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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 71

Decision on Major Point of Basic Wage Case in Court Today

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Whether the Full Arbitration Court will proceed with the claim by the Australian Council of Trades Unions for an interim basic wage increase of £2 per week, or go ahead with…

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Disturbance Leads to Case in Court. Language Foreign to His Tongue, Says Defendant

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

Well-known Illabo personality, Leslie William Ridge" (48) made an appearance in the Junee Court yesterday after police had been…

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Ten Policemen Charged; Money Missing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: After an eight-months' departmental investigation into the disappearance of £2,240 from a safe at…

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British Police Kick Out Reds Berlin Station Battle Ground. Might Give Answer the Communists Don't Expect

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 1

(A.A.P.) BERLIN: British-controlled German police last night marched into Berlin's big Charlotenburg station, and cleared out…

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Valueless Cheques, False Pretences & Stealing Youths Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 3

Before Mr. Debenham, S.M., at Leeton Police Court yesterday, Desmond John Green and Noel Kevin Reberger, both…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: When charged Before Mr. J. A. Harris, S.M., in Central Court today with murder, Edwin George…

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Arrest in Ocean Island Murder Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Police have arrested a Chinese coolie in connection with the death or Mr. and Mrs. Allen at Ocean…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

A SOLICITOR told the Wagga Court yesterday that his client had been unlucky. George Power, of 31 Blake Street, Wagga, was charged with…

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Berlin Railway Police Flee to Russian Zone

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Tuesday—Two strikers were killed in renewed fighting in Berlin last night when Communist railway police fired…

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Man Ordered to Report to Wagga Police Daily

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

A man charged at Wagga Court yesterday with a breach of the licence on which he was released from gaol was allowed…

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Father Claims £70 From Son; Court Action

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A father declared in the District Court today that he thought his son had tried to poison him…

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Court of Petty Sessions Friday, May 20 (Before Mr. C. K. Ward, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

James O'Leary the was charged with drunkenness in Larmer street. It was stated that defendant was…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 16th MAY (Before Mr. C. K. Word, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

Ronald Lawrence Russell (18) was charged with drunkenness, but did not appear. His recognisance was forfeited…

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West Berlin Police Control All Stations

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Wednesday —Arm-ed reinforcements of West Berlin police last night began taking over all railway stations in…

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Two Rail Strikers Shotdead in Berlin Communist Police Fire Into Crowd

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Tuesday (A. A. P.): Two rail strikers have been killed in renewed fighting in Berlin, when Communist railway police fired into a mob…

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Wagga Stock Inspector on Charge of Sheep Stealing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 5

Wagga Pastures Protection Stock Inspector, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, was charged at Wagga last week with stealing sheep…

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More Japanese Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Reports that the United States it considering creating a Japanese defence force were…

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£2000 Haul by Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

Some of the £2000 worth of stolen articles which he and other detectives recovered in weekend raids are shown being…

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Two Men Committed for Trial; Alleged Assault at Tumbarumba

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 2

At 10 p.m. on April 2, a man known to the residents of Rosewood, Tumbarumba and district as "The Yank" told a policeman: 'Two guys beat me up." Yesterday at the Tumbarumba Court, Mr. A. V…

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Woman Tells Court Man Was Hot Attacker

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed: Charged with laving outraged a young woman, at Matraville last December. Kenneth Johnstone Taylor, 22…

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