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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 9

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the State…

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Woman Committed for Trial on Attempt to Murder Charge

North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

Lorna Irene Claydon was committed to stand her trial at Moree Quarter Sessions by Mr. N. G. S.M., at Moree Petty Sessions last Monday, on a charge of shooting her husband, Ronald Victor…

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£10 For Assault

North West Champion · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 7

Douglas J. Lysaught was fined £16 by Mr. N. C. Hawes S.M. at Moree Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Boxer Charged Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

The twenty-seven years old former boxing champion, Selwyn Meredith Hamilton, will appear at Prahran court on…

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Stealing Country Seats. Government Hypocrisy Exposed

North West Champion · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 5

By passing legsilation designed to take still further parlimentary seats from the country districts the State Government has shown…

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Two Years for Indecent Assault

North West Champion · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 9

Victor Bartlett was found guilty at Moree Quarter Sessions on Tuesday on a charge of indecenttly assaulting a seven-year-old girl. His Honour Judge P. V…

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Station Manager Acquitted On Charge Of Stealing £350

North West Champion · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 5

A Quarter Sessions jury at Moree on Monday found Nathan Robinson Kent not guilty of stealing. Kent was charged with that on…

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U.S. Court of Appeals Restores Govt. Control Of Steel Of Appeals Restores Govt. Control Major Crisis Developing In Whole Industry

North West Champion · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.— The United States Court of Appeals last night restored Government control of the nation's steel industry by staying the effectiveness of the Federal Court…

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Police Raid Locates Missing Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

The Pillage Squad of the police last night recovered dress materials and brandy valued…

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Police Investigate Berala Train Smash Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

The cause of yesterday's rail disaster at Berala is expected to hinge principally on the technical assistance of the Railway Department, C.I.B. Detective-Inspector J. J…

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Not Guilty Of Stealing Tyre

North West Champion · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 5

John Arthur O'Neill was acquitted by a Quarter Sessions Jury on a charge of stealing a tyre from Reids garage on December 5. Detective Constable W. L.'…

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POlice Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

At the police court last thursday, James A. Burr was again remanded on six charges of stealing and of…

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Charged with Murder of Two Husbands Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

C.I.B. detectives today arrested a 32-year-old woman, Mrs. Yvonne Fletcher, of Ferndale St., Newtown, and charged her with the murder of two men to whom she had been…

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Water-siders Granted High Court Order Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

The High Court today gave the Waterside Workers' Federation an order restraining the Full Arbitration Court and the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association from…

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New Australian Sentenced to 12 Months

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 8

As the result of a series of occurrences culminating in the wounding of a police constable at…

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Jury Accommodation at Narrabri Court House Criticised

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 5

The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. T. O. Ziems, and Mr. G. Amsberg Q.C., during the Supreme Court sitting on Tuesday strongly criticised the jury accommodation provided at the Narrabri Court House…

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Inquest on Hacker Murder Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 1

An inquest into the death [?] Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker [?]as been fixed for July 15. The chief of the C.I.B.,…

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Police Action on Night Clubs

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

The Liquor Royal Commissioner Mr. Justice Maxwell, said to-day he would be…

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Ring Closed Around Berlin By East German People's Police Outcome of West Signing Bonn Convention

North West Champion · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—The East German People's Police tightly closed "the ring around Berlin" when they dropped a new iron curtain from midnight along the whole 600 miles of the…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

The following is a summary of the cases before the S.M. (Mr. J. B Hodgson) at the Manilla Court of Petty…

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