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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Extended Term for Police Officer

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) sal, today Cabinet had agreed to a two months' extension in…

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Murder and torture in U.N. prison camp

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Toes. (AAP): Murder, ruthless torture and serious riots in the United Nations prison camp of Koja…

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Doctor Charged with Murder of Nurse

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

SYDNEY, Thursday — Dr. George Stanley Thompson, 70, of Carr street, Coogee, was charged, yesterday afternoon, with the…

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Five years for car theft

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) said tonight any person found guilty of car…

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Police Praise Servicemen-firefighters

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

Wagga police yesterday gave high praise to soldiers and airforce men who helped to fight the fire at Mangoplah…

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Defendant Brought Into Court on Stretcher

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., Ronald Charles Anderson was charged that between 1st…

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Appeal to Supreme Court in Yass Rabbit Prosecution Cases Is Any Amount Of Suppression Work Not Complete Answer To Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 7

Before Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., in the Yass Court of Petty Sessions, in connection with a rabbit prosecution against R. L. Corbett, he intimated that an appeal to the Supreme Court will be lodged either by way of prohibition…

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Stealing From Cars Local Man Charged

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

On Saturday night last a suitcase, containing clothing and personal effects, was stolen from a ear parked in front of the…

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Five Years For Car Theft

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 5

The Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) said any person found guilty of ear theft was liable to penal servitude for five…

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Doctor Remanded on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Dr. George Stanley Thompson, 70, of Carr Street, Coogee, was charged with murder in Central Court today, following the death of a woman, allegedly after an…

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Police Control of Motorists

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

"A small section of motorists are objecting to the proposal for the appointment of more traffic police," said Mr. H. E…

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Remanded on an Assault Charge Viction Has Serious List of Injuties

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 7

When the Injuries sustained by Frandszek Majcher, a Polish labourer, were described in toe Cootamundra Court it…

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Tumut Court House Business Transacted During 1951

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

The annual return of business conducted at the Tumut C.P.S. office and Tumut Court for 1951 discloses that there were 227…

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Locals Figure in Divorce Court Firmer Railway Officer Was His Freedom

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 8

A matter of interest was finalised before Mr. Acting Justice O'S[?]lvan this week when ID. A. K Crawley…

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He Had to Meet 2 Wagga Corporals Instead He Met Two Justices in Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

When constable K. Rooke interviewed m solder sitting in a railway carriage at the Jimee station and asked him…

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Minister, Police, Chief, Survey Fires From Air

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) and the Superintendant of Police (Mr. J. D. McAuley) on Saturday noon flew in two small planes over the dev[?]…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said…

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The Motor World Theft of Motor Vehicles

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said Mr. H. E…

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