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Courts & crime, 1953

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District Court Sittings at Gundagai This Month

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

A special sittings of the Gundagai Quarter Sessions and District Court will be held on 27th and 28th April next…

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Court Orders Mrs. Doyle to Speed Up Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mrs. Marie Joan Doyle, wife of Reginald Aubrey Doyle, bankrupt financier, now in Long Bay Gaol, was today ordered by Mr. Justice Taylor in the High Court to speed the hearing of an appeal she is making…

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Police Patrol for Traffic Breaches To Be Stationed at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

The Officer-in-Charge of Police at Leeton, Sergeant lstclass J. Craig, states that he has been officially notified of…

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Detective Admits He Did Not Warn Man Before Shot Court told of chase and man's death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A detective admitted in Central Court today he did not give a warning, "stop or I'll shoot", before he fired a pistol shot which killed a man…

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Court asked to permit Rosenbergs' execution

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.): The United States Department of Justice yesterday asked the Supreme…

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Jap Charged at Rabaul

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

RABAUL, Sunday: The master of a Japanese fishing vessel was charged at the Rabaul District Court…

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Railway Burglary

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 2

Police are investigating a report that the office of the Railway Maintenance Engineer was broken and entered during the…

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Murder Attempt

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (AAP): Alfred Rodriques, 53, quarrelled with his wife yesterday, grasped her about the…

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Man Charged with Murder of Girl

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Thirty-two year-old Lionel Richard Lee was charged at the city watch-house this…

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Wagga Court items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 2

A Wagga man whose car had bumped into the rear of a police utility in Fitzmaurice Street on February 2, was…

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Mau Leader Sentenced Magistrate's Castigation

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

KAPENCURIA (Kenya), Thursday — Jomo Kenyatta president of the African Union, described in court as the master…

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Doyle Sent to Gaol for Contempt

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 3

The Federal Judge in Bankruptcy (Mr. Justice Clyne) on Tuesday ordered that Reginald Aubrey Doyle be sent to Long Bay gaol, and be…

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Gundagai District Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 2

Recently we mentioned that jurymen might be required for the District Court to be held at Gundagai on 27th April. It…

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King Neptune holds court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Navy Office advises' that the Naval correspondent in H.M.A.S. Sydney has stated that King Neptune and his court boarded the Australian aircraft…

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Turf the Swab Sensation Smith Seeks Police Assistance

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday — T. J. Smith, trainer of the allegedly-doped Doncaster Handicap winner,…

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Adelaide Boy Found in Melb. Police Intercept Car

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday — A nine-year-old boy who has been missing from Adelaide for two days was found today in…

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C.P. court action on seats Bill

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The president of the Legislative Council (Sir Clifden Eager) tonight ruled that the…

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Death of Former Adelong Police SERGEAlNT SGT. W. P. Keating Dies at Harden

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

Officer in charge of the Harden - Murrumburrah Police District, Sgt. William Patrick Keating, died at his…

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Gaol for Sultan

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

DJAKARTA (Indonesia), Thurs. (A.A.P.): Sultan Hamid, of West Borneo, has been sentenced by the…

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Charged with Abduction

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Russel Street police late this afternoon charged a 38-year-old Adelaide truck-driver with abducting nine-year-old John Edwar Ronayne, of West Richmond…

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