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Courts & crime, 1949

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High Court Application

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. O'Keefe leaving the High Court on Wednesday, when the Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) said the question of the deportation order was of web magnitude that he would have to consider whether or not the application for an…

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Turf Court Case Trainer Sues Horse Owner

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday—The well-known Sydney horse trainer, Cecil clement Rolls, claimed heavy damages for slander from…

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Mr. A. S. A. Kingsford Police Find No Trace

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

Detectives who investigated the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Ainsley St. Aubyn Kingsford. 54. bank clerk (late of Ganmain five…

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Spying on U.S. FORCES Cases for the Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

MUNICH Friday—a 31-year-old waiter on the Orient express from Frontisek to Klecka has been sentenced to 20 years' hard…

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Vaulable Heifer Killed on Common. Police May Act Against Indiscriminate Shooters

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 6

Trustees of the Junee common are between the devil and the deep sen trying to ascertain what is best to do to control…

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Court of Petty Sessions Thursday, February 17 (Before Mr. C. K. Ward, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

Dudley Ernest Green (31), Cecil William O'Neill (32), Frank Morton (25) and Darcy William Rowland (30) were charged with having been…

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Year's Gaol for Tilden

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 4

LOS ANGELES, Friday (A.A.P.): Former world tennis champion, Bill Tilden, was today sentenced to one years THIS was decided at the last…

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Horse Owner Sued by Trainer; Claims Alleged Slander Case Opens in Supreme Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Cleaning heavy damages for slander, Cecil Clement Rolls, prominent Sydney horse trainer, in the Supreme Court today, accused owner Joseph Jeffrey of having said of him that he had doped and "pulled" racehorses…

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Innocent of Murder Says Gaol Chaplain

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

Long Bay gaol chaplin Charles Sumner is convinced the a lifer sentenced for murder a year ago is Innocent, and will…

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Royal Commission Will Continue But Application to Stop It Being Made to Court

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. Justice Ligertwood, Royal Commissioner on the New Guinea timber leases, to-day refused to suspend the…

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Five Years' Gaol for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Alleged to have assaulted a night watchman while armed, 19-year-old Albert Arthur Guinney,…

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Woman Fined for Theft; Sequel to Wagga Park Party

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

A party in Bolton Park, Wagga, had its sequel in Wagga Court yesterday, when an Oura woman was convicted on a charge of stealing £25…

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Quarter Sessions (Today) Before His Honor, Judge Berne Sheep Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

Clarence, Alexander Shoard (66), appeared before the court on three charges of having stolen a total of 69 sheep, the…

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"Confession" By Methodist in Bulgaria 15 Non-conformist Leaders Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): The Bulgarian Press has published an alleged confession by the Rev. Yanko Ivanov, Supervisor of the Bulgarian Methodist…

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Owner in Tears at Supreme Court; Alleged Slander

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday: A racehorse owner, Hugo Miller, who said he loves horses, burst into tears when giving evidence in the supreme court today of being told that his horse, Merry John, had been doped…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Betting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

Claude McDonell (28) and Francis James Ryan (26) were each fined. £20 on charges of having used premises for betting on…

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Will Appear in Court on Bed; Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Crippled for life, a man charged with murder will appear to the Coroner's Court tomorrow on a bed…

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Theft From Junee Store

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

More than £30 in cash was stolen from a Junee store on Monday night. The store of H. J. Treweek,…

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Man Freed on Sheep Stealing Charge at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

At Cootamundra yesterday Judge Berne directed a Quarter Sessions jury to return a verdict of not guilty in a case in which a man was charged with stealing 34 sheep…

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She Failed to Charm The Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Twenty - year - old night club dancer, Zorita—in private life Mrs…

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