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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 60

Good Behaviour Bond Given Exposure Charge in Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 2

A man who admitted wilfully and obscenly "exposing his person to an eight-year-old boy in the public lavatory of a Junee hotel…

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Hitler in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 7

BERLIN, Friday: Hitler was in a German gaol last night—charged with poisoning cows. A report by the Soviet…

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Allegedly Told Police Where Body Was

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: A man accused of murdering his brother told police of a disused mine-shaft, where the…

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Surry Hills Shooting Man Charged by Police

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police yesterday charged a 57-year-old, fishmonger with maliciously wounding a man who was shot…

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Man charged with shooting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday (A.A.P.): Police today charged a 57-year-old fishmonger with maliciously wounding a man who was shot in the stomach in a Surry Hills flat last night…

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The Casio Murder Trial Abbott Pleads Not Guilty

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A police constable told the Criminal Court today that a man charged with…

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Took Bag to Get Quits on Settler Action Cost Man a £10 Court Fine

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 2

An [?]night bag containing a quantity of clothing and toilet requirements valued at £10 all tailled was found to be missing from…

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Mayor Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 3

PUSAN, Monday: The dismissal of the Mayor of Seoul has been recommended by a South Korean…

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Legal Argument Delays Murder Charge Hearing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday? Day long legal argument on the admissability of certain evidence delayed the trial of…

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Police Lecture on Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

A lecture to police officers, on the Act relating to bushfires will be given at Wagga Police Station next Friday at…

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Football Grudge Ended in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

A football grudge was mentioned in the West Wyalong Court of Potty Sessions. Baden Roy Broad, of West…

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Police Pay Too Low Says C.P. Member

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

The NSW police were underpaid, declared Mr. G. R. Crawford (CP, Barwon), in the Legislative Assembly. The…

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Laborer Gaoled for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 2

A 45-year-old laborer was sentenced by Mr. C. A. Blackmore, S.M., at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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81 Years' Gaol Sentence "Tyrolean Monster's" Awful Record

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday—An Italian court at Boizano yesterday, sentenced 41-year-old ex-Nazi, squint-eyed Guidg Zingerie, the…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 2

At the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. C. A. Blackmore, S.M., fined Cecil William Toy, licensee,…

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Alleged Confession of Double Murder, Burning Down Home

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: William Henry Abbott had confessed to shooting a young married couple near Casino and then setting fire to their house, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. G. Ambsbreg, K.C.) alleged in Central Criminal Court today…

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"I Will Kill You" Said Baden Broad Prominent Footballer Fined on Assault Charge

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

The [?] to a [?] Involving prominent sporting personalities, was board in the West Wyalong Court…

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Wagga Youth Gaol for Using Cars

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

"You are a brazen liar," Mr. C. A. Blackmore, S.M., told year-old Wagga laborer at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions after sentencing him to six months' hard labor twice on two counting taken and used cars. The sentences will run concurrently…

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More Police Needed

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

At its recent meeting Carrathool Shire Council decided to place before the Shires Association reasons why additional…

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Double Murder Admission of guilt alleged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A police constable said in Central Criminal Court today he had heard William Henry Abbott, after bursting into tears, say: "I'm definitely guilty of the worst…

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