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Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 71

Golf Star Mentioned in Divorce Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: A young married woman had committed adultery with the champion golfer, Norman Guy Von Nida,…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today.) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 2

Fredrick Hearne (24) was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor for having unlawfully assaulted Roy…

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Police Ambushed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

PALERMO (Sicily), Sunday: Pour policemen were killed when bendits ambushed a patrol car with machine-guns and…

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Shot While Watching Police Enter Home

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY Sunday: James Clifford Moore, 31, was shot in the stomach with a 22 rifle in a house in Norton Street,…

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Left Wing Unions Court Walk Out Refused Undertaking Concerning Frozen Funds

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Representatives of three left wing unions today refused to give an undertaking to the Chief Judge of the…

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Unions to Contest Order to Return Money "Fund-freezing" Law May Go Before High Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Four key Federal unions will contest an order secured against them by the Commonwealth Government for the return of £100,000 withdrawn from the banks last Wednesday…

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Death for Stealing Flour

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

A Yugoslav People's Court has sentenced to death the ringleader of a group of 13 "economic saboteurs" for stealing two and a half tons of…

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Charged with False Pretences at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

A man arrested in Sydney on three charges of false pretences in connection with money allegedly obtained by him in…

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Stock Inspector Committed for Trial Alleged Stealing Charge

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

Wagga Pastures Protection Board stock inspector, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, was committed for trial on a charge of sheep stealing…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

A man was fined £15 by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at Wagga Court yesterday for driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor. He is Reginald W. Sim, 24. carrier, of Gormly…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

Before Mr. Finlay, S.M. Unlawful Assault. Frederick Hearne (24) was charged with having unlawfully…

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Court of Petty Sessions Loitering Stock

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

William Day was proceeded against by the Stock Inspector for the Narrandera Pastures Protection Beard (Harold Maitland Wore) on a charge…

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Leading Communists Appear As Witnesses at Arbitration Court Hearing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Leading Communists were called as witnesses in the Arbitration Court when Mr. Justice Kelly continued the hearing of the Commonwealth application for an order…

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Russia — "Police State of Communist Hypocrisy " Forthright Attack by British P.M.

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): A crowd of 12,000 people at Manchester yesterday heard the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) describe Soviet Russia as "that police State of Communist hypocrisy" and "that…

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Man Sentenced at Wagga to Six Months'gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 2

A man was sentenced to six months' geol on each of three charges of forging and two charges of false pretences by…

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Funds Freezing Act Declared Valid Mining Official Sentenced to Month's Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The High Court of Australia held today that the Commonwealth Government' Strike Fund Freezing Act was valid, and refused to grand a writ of prohibition against Chief…

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£5 Fine for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 2

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing £2 was filled £5 and ordered to pay £2 compensation by Mr. A. V…

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Warning Bt Police

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 2

Wagga police have received a number of complaints from landholders in the North Wagga area regarding damage…

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Naturalisation Ceremony at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 2

The first open public naturalisation ceremony seen in Wagga was performed by Mr. A. V. Qulggin, S.M., yesterday, when…

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Motor Cyclists Make An Appearance Before Petty Sessions Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 5

Motor cyclists came before the Court of Petty Sessions in Junee this morning. "Ronald James Moore was…

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