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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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In Albury Court Yesterday Migrant fined £10 on driving charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 8

At the end of a lengthy hearing a New Australian, Rene Henselis, of Ariel st.. Wodonga, was fined £10 on a charge of…

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Man who talked too much removed from court at magistrate’s order

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 10

Albury were asked to a remove a man, who had been sentenced to a month’s imprisonment, from the dock after he repeatedly interrupted court proceedings in Albury Court yesterday…

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Child murder alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 16

LONDON, Tues.: A 62-year-old Spanish artist fled the country after the murder of an 11-year-old schoolgirl, Lewes…

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“Cold-blooded murder plan," prosecutor says

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Because a man would not divorce his wife, a woman in love with him “cold-bloodedly” planned to murder the wife, a Criminal Court jury was told today…

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Mail gives himself up to police

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The police search for a man alleged to have been concerned in the murder of John Robert…

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“Radio in car tuned into police wireless station”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Two men charged with having stolen cars and property to the value of £9000, had a radio in their car tuned info the police radio station, it was alleged in Newtown Police Court today…

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Convict stabbed in gaol

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 14

BRISBANE, Wed.: One of the best known figures of the Australian underworld, Harold Cornelius, allas Norman Bradshaw…

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“Improper delay in notifying police of man’s death”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: the father of former Olympic runner, Edward (“Slip”) Carr, of Pymble, had died accidentally from inhaling…

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Criminal assault alleged

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: On a of having criminally assaulted a young Italian woman Melbourne, after she had…

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Two men only in gaol stabbing

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Investigations Into a stabbing incident at Boggo Road Gaol on Wednesday have revealed that only two…

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Wife Freed of Murder of “Bully”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 22

LONDON, Thurs.: A frail, fairhaired wife, who killed her “idle worthless bully of a husband” after he had boasted of…

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Govt. Censured Over Police Job

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The way in which the State Government selected the new Chief of Police was deserving of strong censure,…

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No Change in Court Auctions

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: No legislation was being considered to alter the procedure of court auctions, the Minister for Justice, Mr. Downing,…

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Court Order to Be Mailed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thurs.: An order was made for service of a bank-ruptey notice by registered mail on David Stewart Dawson…

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In Wodonga Court Yesterday Two drivers lose licences: also fined

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 15

Two motorists, one o New Australian, had their driving licences cancelled and were fined a total of £20 on charges of driving under the influence when they appeared in Wodonga Petty…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Henty grazier fined on rabbit suppression charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 10

Henty grazier, John Joseph Jones, of “Garthowen,” was fined £6 with £6/18/- costs in Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday after he was convicted for failing to suppress rabbits on his property…

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Bankrupt Sent to Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri. ; A bankrupt, who stowed away on an overseas ship in 1952 when owing £17,000 to creditors, was…

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Pensioner on murder charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE. Fri.: A war pensioner was committed for trial on a murder charged in Brisbane police court today…

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Employment of non-union labor charged by union

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 24

NEWCASTLE, Fri.; Hearing of the first summonses to be issued by a union under the Compulsory Unionism Act was adjourned today to October 29. The Newcastle Shop…

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Artist to Die for Child Murder

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 22

LONDON, Fri.: William Sanchez De Pina Hopper, 62 years old artist, was sentenced to death at Lewes, Sussex,…

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