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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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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,…

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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…

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“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. Margaret’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, yesterday, was recovered by police near Circular Quay today…

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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 Coroner’s Court today that a women admitted setting fire to a garage in Granville railway yards became she wanted to help her son who…

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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 “well under the influence” from court today…

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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…

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Another Man Alleges Assault by Police

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY, Mon.; Officials of the Premier’s Department are examining a statutory declaration alleging assault by police, the…

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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 years’ gaol today for hitting a watchman over the head with a piece of piping and robbing him of £6/10/…

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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…

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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…

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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 “Back to Tallangatta”…

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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 “Sydney Morning Herald” and “Daily Telegraph” for alleged contempt of court. A Sydney solicitor was also cited. The actions arose out of allegations published by the newspapers of…

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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…

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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 year’s Floral Festival was charged in Albury Court yesterday with driving in a manner dangerous to the public. The cyclist, Rex Harold…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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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