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'''Murray Farquhar''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 July 1918{{spaced ndash}}3 December 1993) was an Australian jurist. He was the [[Local Court of New South Wales|Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of New South Wales]] between 1971 and 1977.<ref name="MrBig">{{cite book|last=Reeves|first=Tony|title=Mr. Big: The True Story of Lennie McPherson and His Life of Crime|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=Sydney|year=2005|isbn=1-74114-516-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vlxe0Grm35MC&q=Farquhar,+Murray+Frederick&pg=PA115}}</ref> <br />
Farquhar was born in [[Broken Hill]], [[New South Wales]]. He attended [[Broken Hill High School]] and served in the Australian Army in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. After his military service, he studied law, practiced as a solicitor, and was appointed a magistrate in 1962. He was appointed Chief Stipendiary Magistrate in 1971.<ref name="MrBig" /><br />
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He was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (Military Division) in January 1967.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1110580 It's an Honour]. Retrieved 2 December 2015</ref><br />
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A Royal Commission conducted by [[Laurence Street|Sir Laurence Street]] into the alleged involvement of both Farquhar and [[Premier of New South Wales]] [[Neville Wran]] in the acquittal of former head of the [[Australian Rugby League]] [[Kevin Humphreys (rugby league)|Kevin Humphreys]],<ref>{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090317130451/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/4c40/interviews/manning.htm|url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/4c40/interviews/manning.htm| title=Interview with Peter Manning|date=20 August 2001|work=[[Four Corners (ABC)|Four Corners]]|publisher=[[ABC News Australia]]|archive-date=2009-03-17}}</ref> who was on fraud charges, resulted in Farquhar in March 1985 being sentenced to four years' [[Prison|gaol]] for conspiracy to [[pervert the course of justice]].<ref name="Farquhar adb">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=farquhar-murray-frederick-18242 |title=Farquhar, Murray Frederick (1918–1993) |first=Hilary |last=Golder |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> During his trial, it became clear that Farquhar had deep roots in the criminal community, including connections to [[George Freeman (bookmaker)|George Freeman]] and [[Nick Paltos]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/31/1072546584329.html|title=Doc descended into underworld|last=Brown|first=Malcolm|date=1 January 2004|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2009-03-16}}</ref> Much of the investigative work in the Farquhar case was due to the efforts of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' program and ''[[The Sun-Herald]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.com.au/4corners/4c40/essays/masters.htm|title=Turning 40|date=20 August 2001|work=Four Corners|publisher=ABC News Australia|accessdate=2009-03-16}}</ref><br />
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In March 1991, Farquhar was acquitted of receiving stolen paintings. He had a fatal heart attack on 3 December 1993 while on trial for conspiracy to obtain stolen passports.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Morton, James | author2=Lobez, Susanna | title=Gangland Sydney | date=2011 | publisher=Victory Books | isbn=978-0-522-85870-9 }}</ref><br />
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==Popular culture==<br />
Murray Farquhar was played by [[John Clayton (Australian actor)|John Clayton]] in the docudrama ''[[The Day of the Roses]]'' and by [[John Wood (actor, born 1946)|John Wood]] in the drama series ''[[Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities]]''.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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