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Courts & crime, 1954

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Gaol Rather Than Force Unionism

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. R. R. Brute, a Narrabri solicitor, said on Friday he was prepared to face a gaol sentence rather than urge girls on…

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Leaflets incite to murder

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Fri.: British officials yesterday said they did not think the Egyptian Government was responsible for the…

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Cafe Customers Menace Police

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY, Fri.; Vice squad police were menaced early today when they made a raid on a restaurant at La Perouse…

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Police switch hunt for four bandits

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Fri: Police tonight switched their intensive search for four men, wonted for questioning about two recent armed hold-ups, from the Phillip Island districts to the city area…

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Double Murder Is Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sun.: Thomas Ronald Lewis Harries, 25, yesterday was sent for trial on a charge of having murdered a Welsh…

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F.b.i. to Probe Premier’s Murder

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 5

KARACHI, Sun.: The Prime Minister, Mohammed Ali, announced last night that Pakistan had asked the United States to send a…

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Car, Radio, Clothes Feature in Theft Charges

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 4

John Robert Merricks (35) no fixed place of abode, was remanded yesterday to the Court of [?] Sessions on January 20,…

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Railway guard, drunk on duly, sent lo gaol

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: An electric train guard, who police allege told them he had “probably had more than 32 drinks before starting duty on New Year’s Eve,” was sentenced to three months’ goal by Mr. Raschke, S.M.,…

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Police station getting “new look”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

Albury police station is getting a “new look.” Yesterday workmen began putting down a concrete floor around the verandah…

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December Court Of Petty Sessions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

Harold Leslie Matthews, fencing contractor, of Mathoura St. Mathoura, was fined £4 with 12 costs, in default 10 days’…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Miner struck “it bad” when visiting Albury

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

Broken Hill miner, Harold Milton Roberts, struck “a bad lode” while passing through Albury on Boxing Day, He was fined £20 in Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Police allege doctor tried to murder his daghter

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Macquarie street specialist was remanded by Mr. Beavers, S.M., in Central Police Court today on a charge of attempting to murder his three-year-old daughter and with having attempted to commit…

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Man on Charge of Murder

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Tues.: A 42 year old rabbiter was committed for trial today in Werris Creek Corner’s Court on a charge of…

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Husband Breaks Down in Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Tues.: Andrew Callary. 60, farmer, of Balaklava, 67 miles north of Adelaide, broke down while giving…

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Ex-nurse’s Pledge in Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tues.: An ex-R.A.A.F nursing sister told the City Court today that two months after she went through a…

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Eight North Koreans charged with murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

PAN MUN JOM, Wed.: Eight anti-Communist North Korean prisoners-of-war appeared before an Indian Court-martial…

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Bookmaker Charged with Theft of £15,566

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

HOBART, Wed.: A 40-year-old bookmaker, Cecil William Bowes, has been charged with theft of £15,566/16/3, the…

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Man charged with attempted murder of two women

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

TEMORA, Wed.: Alter an intensive all-night search, in which more than 120 armed police and civilians participated, a 23-year-old laborer appeared in Temora Court today, charged with having shot woman with intent to murder them…

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Prisoner stabbed in gaol fight

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: One prisoner stabbed another during a light in Bathurst gaol today. Police were called in and…

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Police Investigate Woman’s Death

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY. Wed.: Walcha police today took possession of a bottle of sheep drench, following the death in Walcha Hospital last…

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