterday by the Judge in Bankruptcy, Mr. Justice…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Man’s choice between driving licence and beer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 10

Charged with driving under the influence, a man was asked to choose between beer and his driver’s licence when he appeared before Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday…

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