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Courts & crime, 1952

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Court Stops Attendance Money Ruling Against Watersiders

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—25,000 waterside workers throughout Australian will be effected by the…

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Verdict Favours Gundagai Grazier Court Case Over Tractor Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 2

A Gundagai grazier, Clarence Reardon, successfully defended an action in the Cootamundra District Court this week. Reardon was sued for £300 on the allegation of breach of warranty, in regard to the sale of a tractor…

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Disqualified Truck Driver Sent to Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Sentencing an offending truck driver to three months' goal at Gosford. Mr M. J. McCauley, S.M…

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Police Seeking Information

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

Detective-Sergeant H. Cloke and Detective-Constable L. Lundie are making inquiries with a view to tracing a…

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Waterside Attendance Money Cancelled by Court for Duration of Overtime Ban

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Twenty five thousand water­side workers throughout Australian ports will be affected by the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court today to cancel the payments of attendance…

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Charged with murder of husband

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) today committed a 32-year-old woman for trial on a…

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Old. Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Police today charged a farmer with the murder of a 26-year-old laborer who was found shot…

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Court to Inspect Rail Loco. Fire inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

The hearing of the inquiry into the cause and origin of the bushfires at Ladysmith on January 25…

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Police find body of murdered taxi-driver Shot in Back of Head

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The body of a murdered taxi-driver Was found in a culvert at Church Point, 7 miles North of Sydney, today. The taxi-driver, Edward Fisher, 29, of Oaks Avenue, Dee Why, had been shot…

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Taxi Murder: Youth Held

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: Detectives investigating the murder of Sydney taxi-driver Joseph Edward…

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Man Charged with Shooting with Intent

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Police today charged a man to Par[?]amatta District Hospital with having shot at another man…

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Police Blitz Cuts Road Toll

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Road deaths were halved during the police traffic blitz last week, Traffic Superintendent…

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Police Blitz Halves Road Deaths

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Road deaths were halved during the police traffic blitz last week. Traffic Superintendent…

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Urana Licensing Court One Renewal of Licence Opposed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 7

The annual session of the of the hotel for ten months. Dur-Urana District Licensing Court ing that time he had paid was held at Urana on Friday. £264/5/- in licence fee. When he Mr. Quiggin, Licensing Magis-took over the licence fee was…

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Taxi Murder Youth charged in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 17½-year-old youth was charged at Phillip Street police station early today with having murdered Joseph Edward Fisher, 29, Dee Why taxi-driver, at Church Point…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The following police promotions were announced today:— Senior Constable M. H…

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The Corbett Murder Death Weapon Found

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday Detectives today recovered a heavy bolt which they believe was the…

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Court ballot requested

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: An application for a Court-conducted union ballot to elect, officers of the Builders'…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

An Air Force man who struck a soldier with a bottle after the soldier had used "disparaging remarks about the Air Force" was fined £3 at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Southport Taxi Murder Detectives to Question Sydney Suspect

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday—Inspector Frank Bischof an Det.—Sgt. W. Hocken left Brisbane for Sydney by air today to…

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