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Courts & crime, 1952

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More Riots in Tunis Police Fire on Demonstrators

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

TUNIS, Wednesday — Police tired on Nationalist demonstrators yesterday when they hurled a grenade and showers…

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Bus Skids Into Flood Waters Police Praised for Rescue Work

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — Twenty-seven passengers of a tourist bus, which skidded into flood waters at Bego yesterday, today praised the efforts of police who made twelve boat trips to rescue them…

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Police Assault Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

Following an incident during an arrest yesterday afternoon, Arthur Wilson (31), of Cootamundra, appeared before Mr. H…

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Taxi Driver's Allegations of Assault

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

A Wagga taxi driver alleged at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that passenger in his cab had assaulted him on February 17 on a trip from Wantabadgery to Wagga…

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Czech Stabbed in Melbourne; Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Fol­lowing the stabbing of a 35 year-old Czech during a brawl outside the North Melbourne…

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70-Year-old Man Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

Seventy-year-old Robert Painter, whom police diclosed had a long list of previous convic­tions for stealing, false pretences and…

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Six Months' Gaol for Young Motor Cyclist

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A youth found guilty of riding a motor cycle while under the infiuence of liquor was sent to…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

A 27-year-old soldier was fined a total of £37 at the Wagga Court of Petty Ses­sions yesterday on three…

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A.g.t.u. to Discuss Eefusal on Margins Court Challenge?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A special meeting the A.C.T.U. Emergency Committee will be lied within the next few days to discuss die, lotted refusal of Conciliation Commissioner…

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Fined for Assault on Taxi-driver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

At the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yes­terday a 32-year-old fencing contractor was fined a total of £13/2/ on two counts of having on February 17 assaulted Philip Stapleton and failed…

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Criticism of court case congestion

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Congestion in Supreme Court law lists was today criticised by two Judges of the Court…

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South African Storm Over Court Curbs

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Wed. (AAP): South Africa's Minister of the Interior (Mr. T. E. Dongas) yesterday accused the…

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One Over, All Over Unusual Police Station Incident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday—"Chain reaction" landed a Boston policeman in hospital yesterday…

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Assault on Train, Man in Hospital £3 Fine Imposed in Junee Police Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

A man, Edgar Leslie Turner, has been in hospital as a result of an assault which took place in a carriage of…

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District Grazier Recognises 4 Year Old Bag Skewer During Evidence In Stealing Case at Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

A JUNEE DISTRICT GRAZIER MR. R. A. A. LEHMANN, TOLD COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS THAT HE COULD POSITIVELY IDENTIFY A BAG SKEWER WHICH HE HAD CONSTRUCTED…

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Police Told of Armed Hold-up

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A man had held him up with a revolver, pressed a Jungle knife against his stomach,…

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Disappeared and Owed £20 BOARD Mechanic Fined in Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 3

A 31-year-old mechanic, Jim Parker, has had a £5 fine added to the £20 board he owes at a Junee hotel…

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Local Items Police Sale

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 2

The Wagga Police will conduct a sale of bicycles and various other articles, including furs, coats and jewellery…

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Dangerous powder Warning by police to hospitals

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Police tonight issued argent warnings to all hospitals—public and private—in the State…

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Shooting Sequel Man fails in appeal to Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri: Charles Henry Mills, 27, of South Melbourne, who was wounded in the leg following a…

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