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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Illegal Use of Car. Before Mr. W. FInlay, S.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

Two 18-year-old youths were each fined £10, In default 20 days' hard labor, when they pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally…

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Minister Sentenced for Wife Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday—A sentence of from 40 years to life imprisonment was imposed yesterday on the Rev. George…

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Gaol for cheque forgeries

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A 37-year-old laborer who today was gaoled for 12 months at Central Court on 14…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Railway Theft Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

Royal Ellis Duggan, 41, of 34 Crown street, Cootamundra, was remanded (yesterday on charges if stealing tapestry and clothing…

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Cootamundra man on 3 railway theft charges

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

A Cootamundra man was remanded at the Cootamundra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on charges of stealing tapestry and clothing, valued at £67/7/6, the property of the Commissioner for Railways. He is Royal Ellis Duggan…

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Search for Seventh or Eighth "Murder House" Victim

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Detectives today searched for the possible seventh and eighth victims of the Notting Hill murderer. Fragments of bone have…

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Echo Point Tragedy Police Puzzled Sydney, Tuesday;—

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

Detectives today are trying for reconstruction the movements of Miss Sylvia Green before she…

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Search for Mass Killer Difficult Task of British Police London, Tuesday—

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

British police engaged in their nation-wide manhunt for the man they believe can help them…

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A.C.T.U. and Wages Claim Will ask Court for rejection

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: The A.C.T.U. and other organisations will ask the Arbitration Court to reject the employers' claims in the wages-hours application immediately the employers' case…

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Albury man on indecent assault charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

ALBURY, Tuesday: A 56-year-old painter was today committed for trial at Albury Petty Sessions on a charge…

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Compensation: Court ruling

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Full court today ruled that a man who broke his journey on the way home for a glass of beer or for some other reason was still entitled to compensation if…

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"Murder House" Case Wanted man is found

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Police to-day found John Reginald Halliday Christie, 55-year-old former tenant of the house in squalid West End London Where the bodies of six women…

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Doyle Sent to Gaol: Contempt Over £9000 "Impossible to accept explanation"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Federal Judge in Bankruptcy (Mr. Justice Clyne) today ordered that Reginald Aubrey Doyle be sent to Long Bay Gaol, and be detained there until the Court otherwise ordered…

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Court Asked to End Hours Wages Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Arbitration Court is considering whether it should hear an application by the A.C.T.U. that the employers' claims in the wages-hours case should be dismissed immediately. After two days of legal…

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Two Sergeants at Police Station Indicates Increase in Status

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 8

For the first time in the history of the Junee Police station two sergeants save been permanently attached to…

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Victorian Threat C.P. Court action on seats Bill

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Country Party is expected to take out a Supreme Court injunction…

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Youths Charged with Theft of Car

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

Four youths, who were arrested in Gundagai last week, pleaded guilty on Monday last to the charge of illegally using…

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Clerk Charged 'Murder House' Sequel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): John Reginald Christie, 55, clerk, today was remanded in custody for one week on…

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Gaol-for Tent Thief

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

At the Court or Petty Sessions this morning Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. sentenced a man to one month's hard labor for the theft of a…

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Release of Doyle Refused by High Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The High Court today refused to release Reginald Aubrey Doyle from Long Bay Gaol where he was committed…

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