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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,355 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 68

Detective accused over jewel theft

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 15

PARIS, Sun.: The French Minister for the Interior ( M. Leon Martinaud) yesterday suspended Perre Bertaux, former…

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Faces four murder charges

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

Mrs. Caroline Grills, of Gladesville, Sydney, 63, who has been charged with four murders by thallium poisoning. She was refused bail by the Central Police Court and remanded to July 17…

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German police hold up top American

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 15

BERLIN, Sun.: The East German man police yesterday held Mr. Adlai Stevenson, the US Democratic leader, for 20 minutes when…

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Police hove to protect field umpire at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

Police gave protection to the central umpire at the Corowa football ground on Saturday. Abuse was freely huried at Field Umpire Rowe during the game between Corowa and Myrtleford. A section of the…

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Italians Menace Soccer Referee Police Hold Back Big Yelling Mob

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sam.: Several thousand yelling Italians swarmed on to the playing oval at Olympic Park and tried to mob the referee at the end of the Ireland-Italy Soccer match in the…

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Police search for man who tried to set fire to house in Melbourne suburb

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Police are searching for a man who deliberately tried to set fire to a house with flaming petrol in Seacombe street, North Fitzroy, early today. The owner of the house,…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Two men from Tasmania are sent to gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 9

The stay of former Tasmanians, Patrick Joseph O’Brien and James Edward Reedy, in Albury come to a sodden end yesterday when they appeared before Mr. Q[?]ggin S.M., in Albury Court…

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Intent to Murder Is Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Mon.: Thomas Robert Edwards 52, laborer, was charged today at central Police Court with having wounded Arthur…

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68-Year-old Man on Charge of Murder

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 16

SYDNEY, Mon.: Police alleged in Central Police Court today that a 68-year-old man had stabbed his son with a knife, then fatally wounded another man…

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Serial Story Alias Basil Willing a thrilling adventurer in multiple murder XXXV

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 4

BASIL WILLING continued his story as his wife Gisela listened intently. "The moment Dr: Zimmer knew Katherine Shaew…

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Assault Charges Withdrawn

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Charges against a Sunbury mental home patient who assaulted two policemen in the city last night were…

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Two months’ gaol for dealing

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.: The Court Criminal Appeal in London yesterday set aside a fine of £500 imposed on a…

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Bail for Man on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 13

SYDNEY, Tues.: Mr Justice Myers, in the Supreme Court today, granted £1000 bail to a man who Is changed with…

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Added Police to Search for Woman

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 20

KATOOMBA, Tues.: Additional police from Parramatta and [?] 21 Division are now assisting [?] the search for the missing [?]…

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Engineers’ Court Move on Ballots

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 11

MELBOURNE. Tues.: A High Court order was sought today to compel the Arbitration Court to show cause why it should…

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“Police say man electrified door lock to give his wife a shock”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Police alleged today that a man had electrified the back door lock of his home to give his wife a shock. This evidence was given in Campsie Court before Mr McCauley, S.M. Police charged the…

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Theft at Everton Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 5

Keady Hotel, Everton, near Beechworth, was broken into for the second time in six months, on Tuesday night. Thieves, who…

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Huge wool theft from lorry

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed.: Police toddy recovered a semi-trailer which was stolen with its load of 75 bales of wool from Pyrmont…

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Woman on Attempted Murder Charge Said Mayor was “sweet poison,” court told

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 10

ROCKHAMPTON, Wed. : A woman had told a detective-sergeant that she knew she would hove to kill the Mayor of Rockhampton “sooner or later,” according to evidence in the Police Court today…

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Man on attempted murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Wed.: Detectives today arrested a young Mowbray man and charged him with having attempted to murder…

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