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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 71

Barmedman Man on Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

A Barmedman man has been charged with stealing £85 from a room In the Queensland Hotel. Barmedman, on Monday…

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New Police Superintendent for Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Wagga, headquarters of the southern half of the State, is to have a new police superintendent…

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New Police Supt. for Wagga

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Wagga headquarters of the southern half of the State is to have a new police superintendent. He is Inspector A. Leary, of No…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today)

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Offensive Behavior Frederick Henry Uren (58) was charged with having…

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High Court's Decision Will Mean the End Of Petrol Rationing

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

JUNEE GARAGE PROPRIETORS WILL WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A DECISION OF THE FULL HIGH COURT IN MELBOURNE THIS MORNING WILL MEAN THE END OF PETROL RATIONING…

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Petrol Rationing Law Declared Invalid Unanimous Decision by Full High Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday—The Full High Court unanimously ruled today that the Federal Government did not have the power to ration petrol. The court declared that national security…

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Man for Trial for Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

A man, who was given alleged given £180 to put on a hor[?] racing at Kembla Grange, was committed for trial on a charge…

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Police Fire on Crowd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Monday: One person was killed and 25 injured when police opened fire here on a crowd who broke up…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

A LABORER from Uranquinty, Kenneth W. Knight, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing and was fined £3 and ordered to pay £1 compensation by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at Wagga Court…

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New Police Superintendent for Wagga

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

Wagga, headquarters of the southern half of the State, is to have a new police superintendent. He is Inspector A. Leary, of No. 3…

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Wagga Police Chief in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

Superintendent G. Parmenter and Inspector J. V. Hayes, of Wagga Police, travelled to Sydney yesterday to attend a…

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Police Story of Arson After Attack

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Eric Arthur Stanton, 44, of Susan Street, Auburn, was remanded for medical observation at…

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Supreme Court Ruling on Compensation

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The Supreme Court today ruled that a man who leaves his place of employment for a meal and…

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A Midnight Fight Leads to Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

At 12.30 a.m. on the morning of June 3 two men fighting in a lane off Pine Avenue attracted the attention of Constable Reddie. Both men were…

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Unions' Serious View of High Court's Decision

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: The secretary of the Australian Council of Trades Unions (Mr. A. E. Monk) said today that trade…

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Court of Petty Sessions Friday, June 4, (Before Mr. C. K. Ward, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

Patrick Ryan (59) was charged with drunkenness, but did not appear. His recognisance was forfeited…

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Local Items Man Charged at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

Ball, of £20 was allowed a man charged at Wagga Court yesterday with stealing a tent. John Joseph Tierney, 47, of…

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Six Months Gaol, Heavy Fines Imposed, In Railway Cases

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

''FORTUNATELY THERE ARE ONLY A FEW DISHONEST RAILWAYMEN," SAID MR. A. V. [?] S. M. IN THE JUNE COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS THIS MORNING MORNING WHEN HE WAS HEARING A NUMBER OF…

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Men Committed; Alleged Assault on R.A.A.F. Man

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

It was alleged at Wagga Court yesterday that two men had assaulted a man with whom they had played "two-up," and robbed him of £3 and his hat. Robert L. Rake, 21, laborer, and John P…

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Police Charge New York Mob

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday—Twanty-two policemen charged their horses into 3000 longshoremen to break up a threatened…

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