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Courts & crime, 1953

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Cootamundra Refuses to Hand Over Maher Cup Interim Injunction Granted By Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 1

An interim injunction relative to the Maher Cup protest and appeal between the Cootamundra and Harden - Murrumburrah Clubs was granted by His Honor Mr. Justice McClelland in the Supreme Court in Sydney last Friday. This…

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Airman May Face Court Martial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 1

CAIRO, Monday (A.A.P.): Leading Aircraftsman Anthony Rigden may face a court martial over his disappearance, usually reliable British sources said in…

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Police Hunt for Gunman Battle for Victim's Life

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday— C.I.B. detectives are making an intensive search of Sydney's underworld…

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Sale of Newspaper Shares Court Grants Injunction

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. Justice McLelland in the Equity Court today granted an ex-parte injunction until Wednesday to restrain John Fairfax and Sons…

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State Full Court Ruling "Peeping Toms" to be punished

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: The State Full Court today ruled that "peeping Toms" cannot escape punishment for being on premises and looking through…

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Charged with slaying child

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man and his de facto wife, charged with having feloniously slain a child, were again allowed…

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Airman Charged in Egypt

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP): The Royal Air Force has formally charged Aircraftman Anthony Rigden with…

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Wagga Court items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 2

Two Wagga men were each fined £20 at yesterday's Court of Perry Sessions for street betting. Jack Smith, 50, of Macleay…

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Gun Duel Sequel Police seeking two men

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Police are seeking two men who are alleged to have had a brief gun duel with a householder in Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy, early this…

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Man Tells Court About Axe Killing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 28-year-old axeman said in Central Criminal Court today that he killed his companion with an axe in their shack at Mascot, buried the body, and prayed over the grave for the dead man's soul…

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Deterring Car Theft

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. congratulates the Government on two essential steps being taken in the campaign to deter car theft…

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5 years' gaol for indecent offences

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday: William Henry Long, 58, self-styled world head of the Rosicrucian Order of the…

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Man Found Not Guilty of Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 3

Mr. Blackmore S.M., found in the Petty Sessions yesterday that a railway gatekeeper was not guilty of assaulting a middle-aged woman. The woman, Mrs. Josephine Taylor, who is gatekeeper at…

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Court Order on "Sun" Shares

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A motion for an injunction to restrain two newspaper companies from dealing in shares in Associated Newspapers Ltd. was stood over until September 14 by Mr. Acting…

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Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 28th AUGUST

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1

John Victor Maguire (Shepparton, Vic), 31, was fined 10/, in default 24 hours, on a charge of being found drunk, and £1/10/, in default three…

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Noise and Smoke But Goulburn Court Goes on

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 5

A sizzling noise, which grew louder and was accompanied by a cloud of smoke rising up beside the S.M.,…

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Three Years' Gaol for Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A man who killed another after a drunken brawl was sentenced in Central Criminal Court'…

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Theft of Flowers at Roundhouse Official Beautification Efforts Thwarted

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 6

If only the culprits can be apprehended, action will be taken against those who are stealing flowers from the…

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Cafe proprietor defends himself with waddy Two Men Charged with Offensive Behaviuor

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 4

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last when two men were charged with offensive behaviour in the…

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