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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,355 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 68

Court sets hours at which doctor may see child

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: Wife of o Sydney eye-specialist was today granted custody of their 19-months-old child whom, she had earlier said, she feared her husband might take to Hong Kong…

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Albury Court Police said cyclist was under influence

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 3

A warning that he was not only a danger to himself, but to other road users was given to Rov Charles Woods 31 carpenter, of…

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Fined on Boat Stealing Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 8

When Raymond Edward Luhrs, 24, of Macaulay street, found a row boat floating down the river last year he did not…

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Man on Two Stealing Charges

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 8

Mervyn R. Huime, of Macaulay street, was remanded until June 22 on two charges of stealing and was allowed bail of £30…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Mix-up over identity of man: case dismissed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 8

Although a man appeared before Albury Court yesterday in answer to a count of negligent driving, police could not prove him to be the man they had interviewed at the scene of an…

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Gaol without option for drunken drivers in N.T.

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 5

DARWIN, Mon.: The severest traffic regulations in Australia will become law in the Northern Territory next month. They provide for six…

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Court told of tragedy on island

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY, Mon.: A mother whose son was reported killed in the Australian national Antarctic research expedition on…

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Judge Refuses to Return to Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Mr. Justice Foster said today that even if he did return to the wages-hours case and it proceeded without a High Court ruling, doubt would arise on the validity of any…

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Serial Story Alias Basil Willing a thrilling adventure in multiple murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 4

THE STORY: Jack Duggan, a private detective, was murdered while masquerading under Basll Willing's name. The…

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Widow on Double Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Tues.: Elizabeth Mary Parsons, 28, was charged last night with the murder of her two children—…

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New solicitor’s father was a magistrate here

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 16

It is not strange that Mr R. H. Stewart, of Tietyens, Angel and Jackling, solicitors, adopted law as his profession…

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Court told of fire which ravaged station

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 14

WAGGA, Tues.: Fire first swept into Clifton Station on its north-west boundary about 1.30 p.m. on January 24, 1952, a witness told the Supreme Court in Wagga today…

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Murder Threat Made in Letter

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: A John Darling mine deputy had received a threatening anonymous letter telling…

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One-armed man on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.: A 34-year-old one-armed fisherman, Gordon Albert Richardson, of Redbank, was charged in…

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Suspect still eludes police

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 16

WAUCHOPE, Wed.: An intensified search by police and civilian volunteers today in the Wauchope district failed to find…

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Sent to Gaol for Stealing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

David John Williams a 19 years old labourer, was sent to gaol from the Hay Court of Petty Sessions yesterday after being…

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34 bandits sentenced to 627 years

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

PALERMO, Thurs.: Screaming women tore their hair and their clothing yesterday as sentences totalling…

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Court must show cause

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs. : An order was granted in High Court Chambers today, calling on the Arbitration Court to show cause…

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Reductions at Valuation Court

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 5

At the Valuation Court on Wednesday, when Mr. Keith W. Smith, S.M. presided, five appeals were lodged on the 1952…

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Union to seek shelter of court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Striking engine-drivers at Wollongong today agreed that their union, the Federated Engine-Drivers…

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