Mother of three children shot dead; husband is charged with murder
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 2
PERTH, Fri.: A mother of three children was shot dead in her South Perth home today. was MRS JOAN MARY HADDOW, 40. Her husband, John Gordon Haddow, 49, butcher,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man fined £5 on stealing charge
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 5
A 29-year-old Culcairn carpenter was fined £5 in Culcairn Court yesterday on a charge of stealing equipment from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Thank God he’s safe”- mother cries. Baby returned : Baby returned Women charged
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, Fri,: Seven-days-old Garry John Costello, who was taken from his crib at St. Margaretâs Hospital, Darlinghurst, yesterday, was recovered by police near Circular Quay today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother admits setting fire to garage to aid son charged with arson, detective says
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 8
SYDNEY, Fri.: A detective told Burwood Coronerâs Court today that a women admitted setting fire to a garage in Granville railway yards became she wanted to help her son who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man ordered from court; ‘under influence’
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY. Fri.: Judge Amsberg ordered a defendant whom he described as âwell under the influenceâ from court today…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Church-yard murder verdict
Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3
LONDON, Sun.: A Halifax church caretaker, Albert George Hall 48, was sentenced to death at Leeds Assizes last night for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Man Alleges Assault by Police
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY, Mon.; Officials of the Premierâs Department are examining a statutory declaration alleging assault by police, the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Five years’ gaol for bashing watchman, stealing £6/10/
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 12
SYDNEY, Mon.: A 20-year-old laborer was sentenced to five yearsâ gaol today for hitting a watchman over the head with a piece of piping and robbing him of £6/10/…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Doctor on charge of murder
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4
BRISBANE, Mon.: A young resident doctor of Townsville Hospital was charged in Townsville Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Shorts
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 10
Hearing of a charge of driving in a manner dangerous to the public against Leo Francis Dawson, of Townsend St., was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Bouquet for Tallangatta
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 2
Tallangatta police last night paid a tribute to residents of Tallangatta and visitors during the âBack to Tallangattaâ…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Papers cited over reports of alleged police bashings
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Full Supreme Court today cited the publishers and editors of the âSydney Morning Heraldâ and âDaily Telegraphâ for alleged contempt of court. A Sydney solicitor was also cited. The actions arose out of allegations published by the newspapers of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Alleged Police Violence Probe adjourned for a week
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission adjourned today after a short sitting until next Monday, when the Royal Commissioner (Mr Justice Dovey) will begin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Albury Court Yesterday S.M. finds cyclist didn’t ride in a dangerous manner
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 10
A motor cyclist who crashed into a barrier across Dean st. on the final night of last yearâs Floral Festival was charged in Albury Court yesterday with driving in a manner dangerous to the public. The cyclist, Rex Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Son Batters Father “Mean, cowardly, contemptible assault,” Magistrate says
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 16
SYDNEY, Tues.: Police told Central Police Court today that a 20-year-old man had gone berserk and savagely attacked his father after an argument…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stabbing in Gaol Alleged 20 convicts to give evidence in court
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 15
SYDNEY, Tues.: A prisoner from Bathurst gaol was charged in the Criminal Court today with having maliciously wounded another prisoner with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gaol for not answering
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1
NEW YORK, Tues.: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party leader in the United States, Juan Francisco Ortiz Medina,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother on murder charge
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Homicide detectives tonight charged a 30-year-old mother with murder, following the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Egyptians murder two British servicemen
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1
CAIRO, Sun. : Two British servicemen were killed and two wounded, one of them seriously by armed Egyptians in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bail for men on murder charge
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 20
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Two men were granted bail by the Supreme Court today pending an inquest on a man allegedly murdered on…
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