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Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 55 of 60

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

At the Wagga Court yesterday, Lachlan McKinnon Gillies. 38, commercial traveller, 6 Gallaway Street,…

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Police Pay Too Low Says C.p. Member

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 6

The NSW Police were grossly underpaid, declared Mr G. R. Crawford (C.P., Barwon, in the Legislative…

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

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

An overnight bag containing a quantity of clothing and toilet requirements valued at £10 all tallied was found to be…

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His Name Rang Bell in Police Memory Now He's Back in His Majesty's Gaol

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

On October 11th. the Coroner conducted an inquiry in Junee into the death of a Norwegian seaman who fell to his death over…

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£3500 Payro[?] Theft in Stolen C[?]

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: [?] masked gunmen held up[?] payroll car crew in [?] hill Street. Redfern, [?]…

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Abbott found guilty of Casino murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A Central Criminal Court jury tonight found William Henry Abbott guilty of the murder of Don Warner, 19, at Wyan, near Casino, on July 15. Abbott stood quietly to attention in the dock as the jury returned…

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The Casino Murder Abbott Found Guilty

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Central Criminal Court jury last night found William Henry Abbott guilty of the murder of Don…

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Court Rules Election Void

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. Justice Dunphy ruled in the Arbitration Court today that Laurence Short, secretary of the A.L.P. Industries' Group within the Federated Ironworkers'…

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Giving Evidence May Prove Costly Youth Sentenced to Six Month H. L.

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

Giving evidence in a Court case in Wagga this week may prove an expensive business for a Junee man who works on the…

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Fined for lighting fires in open air Countryside a Tinder Box Says Magistrate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning bsforc Mr. K. Smith, S.M., two Yanco residents were convicted…

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Police Inspector to Investigate Deals in Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Royal Commission on liquor today asked Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing Police, to investigate hotel deals in which night club proprietor Abraham Saffron bad been involved…

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C.S.I.R.O. is charged with sheep loss: rainmaking at Hay

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A Nimmitabel (New South Wales) grazier is seeking damages from the C.S.I.R.O. for losses he believes were caused by its rain-making experiments…

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Truck, Driver, Vanish From Hume Highway Police Mystified

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

Police in two States are mystified at the disappearance between [?] and Melbourne of a semi-trailer with its [?]…

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Police and Council Examine Parrking Investigation to Aid Traffic Superintendent

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

Aldermen of the Junee Municipal Council in co-operation with Sgt. C. M. Ryan yesterday made an inspection of the parking…

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Truck Vanishes on Hume Highway Police Investigate Mystery OF Missing Driver

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 3

Police in two States are mystified at tee disappearance between Goulburn and Melbourne or a semi-trailer with its 81-ton…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 2

An application by Mr. Otton of Tarcutta for a spirit merchant's licence was made to the Licensing Court which sat…

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Nuns Sent to Gaol After People's Court Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

HONG KONG, Monday—Two French-Canadian Roman Catholic nuns were sentenced to five…

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Cases used in theft recovered

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Investigations into the Bennett and Wood payroll robbery last Thursday took a new turn…

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Convicted of Casino Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

In Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Thursday night, William Henry Abbott, 30, assistant stock inspector, was found guilty of the murder of…

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