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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 71

Pulled Down Shed to Get Galvanised Iron Daring Attempt at Theft Near Harefield

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 1

On Friday night last Mr. C. C. Moss went outside from his home on the Wagga road just past Hare- field. and heard a considerable…

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Police Successfully Stop Rioters Robeson Concert Causes Another Upheaval

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 1

(A.A.P.) NEW YORK: Police formed a humar wall to successfully check several hundred ex- servicemen who tried to storm an…

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Murder in Migrant Camp Police Make Arrest

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Detectives today charged a Ukrainian with the murder of another Ukrainian who died at a…

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Sentenced to 10 Minutes' Hard Labor

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A 52-year-old man wu sentenced to 10 minutes' hard labor in Central Court today after he had told…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

TWO men were fined at the Wagga Court yesterday for ill treating a horse. George W. Booth, of Old…

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Court Ruling on Murdered Woman's Will

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. Justice Roper ruled in the Probate Court to-day that the will of Miss Mary Fahy. 62. late of Marine…

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Cyclist Injured on Leeton-narrandera Road Request From Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

On Saturday night a man who was riding a bicycle on the Leeton-Narrandera Road was knocked down and injured near the aerodrome at about…

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Court of Petty Sessions Friday, August 26. (Before Messrs. S. S. Jones and M. S. Bashir, J's.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

Assistant stationmaster Horton proceeded against John Arthur Apps, on a charge of travelling in a railway carriage between Junee and…

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Police Exams. at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 2

One Sydney and 12 Riverina constables sat for their constable first - class examinations at Wagga yesterday…

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Police Search for Cycle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 2

Wagga police are looking for a Malvern Star bicycle which was reported stolen from outside the Criterian Hotel on Saturday…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 2

MR. A. V. QUIGGIN, S.M., yesterday fined William Crisp, 26, of Lavington, Albury, £20 for driving under the…

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New Police Superintendent for Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1
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Superintendent F. G. Parmenter, who has been in charge of Riverina Police Area for the past two years and three months,…

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Car and Cash Stolen at Grenfell Man Charged With Three Robberies

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

A 23-year-old painter, of Grenfell, came before the Grenfell Police Court, charged with breaking into a garage, the…

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Police-examination

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 2

A police examination for candidates wishing to qualify for promotion' to' constable first-class was held at Wagga on Tuesday…

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Gold Coast Mounted Police in London

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 1

The Governor’s Escort of the Gold Coast Mounted Police have been attending functions in London. This picture shows one of the Gold Coast Mounted Police talking to a member of the Household Cavalry…

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Pulled Down Shed to Get Galvanised Iron Daring Attempt at Theft Near Harefield

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 3

On Friday night last Mr C. C. Moss went outside from his home on the Wagga road just past Harefield and heard a considerable noise down the…

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Gundagai Man Charged With S.P. Beting Police Will Have to Produce Racing Official to Prove Races Held Clash Between Prosecuting Officer and Solicitor “Newspapers and Radios Are Only Hearsay”, States Defending Counsel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 4

IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT HORSE RACING WAS HELD IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA ONE SATURDAY LAST JULY, THE GUNDAGAI POLICE WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE THE A.J.C. SECRETARY OR STARTER AT THE…

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Speeding Down the Jugiong Hill Transport Drivers Nabbed By The Police

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 2

It is certainly a temptation for all drivers to let their heads go when coming down the steep hill into Jugiong. Lured by this in…

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Police and Solicitor Agree That Local Man Was “The Bunny” for Another Three Charges Against South Gundagai Resident Sequel to Motor Collision on Hume Highway

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 2

Strong and emphatic allegations were made in the. Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions last Tuesday, when Solicitor Frederick A. Dodds stated that his client was “the bunny” for another man, and with this statement the officer in charge of police agreed…

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