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Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 74

Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 3
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News

By passing legislation designed to take still further Parliamentary seats from country districts the State…

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Grant on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday: A man migrant was charged newcastle Court today with murder of his son-in-law…

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Four unions to appear in Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. Justice Kirby, of the Federal Arbitration Court, today ordered four unions with…

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Men Charged with Darwin Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 1

DARWIN, Friday: Two New Australians have been charged with the murder of a Darwin taxi owner. They are Jerry…

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Mailbag Theft

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police have not yet discovered any leads in their investigations into the theft of the contents…

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Migrants on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 3

DARWIN, Sunday: Two new Australians were charged in Darwin Police Court yesterday with the murder of Darwin…

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Awards for aid to Sydney police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Two British midshipmen who helped Sydney police arrest two men last July received…

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Wagga Motorist Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

A witness at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday said that he and a friend did not call the police after a motor accident "because we did no want to make things unpleasant for the other driver." The witness, Laurence Alan…

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Boy on Trial for Double Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

BENDIGO, Tuesday: A 14-year-old farm laborer, Walter George Atkins, is standing trial in the Bendigo Supreme Court on charges of hav­ing murdered Robert William Trewin, 40, grazier,…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

A 31-year-old soldier was sentenced to three months' hard labor at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. The sentence was sus­pended upon him entering into a £20 bond to…

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African Crisis Mystery of Country Police

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Wednesday — Opposition members demanded an explanation in the House of Assembly last night of the…

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Two New Supreme Court Judges

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — State Cabined has approved of the appointment of Mr. Athol Richardson, Q.C., Liberal…

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2 new Supreme Court Judge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: State Cabinet to proved the appointment of Mr. Athol [?] son, Q.C., Liberal Member for Ashfield Legislative Assembly, as a Supreme Court…

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Man charged with murder of wife

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

SCONE, Wednesday; A 40-year-old laborer was remanded, at Scone Court today on a charge of having murdered…

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Sheep Stealing Case Before Appeal Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2

A Hillston District sheep stealing case figured in an important ruling given by the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney on…

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Police gave incorrect evidence, Wagga witness tells Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

James Henry Dennis told the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday [?] five police witnesses had given incorrect evidence against him. Dennis, 50, monumental mason, Berry Street, Wagga, was charged [?] having on March 3 driven a truck in Tarcutta Road whilst under the…

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Stealing Country Seats Government Hypocrisy Exposed

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

By passing legislation designed to take still further parliamentary seats from country districts the…

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Boy Guilty of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

BENDIGO, Wednesday: With a strong recommendation for mercy on the grounds of his youth and upbringing, a Supreme Court jury at Bendigo today found Walter George Atkins, 14,…

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Year's Gaol for Using Mr. Ditzell's Car

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2

Raymond Stanley Megee, 20, labourer, of Jennings Street, Stawell, Victoria, was sentenced at the Central Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney…

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