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Courts & crime, 1953

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Stabbing Charge at Cootamundra New Australian Appears In Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

Police last week arrested a 30 years old New Australian and charged him with mallclous wounding, after a man…

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Court of Petty Sessions TUESDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY (Before Mr. W. MacAndrew, S.M.) Fined for Obstructing Council's Officer

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

Yanko Shire Council v. Thomas Edward Earsman, obstructing a Council's officer on duty. Plea not guilty…

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Leeton Man Charged with Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Arthur Patrick Smith, 39, laborer, of Back Yanco Road, Leeton, was charged in Central Court…

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Knife drawn in hotel bar New Australian Sentenced to 14 Days Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

Before Mr. W. R. Cox, J.P. at Leeton Police Court on Monday, Michael Skorenko, 24 years old labourer from the…

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Returned to Parramatta Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

Lawrence Lionell Blackett. who on Thursday last was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on charges of presenting…

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Leeton Man on Murder Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Arthur Patrick Smith, 39, laborer, of Back Yanco Road, Leeton, was charged in Central Court,…

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Fair Rents Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

At the Leeton Fair Rents Court on Friday last, Mr. K. Smith, S.M., fixed the rental of a cottage at 14 Mulga, Street…

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Court Case Adjourned

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

The charges against Arthur Richard Lloyd, bus driver, for falling to atop after an accident and negligent driving were held…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finlay, SM. Sgt A. Greig, Police Prosecutor. Malicious Wounding…

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Claims Against Rspca Settled Out of Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Two £1000 claims against the R.S.P.C.A. have been settled on undisclosed terms, Judge…

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Third gaol sentence for stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 2

A 54-year-old laborer, who had served two gaol sentences in the last four years for stealing, was sentenced yesterday at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions to three months' imprisonment…

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Wagga Court items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 2

Andrew Graham Hepburn, clerk, Johnston Street, was fined £3 with costs at the Wagga Court of Petty sessions, yesterday, after pleading not guilty to a count of having driven his car…

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Settled Two Actions Out of Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two actions for alleged slander brought against former R.S.P.C.A. president (Major…

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Migrant Attacked with Bottle? Refuses to Talk To Police

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

A migrant, bleeding profreely from a wound in his left side, was found in mysterious circumstances Just…

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Doyle in Bankruptcy Court Had Accounts Under Many Names

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Reginald Aubrey Doyle admitted in the Bankruptcy Court today that lie held accounts with several…

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Junee's Sergeant Arriving To-night Two Senior Officers for Local Police Station

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

Sergeant R. Cashmere, of Campbelltown; is expected in Junee to-night or early tomorrow morning to take over…

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Alleged Murder Leeton Man Charged in Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 2

Arthur Patrick Smith, 39, labourer, of Back Yanco Road, Leeton, was charged at Central Court on Monday with having feloniously and…

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Death Sentence for Murder of Father

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A Navy recruit admitted in the Criminal Court today that he had told his father after an argument: "If yon take this out on Rose (his stepmother) I will…

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Magistrate Brands Youth As “A Typical Lout” Rode Stolen Motor Bike To Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 1

Magistrate Finlay severely castigated two youths in the Gundagai Court last Tuesday, and he branded one of them as a typical lout. The youths were charged with using a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner…

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Artist in Court on Five Charges

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Art designer Douglas Shanton Annand, 49, had fought, kicked, and tried to bite three policemen who arrested him on December 5, and had threatened to have…

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