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Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 71

Small Debts Court Hospital Debt Recovered

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court at Leeton on Friday before Mr. Debenham, S.M. William Warburton, a patient of the Leeton District Hospital was…

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Shire Valuations Appeals Court Many Cases Listed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 3

At the Court House on Friday, Mr. E. S. Debenham, S.M., presided over an appeals court in connection with the shire…

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Man Who Had Diamonds at Wagga Cup Races Acquitted in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

A man was acquitted at Wagga Court yesterday on a charge of having in his custody goods reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained…

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Gaol for Contempt

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Federal Judge Harold Medina has sent another of the 11 defendants in the Communist conspiracy…

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Gundagai Theft Charges Man Remanded

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 1

A 23-year-old laborer, charged with stealing rings and watches valued at £347 from Stribley's general store, Gundagai, on…

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Man Remanded on Gundagai Theft Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 1

A 23-year-old laborer, charged with stealing rings and watches valued at £347 from Stribley's general store, Gundagai, on…

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Charged With Shooting at Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:— Walter William Forbes, 29, painter, of Collingwood, was charged in the City Court today with…

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Vandalism and Theft

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 8

Reporting at Tuesday's Council meeting the Charge Engineer (Mr. A. J. Filer) said that on a recent trip along the line used…

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Gundagai Police Recover Stolen Property Young Man Charged with Last Monday’s Robbery Remanded Until July 6th

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

THE GUNDAGAI POLICE ON MONDAY NIGHT LAST ARRESTED A YOUNG LOCAL RESIDENT AND CHARGED HIM WITH THE ROBBERY OF STRIBLEY’S GENERAL STORE AND JAMIESON’S BUTCHERY. ALL STOLEN GOODS WERE…

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Ardlethan Court Cases

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 3

Roy John Fiviour, of Walleroobie, pleaded not guilty at the Ardlethan Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a vyce…

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District Court Before Judge Berne (Yesterday) Wages Claim

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

Alan Stanley Turner claimed from Terry O'Brien £263/3/0 allegedly due to him in wages. Turner submitted that these…

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Fined for Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 1

John Joseph Roberts (31) was charged with stealing a Spedwein cycle of the value of £5 the property on Bede Falcon at Wagga on…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, June 20 (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.) Sentenced for Assaulting a Female

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 1

Annie May Morgan v. Lindsay Held Morgan (47), unlawfully assaulting Annie May Morgan, a female. Plea guilty…

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Improving Court-house Grounds

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 4

Mr. J. Lockeridge reporied as follows to Monday's Shire Council meeting: -- "Construction of the new tennis…

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Daring Robbery at Gundagai Stribley's General Store Robbed Jamieson's Butcher's Shop Also Ransacked Local Man Charged and Remanded

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 6

A daring robbery was committed at Gundagai on Sunday evening when thieves broke into the Strlbley Emporium and stole Jewellery…

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Gaol for Offence Against Boy

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: A 44-year-old laborer who had met a boy on Central Station, travelled with him on a train and then…

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Sydney Murder Echo? - Man Suicides in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Police believe that a man who committed suicide in a gaol cell last Monday feared he would…

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Mass Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 3

HAMBURG, Sunday: German police investigating the confessions of Rudolf Pleil. 25-year-old self - confessed…

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Sheep-stealing Charge Heard Today

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

The case in which Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, stock inspector, of Wagga, is charged with sheep stealing, will be…

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Evidence in Sheep-Stealing Allegations Opens at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

Detailed evidence in the case in which the Wagga Pastured Protection Board stock inspector, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, is charged with sheep-stealing, was begun at the Wagga Court yesterday. RYAN is charged with…

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