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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Sheep-stealing Heavy Sentence

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 8

Sentences of one, three and six months were imposed at the Police Court on Thursday when pleas of…

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16 Dead, 30 Wounded In Latest Suez Canal Zone Clash Egyptian Police to Shoot on Sight

North West Champion · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 1

CAIRO, Monday.—Sixteen persons were killed and 30 others wounded in a three hour gun fight between British troops and Egyptians in the Suez Canal town of Ismailia yesterday, the…

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Member Advocates Higher Police Pay

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 9

A plea that members of N.S.W. police force receive higher pay, was made in State Parliament by the…

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The Higher Learning Goes to Gaol

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 6

A new mental life has begun behind prison bars for a 50-year-old housebreaker serving a four-year sentence—he…

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Murder Trial Opens at Casino Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

A police constable told a Criminal Court today that a man charged with murder told him in his cell he was guilty of the worst crime on the calender…

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Higher Pay for Police Urged

North West Champion · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 6

Improved pay conditions for country police were urged by the Member for Barwon, Mr. Geoff Crawford, D.C.M., when speaking on the estimates for the Premier's Department in the…

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Manilla Court of Petty Sessions

Manilla Express · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 3

There was a large list of cases before the S. M., Mr. J. B. Hodgson in the Manilla Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Egypt Orders Police To Shoot British On Sight Tension Mounts As Situation Deteriorates

North West Champion · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—Egypt is reported to have ordered all police at Suez to "shoot on sight" any British troops entering the city. An American United Press…

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Young East German Defies People's Court

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 3

Herman Flade, a 19-year-old student in East Germany, has become to many of his countrymen a symbol of courageous…

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Many Cases at Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

A lengthy list of cases was dealt with at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wedensday by the Stipendiary…

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Assault on Telephone Costs Man £10

North West Champion · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 13

Telephones can be aggravating things but when they go wrong or you. get die wrong number you must not commit mayhem upon the instrument…

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Hectic Joy Ride Ends in Court

North West Champion · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 5

A youth's joy ride on a motor cycle that did not belong to him and a 40 m.p.h. chase by police through the streets of Moree, had its sequel in Moree Petty Sessions on Monday when Albert…

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Estate Agent and Wife In Court SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

Joseph Aubrey Francis, known as John Francis, and his 21-year-old wife, Judith…

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Police Court Suspended Sentence for Embezzlement

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

When Lewis R. Charlton, of West Narrabri, was convicted of embezzlement of £2/17/9, the property of Logan's…

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Police Seek Phone Caller SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

A search is being made by the police for a man they believe can identify the…

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Fresh Lead in Killara Murder SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 1

Detectives investigating the murder of Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker went to Newcastle today following a…

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