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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Man Charged with Cruelty to Cows

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

BALLARAT, Thurs: Charles Frederick Heather, 35, of Mount Clear, pleaded guilty in the Police Court today to a charge…

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Man Remanded on Attempted Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: After an argument over money, a 63-year-old laborer allegedly cut his wife's throat and then his…

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Lockhart Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

At the Lockhart Court Alexander Dagger, of Lockhart and Bernard Arthur Richter, farmer, of Milbrulong, were…

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Mrs. O'keefe Can Stay in Australia Says High Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The High Court to-day decided that Mrs. Annie O'Keefe and her eight children could not be deported from…

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Leeton Assault Charge Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 2

LEFTON, Friday: Mr. E. M. Debenham, S.M., dismissed a case at Leeton Court today in which two petitioners…

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Mrs. O'Keefe to Remain in Australia High Court Injunction Against Commonwealth

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: The High Court today issued an injunction restraining the Commonwealth from deporting Mrs. Annie O'Keefe and her eight children from Australia…

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Penalties for Car Theft

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Leniency shown by Magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the NRMA, following the report that 550 motor vehicles had been stolen…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing At Combaning

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

Temora police apprehended two Ardlethan residents on a charge of stealing wheat from the Combaning Siding stacks…

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Daring Theft Attempt at Dance Hall

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A gunman last night held up the manager of the crowded Rivoll dance hall, Parramatta, demanded money…

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C'wealth Police Still Unable to Find Mr. Sharkey

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Commonwealth investigation officers have failed to locate the general secretary of the Australian…

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Police Court Offensive Behaviour

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

Leonard McKenzie, aged 33, labourer, pleaded guilty at the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. T. Henderson, J.P., to a charge of…

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Panalties for Car Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

Leniency shown by magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the N.R.M.A., following the report that 550 motor vehicles had been…

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Magistrate Concerned at Juvenile Delinquency at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

Concern at the number of juvenile delinquents appearing in Wagga courts was expressed by the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. A. V. Quiggin) yesterday…

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Cross Charges of Assault a Street Scuffle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

THE story of a scuffie between the proprietor of the Broadway Cafe and one of his customers in Maple Street, while a girl…

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12 Years' Gaol for Stabbing His Rival

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Eugene John Cleary, 44, plumber, was sentenced to 12 years' gaol by Mr. Justice Clancy in the…

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Murder Trial Adjourned; Prosecutor 111

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The trial of two man charged with murder was adjourned at the Central Criminal Court today until April…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally using a motor vehicle was fined £10 and ordered to pay £26…

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Police Break Up Church Disturbance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Police had to break up a disturbance at St. Augustine's Church, South Kensington,…

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Man Collapses in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Frederick William Akers, of Eustace Street, Manly, collapsed on the floor of Manly Court today after the…

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Police Charge Reds During March of London Fascists

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Mounted police charged a crowd of Communist supporters last night during demonstrations against a march of Sir Oswald Mosley's Union Movement…

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