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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 71

Charged With Robbing P.O.; Man Remanded

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Twenty-year-old laborer, Allan George Porter, was remanded until June 29 at Redfern Court today…

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Prisoner Released on Licence Ordered Back to Gaol at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at Wagga Court yesterday directed that a man released from gaol on licence, be recommitted to the place of his confinement…

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Interesting Case Heard in Court "Persecution," Claims Defendant's Solicitor

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 8

A case of somewhat unusual nature was heard in the Hay Court when James Bradshaw Houston was charged with driving without…

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Acquitted of Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, John Warren Watson, 32, motor driver, of…

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Cootamundra Man Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

Police arrested a Cootamundra man yesterday afternoon, and charged him with the theft of three rabbit traps…

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Girl Charged With Aiding Two Men to Escape

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Two prisoners who escaped from Newcastle lockup early today were arrested a few hours later…

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Stranger Arrested After Early Morning Chase by Gundagai Police

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

Whilst Gundagai residents were snug in their blankets last (Saturday morning, the local police were out in the cold chasing an elusive young…

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Says Arbitration Court Should Fix Cost of Wheat F. AND S. Conference at West Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 3

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: In fairness to wheat growers, the Judge of the Arbitration Court should determine the cost of wheat production, and not the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, said…

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Prague Archbishop Under Police Guard

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday—Reliable Catholic officials in Prague reported last might that police guards had been placed at the…

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Police Launch Campaign Against Offending Motorists and Cyclists

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 2

Not only in Leeton but all over the State of New South Wales last week a shocking list of road accidents was…

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Whitton Court Cases Vagrancy and Language Charges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 5

At the Whitton police court on Tuesday morning before' Mr. Cliff, JP., John McKenzle was charged with behaving in an indecent manner…

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Court of Petty Sessions TUESDAY, 14th JUNE (Before Mr. C. K. Ward, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 2

Robert John Carroll, Stephen Lindsay Carroll, Clive Augustus Briar, William George Jones, Kenneth Aubrey Ward Lawson, James Russell…

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7 Years for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A 31-year-old traveller was sentenced to seven years gaol for having assaulted and robbed a woman of…

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Two Years' Gaol for Counterfeiter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Stanley John Wordley, 32. laborer, of Ashfield, who admitted that he had commenced to make…

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Police Object to Romano's Licence Renewal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The hearing of police objections against the renewal of the Romano's Res-taurant permit was adjourned…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 2

William Donald Elphick (28), and Ronald Charles McGarvey (26), were each charged with having stolen one box and two…

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Charged With Killing Wife

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 2

PERTH, Sunday: John Arthu Stevens, 33, timberman, of Hannan's Lease, was arrested at Kalgoorlie yesterday and charged…

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Bigger Jananese Police Force?

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

TOKYO, Monday: The Japanese Prime Minister. Yoshida, is reported to be considering asking General MacArthur for…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

JOHN CONNELL. of Gurwood Street, Wagga was fined £3 with 10/ costs for smoking in a place where food was being…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finlay; S.M. Sleepers Stolen. Allen Anthony Perry (40), was charged with having stolen 400…

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