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Courts & crime, 1952

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Police Boys Receive £160 From Clay Pigeon Shoot

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 4

The Armidale Gun Club took £160 at its clay pigeon shoot on the racecourse on Friday…

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Three Months' Gaol for Stealing Sheep Worth £4 Suspended If Bond Entered

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

A Bald Nod labourer, who allegedly and slaughtered a sheep, hid the mutton in a baby's cot and covered it with bedclothes, it was stated in the…

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Gaol For Contempt SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

Elwyn Thomas, 40, reputed to be the largest sly-grog operator in Sydney, was committed to…

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Inverell Police Recover Stolen Guyra Truck

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

A 4-ton truck stolen from Guyra early today was recovered later this morning by the Inverell…

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In Custody for Court Contempt

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Elwyn Thomas (40), reputed to be Sydney's largest sly-grog operator,…

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Court Sequel To Midkin Shearing

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

MOREE: Information brought by Roy William Wilson, on behall of the Australian Workers' Union, against…

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18 Months' Gaol for Cattle Stealing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 4

A sentence of 18 months imprisonment was imposed by His Honour, Judge Storkey. V.C., at the Inverell Quarter…

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Court Claim On Sinking Phone Pole Holes

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 7

His Honor Judge Storkey V.C., found for the plaintiffs, Leslie Williams and E. Sloman, in the Inverell District…

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Burglar Suspects Drive at 100 M.P.H. to Beat Police Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 15

Three men and a woman suspected of safebreaking, made a 100 m.p.h. escape in a stolen…

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Stealing Charge

The Uralla Times · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 4

Recently a visitor to Uralla Post Office left her handbag temporarily on a seat. When she returned to the place she…

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Missing Truck Found; Man Charged

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 1

Between Sunday night and Monday morning a four-ton Federal trick valued at £1500 was stolen from the property…

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Police Transfer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 8

Cor[?] [?] [?] has been [?] [?] [?] [?] worth to [?] [?] [?] raffic officer at Tamworth…

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More Police Traffic Patrols

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. expresses keen satisfaction at the announcement by Mr. Sheahan, Minister for Transport, that 20…

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Gadget Beats Car Thieves, Say Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

Senior police officers are certain that thefts of cars would drop sharply if this device were fitted…

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District Court Case Adjourned Unexpectedly

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 13

A case listed for hearing at the District Court before Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., on…

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Reader Of "Wild Westerns" Before Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 7

"Defendant was fond of rending 'Wild Westerns', and when arrested there was a book. "The Dead or Alive…

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Former Licensee of Grand Hotel in Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

A former hotel licensee appeared before Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M., at Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to face a charge of refusing to supply a meal…

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Communist Riots in Japan Quelled by Police Tokyo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

Over 10,000 Japanese police, mobilised on emergency alert, quelled coordinated…

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Magistrate Transferred

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

Mr. L. E. Stapleton, S.M. has been notified of his transfer from the New England circuit to the metropolitan area…

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F.B.I. To Help Solve Killara Murder SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

United States P.B.I. has been asked to help Sydney detectives find the murderer of Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker, who…

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