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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,481 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 75

Christie's "Lies, Forgery to Conceal Murder"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Jobn Reginald Christie had resorted to a series of deliberate deceits, lies and eventually forgery to conceal the death of his wife, Crown Prosecutor Sir Lionel Beald said in Old Bailey today. Christie, 55-year-old clerk…

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Abduction plan claimed at murder trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A former R.A.A.F. test pilot alleged to have murdered his estranged sweetheart had written letters found in a "honeymoon"…

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Judge's Order to Press Mother's Hysteria in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. Justice McLelland this afternoon ordered withdrawal of newspaper reports of certain evidence in the Murray baby case after unmarried mother, Joan Murray, 22, became hysterical…

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Red Assault on South Koreans

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 1

SEOUL, Wednesday—China Communists, breaking on [?] several days, smashed at a [?] Korean Sector on the…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

A Kapooka soldier, Edward James Thomas, unsuccessfully pleaded not guilty at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions to two charges of stealing, and was fined £5 on each count. Thomas was accused of…

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Man Insane at Time Shooting Took Place, Doctors Tell Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Two leading Melbourne psychiatrists told the Criminal Court today they thought that former test pilot, Lionel Lee, 32, was insane and incapable of reasoning right from wrong when he shot dead his estranged…

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Tumbarumba Property Claim Sons Would Make £120,000 Profit Court Told

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two sons of a wealthy grazier would make £120,000 out of a station their father had given them, the Supreme Court was told today. Austin Mahoney, of Leura, secretary and accountant to…

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12 Months Gaol: 9 Charges of Stealing From Army Store

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 2

A 42-year-old Army corporal was sentenced to a total of 12 months' imprisonment af Wagga's Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on nine charges of stealing from Kapooka Military Camp Quartermasters' Store…

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Man Charged with Intended Suicide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A man this remanded today for seven days' medical observation after having been charged…

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Lee Not Guilty of Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 2

On the ground of insanity, Lionel Richard Lee (32) was found not guilty in the Criminal Court, Melbourne, on Wednesday of having…

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Police Safety Officers Visit Schools

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 4

Officers of the Police Safety Patrol branch visited schools throughout the Gundagai district this week…

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[?] 21 Division Police Raid in Temora

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 3

Members of 21 Division [?]nder Inspector Emerson, [?]aided two Temora premises [?]Saturday afternoon and…

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Stolen Car Hits Tree Guard Police Promptly Pounce [?] Pacey Passengers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 1

The Gundagai Police moved promptly and pounced on five [?] let-footed strangers, who scattered in all direction this morning after a car had struck a tree-guard in Sheridan [?]treet…

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Lee Not Guilty of Murder on Grounds of Insanity: to Be Kept in Custody

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: On the ground of insanity, Lionel Richard Lee, 32, was found not guilty in the Criminal Court tonight of having murdered his estranged sweetheart, Betty Iva Jones, 27…

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Armed Hold-up at Wantabadgery Police Arrest 15-year-Old Youth

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 1

A 15-year-old youth has been arrested by the Wagga Police in connection with a sensational armed hold-up at Wantabadgery last, night, when a shot gun was used to force one of the- village residents to part with the money…

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Youth Charged with Armed Holdup Near Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

A 15 1/2-year-old youth who, police allege, held up a Wantabadgery grazier at gunpoint at his homestead late Tuesday night, was charged at the Wagga…

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Two Burglaries Here Last Night Theft From Theatre

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

A man or men with a "jemmy" last night broke into two local business premises, and stole cash and cigarettes to a total value…

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Christie Sentenced to Death at Old Bailey Insanity Plea Rejected

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Friday — John Reginald Holliday Christie (55), self-confessed strangler of seven women, was sentenced to death in London's Old Bailey last night after a jury of nine men and three…

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Hold-Up at Wantabadgery "I'll Shoot You," Says Youth Lad Arrested After Police Chase

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 5

Five Junee police [?] participated in the search for an armed 15½ year old youth who held up a Wantabadgary…

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Chinese Launch Assault

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1953 · page 2

SEOUL, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A powerful Chinese push on the East Central Front today rolled back the…

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