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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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£200 Wagga Store Theft One-man Job, Police Think

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 2

Wagga detectives believe only one man was responsible for the robbery 'early yesterday morning at T. Edmondson and Co. Ltd. in Gurwood…

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£500,000 Theft?

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 1

MADRID, Wed, (A.A.P.): A Spanish army officer who escaped to France after the alleged theft of £500.000…

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Alleged Theft of Stock at Gregadoo

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 2

Det. Senior Constable Chapman of the Stock Squad Plemington, has arrived in Wagga to assist Det. Sgt…

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Wagga Store Theft One-Man Job Theory

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 1

Detectives believe only one man was responsible for the robbery at T. Edmondson and Co., Ltd., in Gurwood street, wagga…

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TENNIS Single Court Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 2

Owing to the Rarrandera show there will be no play in the single court tennis competition on Saturday next, 6th September. Following is the…

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New District Court Judge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Attorney-General (Mr. Martin) to-day announced that the Governor-in-Council had…

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The Liquor Inquiry Breweries' Obligations to Police

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Eric Callaway, general manager of Tooheoys, told the Liquor Royal…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 1st SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Fined on Betting Charge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 6

William Arthur Wyatt (44) was charged with being in East Street on 16th August for the purpose of betting…

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Seven Years for Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Dennis Carnes, 22, English seaman. was sentenced to seven years' gaol by Judge Holden at…

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Liquor Royal Commission Charges against police named

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: An Acting-Police Sergeant at Dubbo had been found guilty by a departmental inquiry of having solicited and received money from S.P. bookmakers, the Liquor…

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The Hungarian Escapees Appear in Albury Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

ALBURY, Friday—A Hungarian migrant said in Albury Court of Petty Sessions that he wanted to be deported to…

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Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions Driving Under the Influence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 8

At the last Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions, E. Macauley, was charged before Mr Quiggan, S.M.,…

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Worldly Wealth of Two Men -- 2d. Vagrancy charges. In Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 6

When Junee police arrested two men in a pavilion they found that between them they only had two-pence in their…

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Death sentence passed Broken Hill Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Friday: Twenty-three year-old Army cook, Gilbert Ryan, was sentenced to death at the Supreme Court, Broken Hill, today for the murder of 17-year-old Thelma…

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Stir in Court over remark

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: There was a stir at the Central Criminal Court today when the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Harvey Prior, remarked during the hearing of a case that Mr. W. R. Dovey, Q.C…

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Soldier Charged with Rape

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A young married woman was struck over the bead with a bottle and criminally…

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Actu Plan to Defy Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 2

Although Communist influence in the Australian trade union movement has notably decreased, at least one of the…

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Royal Commission on Police Force Country Party Point of View

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 6

The leader of the Country Party (Lt. Col. Bruxner) supported an Opposition move in the Legislative Assembly for a…

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Taxi-murder: 2 Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: In the Central Criminal Court today, two men were sentenced to death for having murdered Sydney taxi-driver William Vincent Corbett…

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Taxi-driver Sentenced on Assault Cha[?]

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A[?]year-old taxi driver was [?]tenced to 18 months' ga[?] Quarter Sessions today [?]…

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