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Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 60

Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finlay, SM. Milk! Michel Nicholson pleaded guilty to selling adulterated milk…

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Court Told Youth Caused Child's Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday: A 16-year-old youth had callously come home, had tea and gone to the pictures after he had caused…

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Murder Theory in Casino Tragedy Believed to Be Deed of Cunning Killer

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The teenage couple Donald Warner, 19, and his wife, Norma Walker, 17, whose charred bodies wera found in the remains of their weatherboard home near Casino yesterday…

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Charged With Neglect of Dead Wife

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 50-year-old postal officer was today remanded at Burwood Court on a charge of causing his wife's…

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Prison For Two Girls Charged With Vagrancy

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 3

Two young Victorian girls were unmoved when they were sentenced to two months' hard labor each after being convicted on charges of vagrancy by Mr. C. F. Denton, S.M., at Wagga Court yesterday…

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Murder Theory on Double-Death in Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

LISMORE, Tues.: The newly-married couple, whose charred bodies were found in the burnt-out ruins of their home near…

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Horse Trainer Before Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

Lack of a current driver's licence cost a Bathurst horse trainer £2 in the Wagga Court yesterday…

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Wollongong Murder Trial Man Alleged to Have Said: "They Do the Strangle"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday: Detective-Sergeant J. Bateman told the Wollongong Coroner's Court that a Hungarian, charged with murder, had said to him: "They do the strangle. I waited outside."…

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Constable Charged with Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

Sydney police arrested Terence Heffernan (23), a Newtown constable, at the Newtown police station yesterday and charged him with the…

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Man Charged with Murder of Young Couple

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

CASINO, Wednesday: William Abbot. 29, married, a farmer, of Busby's Flat, near Wyan, was charged tonight with the…

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Roll of Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

Sydney C.I.B. detectives have investigated seven suspected murders in New South Wales in the past week. These deaths brought the…

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"Financial Angel" Sent Back to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wed.: Frederick Vanderbilt Field, so-called "Financial Angel" of Leftist causes, was ordered back' to…

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Wife Finds Body Buried; Son Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A young police constable was tonight arrested and charged with the murder of his 49-year-old father at Sydenham on June 2. The constable was dismissed from the police…

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Czech Faces Double Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 5

KANDOS, Wednesday: A 20- year-old Czech <ru charged in Kandos Court today with the murder of Gladys Mines and…

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Body Buried in Backyard Policeman Son Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — A young police constable was last night arrested and charged with the murder of his 49-year-old…

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Healy Sentenced to Six Weeks Notice of Appeal Given

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — The secretary or the Australian Waterside Workers' Federation. James Healy, in the…

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[?]Ree Hungarians [?]Ent for Trial; Wollongong Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday: Three Hungarians today committed for trial on a charge of murder[?] Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, 54, licensee of the Hotel, Wollongong, on June 11…

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Police Essay Competition for Children

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

The New south Wales Police Department has decided to conduct a children's essay competition…

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Court of Petty Sessions Wednesday, July 18 (Before Mr. N. Reidy, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

Arthur Reginald Atkinson (Beclbangra) was charged with being found drunk, but did not appear. His recognisance was forfeited…

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Ex-policeman Charged with Father's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Terence Heffernan, a 23-year-old former policeman, was charged at Newtown Court today with the…

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