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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 71

Police Veto Wallendbeen Parking Scheme "Unnecessary Under Circumstances"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

The Police Department has told the Jindalee Shire Council that it cannot allow the implementation of an…

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Ex-policemen Deny Assaulting Man at Wynyard Police Room

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Three former policemen pleaded not guilty in Redfern Court today to charges of having assaulted Leonard Kenneth Cross, 40, on July 27…

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Nazi Sentenced to Six Months Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 3

MUNICH, Wednesday: Albert Bormann, brother of Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, was sentenced by a Denazification…

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Drink, Speed Danger N.S.W. Police Chief’s Appeal to Motorists

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police (Mr J. F. Scott) this week appealed to motorists to refrain from driving their vehicles while under the influence, of liquor, and to restrict their speed. Mr Scott, who has been perturbed…

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Riding and Driving Without Lights Defendants Before Court; Warning By Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 3

As the result of a campaign conducted by the police in the interests of road safety against cyclists riding at night…

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Remanded on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Rex Llewellyn Flanagan, 33, charged with the murder of Connie McGuire, was remanded to the…

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Bitten by Dog Owner Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 3

Ronald Roy Bamblett was charged at the Leeton police court on Friday before Mr. Debenham, S.M., with keeping a savage dog…

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Coal Strike Echo Court Refuses to Remit Fines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday—The Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court today refused to remit fines totalling £5000 imposed on…

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Police Probe Fruit Markets Racket Department Calls Aid in Investigations

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Police assistance is to be requested in the investigation into the alleged rackets in the Sydney fruit markets…

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Court Refuses to Give Back Fines £5000 Charge Against Miners to Stand

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court to-day refused to remit fines totalling £5000 imposed on the…

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Girl Admits Assault Story Was Untrue

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A young girl told Mr. Meagher. S.M., In Central Court today that her whole story of two men having…

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Stealing From Distr[?] Property Stranger Remanded

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 4

Wallace O’Brien was charged [?] the Gundagai Court this mor[?] with stealing property from [?] bo Station…

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WAGGA P.P. Board Inspector Found Strangled Tragedy Recalls Sheep Stealing Disinfectant and Wine in Nearby Bottles

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: With a string of Rosary beads clutched on his hand, Thomas, Keith Ryan, 58, former stock…

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Former Gobarralong Resident Desires Husband’s Return Case In Sydney Divorce Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 6

The widow of the late R.A.A.F. pilot, Bill Osborne, of “Bundarbo”, sought an order for the restitution of conjugal rights, against her…

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Items From Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

MR. A. V. QUIGGIN, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday remanded Peter Edward Munro, 21, carpenter, North Wagga, to…

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Cables in Brief Murder Arrest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

DAMASCUS, Monday: Hussein Tewfik was arrested last night by Egyptian police for the murder of Amin Osman Pasha…

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Supporters of "World Citizen" Worry Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Monday (AAP): Three supporters of "World citizen" Garry Davis took it in turn to…

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Court Disagrees on £10 Basic Wage Claims

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: The full Arbitration Court has found it impossible to settle the £10 basic wage claim for women…

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Fines and Gaol for Starting Bush Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Under a Bush Fire Prevention Bill, introduced in the Legislative Assembly last night, any…

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Soviet Bomb-Testing Site in Desert? Secret Police in Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 1

BOSTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Russia's atomic testing site is believed to be "somewhere in the Kazakhstan Desert of Central Asia," according to a Berlin despatch to the "Christian Science Monitor." The report said the Soviet project was supervised by secret police, and…

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