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Courts & crime, 1951

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Four Men Are Arrested by Wagga Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

Pour men were arrested by Detective-Sergeant H. Cloke and Detective-Constable L. Lunate following Investigations yesterday…

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Five in Court, Charged With Murder at Sydney Night Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: William Hollebone and John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, who together with three other people, have been charged with the murder of the former boxer, William John ("Bobby") Lee, were manacled to detectives and under heavy police guard when they entered the City Coroner's Court…

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Alleged Murder of NewlyMarried Couple; X-Ray Photos Screened in Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

CASINO, Thursday: A special apparatus to show X-ray photographs was set up in the Casino Coroner's Court today. It is believed to be the first time that this procedure has been adopted in an Australian court. THE Coroner (Mr. E. Jones)…

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The International Court of Justice

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 4

The following text is from an address given to the Leeton Rotary Club by Mr. It. T. W. Jane, B.Sc, Dip. Ed., Principal of the…

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Story of Assault on Young Girl; Inquest on Double Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

CASINO, Friday: Duncan Paul Myrah Warner told the District Coroner to-day his son told him Orma Jean Warner had been assaulted by a man when she was only 13 years old. The grazier told the Court his son, Donald Warner, 19, husband of Orma…

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More Evidence At Night Club Murder Probe

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A detective alleged at the City Coroner's Court today that Walter Dennis Hodder told him that "Chow" Hayes fired the shots which killed the former boxer, William John ("Bobby")…

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Police Officers Welcomed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

Before proceeding with the cases listed in Cootamundra Court this morning, Mr. W. Finlay, SM, welcomed…

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Court Acquits Driver After Fatal Accident at Cowra

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

Early, this year, an elderly couple couple, Mr. and Mrs. O'Dwye, of West Cowra, were walking along the Young road, Cowra, on thier…

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Eleven Arrests in Five Hours Junee Police Busy On Saturday Night

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 5

Although of course startles are not kept of such occurrences, Junee police officers may have established a record on…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay, SM. Treeguard!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2

Horace T. Moore, of Murray street, was fined £1, with £1/10/ costs, for stealing a tree guard, the property of the council on…

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Betting in Street Yanco Man Charged

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

Harold James Thompson was charged at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last for being in the street at Yanco on…

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Alleged Negligent Driving Motor Mechanic Charged Apter Street Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

A collision between two motor cars in Pine Avenue on the evening of Wednesday, June 6, had a sequel in the Leeton…

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Show-Time Warnings by Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

SPECIAL arrangements have been made to have extra police in Wagga during the Show period, including detectives…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finaly, SM. Stealing! William Alfred Bornen (23, of Stockinbingal, was only fooling…

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Witnesses Say Girl Was Scared Of Man On Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

CASINO, Monday: Witnesses today told the Coroner that Orma Jean Warner had told diem she was frightend of William Henry Abbott. They were giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Don Warner, 19, and his 17-year-old wife, whose charred remains were found in their Wyan…

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Gaol for Incest; Counsel's Claim

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday: Robert Gordon Patterson, who fell in love with his teenage sister, now 17, was today sentenced to 2½…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 2

MR. R. E. Harvey, S.M., with 22 traffic offences [?] three offensive behavior [?] in 45 minutes at the [?]…

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Child's Skeleton Found; Man on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Sequel to a police search for a three-months-old child's body was the finding of a child's skeleton in a…

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New Australian Who Lived in the Soviet Says It Should Be Named "International Murder Inc,"

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

The most dramatic and at the same time a damming conviction of communism happened during a meeting held at Goulburn by the well-known speaker, Dr. P. J. Ryan, when a New Australian came to the microphone after Mr. C…

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Star's Son Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 6

HOLLYWOOD, Wed. (A.A.P.): Richard Dix, 15-year-old son of the late film star, was alleged in court yesterday to be the…

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