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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,481 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 75

Man Charged with Camp Pell Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 30-year-old motor mechanic was today committed for trial on a charge of murder arising oat of the death of a 50-year-old man at Camp Pell on New…

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Sentenced on stabbing charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Pietro Florio, 28, Italian laborer of Canberra, was sentenced to 18 months' gaol by Mr. Justice…

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£1000 Reward in Butler Murder Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The State Government will offer a £1000 reward for information leading to the…

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Police Search for Doyle Continues

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Police are still conducting an Australia-wide search for Reginald Albury Doyle, 41, wanted for…

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Magistrate Discharges Young Man on Charge of Negligent Driving After a Junee Collision

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 7

BECAUSE HE WAS NOT SATISFIED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT RAYMOND FRANCIS GARDINER HAD DRIVEN NEGLIGENTLY IN BELMORE STREET ON NOVEMBER 1st., THE…

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Could Not Find Appendix, Court Told Wollongong Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Thursday: Dr. Henry Michael Price said in Wollongong District Court today that a surgeon who had admitted that his…

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SERGT. C. Ryan Farewelled in Junee Court Tansfer May Be Means of Promotion

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

An official farewell was extended to Sergeant C. Ryan at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday…

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Bank teller charged with theft of £1000

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday: Plainclothes Constable V. O'Sullivan said in the Police Court today that a bank teller…

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B.M.A. Defence Union mentioned in Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Friday: "Every doctor had the right to make mistakes, migrant doctor Henry Michael Price declared in Wollongong District Court today. Dr. Price, who is claiming…

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Gaol Sentences for Gundagai Store Robbery

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

Three young men who pleaded guilty to charges of breaking, entering and stealing from the Gundagai Stribley…

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Police Break Up Boy's Gang

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday—Detectives attached to Kew. C.I.B. have broken up a gang of five 13 and 14-year-old boys who are…

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May Soon Locate Doyle, Police Believe

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police believe they will soon locate Reginald Aubrey Doyle, wanted in connection With the Placer Development Ltd. forged shares swindle. C.I.B. detectives said…

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Mystery Woman in Doyle Case Police-Searching for Her

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—"A mystery woman" is now figuring in the week-old mystery disappearance of Reginald Aubrey…

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M.l.a. Says Doyle's Car No. in Parlt. House Police Box

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Dr. L. J. Parr, M.L.A. for Burwood, tonight claimed that he had seen Reginald Doyle's car number in the police box at Parliament House on Friday morning…

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Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 6th FEBRUARY Asked to be Locked Up (Before Mr. F. J. Hale, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

Patrick Anthony Connare (or Patrick Joseph Connare), 50 years of age, was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support…

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Gaol Sentences for Gundagai Store Robbery

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

Three young men who pleaded guilty to charges of breaking entering, and stealing from the Gundagai stribley…

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Inquest on Brisbane Murder Opens

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Betty Thompson Shanks, 22, had received two mystery phone calls two days before she was brutally murdered, Brisbane Coroner's Court was told today. The Court was told this by…

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Court Closed for Vice Trial Lurid Details Withheld From Public

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday—The Press and public were excluded yesterday from the hearing of prosecution evidence in the vice…

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Committed for Trial on Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M. in yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions, committed 29-year-old Victorian laborer George L. Mathieson for trial on a count of break, enter and steal…

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Goulburn Woman Fined £15 for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

A 23-year-old Goulburn housewife, whose husband earned £14 a week and gave her nothing, was fined a total of £15 at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions on two counts of…

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