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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,370 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 69

Baby's Body Found in Yard Man and Woman Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Five detectives dug for more than half an hour in the backyard of a house at Highett last night to uncover the body…

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Nightclub Case for Full Court Saffron's Application

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Legal action in the Supreme Court today made ineffective for three weeks a declaration by Mr. Justice Richardson…

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Youth Charged

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

Bathurst police yesterday charged a 19-year-old Bathurst youth and charged him with two counts of breaking, entering and stealing. The youth has…

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Boxer on Bond Assault Case

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Prominent boxer, Harry Hayes (24) was convicted in Central Court today on a charge of assaulting a Chinese…

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Baby's Death Young Mother Charged

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 19 years old girl was alleged in the City Court today to have killed her newly torn baby girl by throwing her on…

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Cyanide Death Murder Theory

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 3

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday: The possibility of murder was officially raised yesterday in the strange cyanide death of a New York…

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Death Sentence Imposed Murder of Prisoners

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Colonel Karl Buck, former Nazi camp commandant in Alsace, and Karl Nus[?]berger, one of his guards,…

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New Court House

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Congestion at the Parramatta Court should be eased next month when a new court house and office of Petty Sessions is…

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Red Leaders Guilty Us Court Verdict

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday: A Federal Court yesterday found 13 Communist leaders guilty of conspiring to teach and advocated the overthrow of the…

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Murder of Woman Husband Charged

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A 55-years-old man had admitted battering his wife to death with a 3[?]b sledge hammer at Eastwood three weeks after he was…

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Cafes May Refuse Service to Negroes U.S. Court Ruling

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday: The Federal Court of Appeals yesterday ruled it was not unlawful for restaurants and other eating places in…

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Murder Alleged

Central Western Daily · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. — Allegations that Australian Arthur Yencken, wartime acting British Minister in…

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Police Patrols Meant Smooth Run for Traffic

Central Western Daily · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

Twenty policemen from Orange and a further 40 from Sydney were directly and indirectly employed to ensure the smooth running of traffic to the Gnoo-Bals motor racing circuit…

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C.I.B. Baffled in Waverton Murder Inter-State Lead Discounted

National Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Detectives investigating the murder of 21 years old Shirley Butler report no new developments…

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Soldier Charged with Aiding Japs in Philippines

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- John David Provoo, former U.S. army sergeant charged with treason, testified in his own defence…

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Police Hunt for Murderers

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

NAIROBI, Monday.— police Hunting the Killers of British farmer Roger Ruck his wife and six and…

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Thefts From Stores Husband and Wife Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

A husband and wife between them lived by stealing from retail stores, police prosecutor Sgt. Goode said in Central Court today…

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Refusal to Fight Court Martial Verdict

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 4

SEOUL, Monday: The US Third Division said yesterday that 92 members of the 65th regiment—not 88 as previously announced—had been…

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Theft at Naval Base

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday: Detectives are investigating the theft of £759 from a safe at HMAS Albatros the naval training establishment at Nowra…

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Inquiry Into Gaol Break

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- An inquiry began today into the attempted gaol-break yesterday, by four criminals at…

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