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Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 60

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 2

A CONVICTION and a fine of £10 with costs, in default 21 days' hard labor, was recorded against against a Geelong…

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Arrest for Fitzroy Murder Woman Strangled 14 Months Ago

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Stanley Henry Shaw, 31, of Fitzroy, was attested today and charged with the murder of a…

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New Australian in Junee Court Remanded to Albury on Serious Charges

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 1

A New Australian, Peter Petrosal, of Belmore street, appeared In the Junee Police Court this morning, and after having a…

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Police Say Men Admitted Stealing Cars

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police claimed in the Burwood Court today that two men had admitted stealing four Holden cars…

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Not Guilty of Sheep Stealing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

Dudley Clift was charged, at Narrandera Quarter Session last week, before Judge Berne and a Jury, with stealing 200 sheep, the…

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Murder Charge In Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A man was charged in the City Court this morning with having murdered Sylvia Holmes, aged 22…

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Four Years for Laborer on Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Robert Alexander Dhu. a 31-year-old laborer, of Anglo Road, Greenwich, who had pleaded guilty…

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Remanded on Charge of Cabaret Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: William Hollebone, a 25-year-old laborer, was remanded without bail until August 16 in the Central Court…

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Botany Bay's Dash Skip Court's Good Gallop

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Cornell, who will be ridden by Arthur Ward in the Two-Year-Old Handicap at Moorefield on…

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Adelong Police Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

At the Adelong Police Court last week before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., Stanely Hubert Toner was charged with stealing a fork from…

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Another Arrest in Ziegfield Murder Case Detectives Raid House in Ultimo

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—After a six weeks' detectives early today arrested John Frederick "Chow" Hayes, 39, at gunpoint, and charged him with the murder of ex-boxer Bobby Lee…

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Grazier Charged with Murder of Wife

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

QUIRINDI, Friday A wealthy grazier was charged at Quirindi Police Court today with the murder of his wife…

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Alibi Defence Expected in Cabaret Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Arrested at Ultimo in the early hours of this morning. John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, 39, later…

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Grazier Charged with Murder of Wife

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

A wealthy grazier was changed Quirindi Police Court on Friday with the murder of his wife. He is Thoma Langhorne Fleming, 42, of Mount…

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Police Probing Sydney Murder; Seek Young Man

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police inquiries into the murder of 82-year-old George Brett at Millers Point on Thursday night, were…

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Pair of Skates Is Vehicle Ruling Of London Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 7

A London magistrate held that a pair of roller skates was a “vehicle” under the British Road Traffic Act…

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Comic Court, for Second Year, Rated Best Horse

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Comic Court is rated Australia's outstanding horse for the second successive year, heading the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Handicappers regard him the equal of Peter Pan by allotting him 9.11 for…

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Alleged Assault in Hotel Bar Customer Charges Licensee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., the licensee of the Hotel Leeton, James…

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Daring Escape From Pentridge Gaol Rope Ladder Used

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday — Police are searching for a prisoner, Victor Franz, who used a rope ladder to escape from…

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Three Charged With Conspiracy Against Coota. Coursing Club

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday: Three men appeared at the Central Court today in answer to charges of conspiring to defraud the Cootamundra Coursing Club and other persons by the alleged ringing-in of a greyhound…

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