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Courts & crime, 1952

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The District Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

In the matter of Thomas Francis Thomas v Allan Thomas Helson in which Thomas claimed £135/13/4 and £141/11/0 for a…

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Lithgow Centre of Railway Thefts Driver Sentenced and Criticised By S.M.

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 6

Railway detectives working under cover have discovered that Lithgow is the point on the western line at which…

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Witness Claims Man Was Driver of Taxi Sydney Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A witness at the inquest on murdered Sydney taxi-driver Joseph Edward Fisher today, identified a 17-year-old Victorian youth as the driver of the dead man's…

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Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 6

The following cases were heard at Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions on 23rd July, 1952 before Mr. A. V. Quiggan,…

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Police Warning to Car Owners in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

Following the theft of a radio from a parked car in Wagga last night, Wagga police request the public not to leave personal belongings in their…

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Shearing contractor's claim disputed in court Wallett V Mccormack

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 6

In the District Court on Wednesday, before His Honour Judge Le Gay Brereton, and Jury, Victor Alan Wallett…

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Leeton District Court Verdict for £402 Cars in Collision on Narrandera Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 4

As earlier reported in our last issue, sittings of the District Court commenced at the Leeton Courthouse on…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Husband

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The wife of a man who was found dead last night with a knife i wound in his chest in a…

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Single Court Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 3

On Saturday last the following players were played: West End defeated Church of England by 41 games [?] defeated Conlans by…

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Tough Guys Not All in Hills. Woman Fined for Assault on Officer

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 7

It is generally thought that the toughs 'uns are all up in the hills, but apparently Bega district has some…

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Police Queried on Murder at Liquor Raid

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Sydney Dutch restaurant proprietor David Bos admitted at the Liquor Royal Commission today that he had asked police raiding his premises why they had not caught the Hacker murderer. But he denied telling them…

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Remanded Fox Sentence; Kapooka Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

Eighteen-year-old Brian Kevin Cranston, Rosly Avenue, Wollahra, was remanded at the Quarter Sessions in…

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Ray Coleman sent to gaol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY. Monday: A well-known boxer was today sentenced to three months' gaol for assaulting a policeman…

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Police Recover Stolen Cab

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Mon.: Picton (N.S.W.) police today recovered a diplomatic car which was stolen from…

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Wagga Court of Quarter Sessions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

Quarter Sessions in Wagga opened yesterday before Judge Brereton. Twenty-seven cases have…

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S.A. Court Welfare Officer Visits Leeton How prisoners are Reclaimed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

Captain J. L. Irwin, Salvation Army Court Welfare Officer and Prisons Chaplain, who has a right of entry to all…

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Cowra Woman Charged Alleged murder of daughters fiance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

COWRA, Tuesday: A 50-year-old woman, of Noonbinna, near Cowra, was arrested today and charged with the murder of her daughter's fiance…

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Certificate Part of £50,000 Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A £50 War Saving Certificate which a woman picked up in a house in Devonshire Street, City,…

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Youth for Trial Taxi Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) today found that Peter Mannington Harvie, 17, murdered Joseph Edward Fisher, taxi-driver, near Church Point; on June 28. Harvie, who comes from Eildon (Victoria) was committed for trial…

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Police figured it out

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK. Tues (AAP)-Reuter A group of 23 not-so-tired businessmen, who went into the country to photograph…

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