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Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 42 of 71

Police Intervene in Mangoplah Incident; Wagga Beaten

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 6

Police intervened in an incident at the Australian Rules match at Mangoplah on Saturday when a large section of the crowd threatened and abused a goal umpire. The umpire, P. Lloyd, used his signalling flag as a defence when a man…

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Vic. Police Hoil £22,000 Rent Racket

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Detectives investigating a racket in flat renting on Friday foiled a young man's attempt to defraud 1137 people of £20 each. Last Saturday…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 25th JULY (Before Mr. C. K. Ward, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

Norman Hornby (48) and William Edward Frost (46) were charged with being found drunk. As they did not appear their recognisances were…

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Watersiders Stop Over Court Move

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An application by shipowners to the Arbitration Court today to withhold payment to waterside…

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Riot Follows March In City 200 Police and 1500 Wharfmen Clash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A riot involving 1500 wharf laborers, at least 200 policemen, a few soldiers and hundreds of civilians, which took place right in…

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Minor Matters at Junee Court S.M. Has Easy Day at Hearing

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 8

An application of ejectment was made to the Junee Court to-day by Eileen Mary Creasey, against Kevin Eraser…

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Police Check on Coal Strike Leaflet

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Attorney General (Mr. Martin) said tonight that when he was addressing a meeting on the…

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Country Police Watch for Missing Truck

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: All country police stations have been ordered to watch for a truck containing £1500 worth of merchandise which was stolen from a city street today…

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Alleged Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

Keith Henry Folkard v. Alexander Sims, alleged assault on 14th April. Sims was also proceeded against by Mr. Folkard on a charge of…

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Artist Charged with Exhibiting Obscene Pictures

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Miss Rosaleen Norton, Sydney "trance" artist, 30, was charged under the Police Offences Act…

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Big Reward, 1946; Gaol for Begging, 1949

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A man who received £500 reward for finding £2000 worth of diamonds in a culvert in N.S.W…

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Police Prevent Demonstration

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: Police today prevented 100 people from staging a demonstration march in Lithgow's main street…

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Tumut Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Owing to the small number of cases listed for the August Court at Tumut Messrs. R. L. Blakoney and J. Tod, J.'s P., were on the Bench…

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Brisbane Mayor Questioned by Security Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: Less Less 24 hours after he had appealed for a public meeting to "protect human rights, liberties,…

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Red Police Enter Convents; Nuns Ill-Treated

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Vatican Radio reports that Hungarian Communist police on Tuesday night broke into monasteries and convents in Bucharest, carrying off property and ill-treating the occupants…

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Batlow May Be Included In Tumut Police District

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 6

According to a letter received by the secretary of the Batlow Progress Association (Mr. L. will hers) from the Under- Secretary of…

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Waterside Chaos Feared; Firm Stand in Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Warning that waterfront hold-ups could bring chaos, Mr. Dovey, K.C., said in the Arbitration Court today that the Federal Government would "set its face against any attempt by mob…

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Court of Petty Sessions TUESDAY, 2nd AUGUST (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.) Offensive Behaviour

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

George Walker was charged with behaving in an offensive manner in the Plaza Theatre, whilst it was open to the public on July 13…

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Police Clues in Aga Khan Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 3

NICE. Friday (A.A.P.): French police searching for the robbers who held up the Aga Khan and his wife near Nice this week…

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Police Say Man's Story of Ferry Assault "False"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Allegations that a man had been assaulted, robbed and thrown overboard from a Manly ferry last night were described as false by the chief of the C.I.B. (Supt. W. C. S. Thompson) tonight…

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