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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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District Court Before His Honor, Judge Berne (Today) Appeal on Negligent Driving Conviction

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 2

Norman Clifford Roberts, driver of a taxi involved in a collision on the Gundagai road earlier this year, appealed…

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Charged With Murdering His Father

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday: Maxwell Evatt Timothy. 24, shunter, of Wollongong, in the Wollongong Coroner's Court…

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District Court (Yesterday) Before His Honor, Judge Berne Wages Claim

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 2

Hearing was continued of a case wherein Alan Stanley Turner had claimed from Terry O'Brien £269/3/ in wages…

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Mock Assault Against Atom-Bomb Defence

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AAP): The United States will use planes, ships and over 80,000…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The following police promotions were announced today:— Sergeant second-class to…

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Coolamon Police Court Before Mr. A. V. Quiggan, S.M. 20th September, 1949

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

Harold McNickle on remand on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to steal, was remanded to the Coolamon Court on the 18th…

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Judge Criticises Cootamundra Court House Need for Sufficient Accommodation

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

Sitting at the Cootamundra District Court on Wednesday, Judge Berne criticised the lack of a room in the Court House…

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Ex-local Resident in News Says Women Show Out Better in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

Ex-Cootamundra Clerk of Petty Sessions (Mr. C. Hubbard) told of the Murwillumbah Rotary Club a few days ago…

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Wagga Man Charged with Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 2

The Wagga District Coroner (Mr. A. J. Redman) yesterday committed Harold James Rynehart, of Fitzmaurice Street,…

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Hay Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

HAY, Sunday: Joseph Ashley Homann, who burnt his way out of the Hay lockup on Thursday morning, was…

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Wagga Man Charged with Manslaughter

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

The Wagga District Coroner {Mr A. J. Redman) last Friday committed Harold James Rynehar[?] of Wagga, for trial on a charge…

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Charged With Strangling Woman in Bed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday: Police this morning charged s 35-year-old man with the wilful murder of Mrs. Margaret Catherine…

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Shot in Street; Attempted Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Arthur Gregory, 30, was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded in Courtney Street, North…

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Boy at Police Station Puts Head in Oven

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A boy put his head in a gas oven at Russell Street Detective Office last night after he and four…

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Burnt Way Out of Lock-up Police Recapture Escapee

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 4

POLICE early on Saturday re-arrested Ashley Joseph Homann, 24, who escaped from Hay lock-up last Thursday after burning a hole through the roof. Homan was weak, tired and…

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Liquor and Gaming Laws Criticised by Cowra Police Sergeant Present Arrangement “Doesn’t Seem Right To Me”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 7

Speaking at a public farewell presentation to him by the residents of Cowra on Friday night of last week, Police Sergeant Loomes severely criticised the Liquor and Gaming Laws. Sergeant Looms has retired from the NSW Police Force and will…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 4

A number of cases set down for hearing at the Leeton Police Court on Thursday were adjourned until a later date among them being the…

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Dog Warns of Burglary; Finds Stolen Goods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A three-year-old watchdog led a man to goods stolen from his shop at Narwee, after warning the man…

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Husband Charged with Strangling Wife

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: A 35-year-old man strangled his estranged wife while she lay to bed on Friday night, police said in…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. Maheney, J.P. (TODAY) Alleged Theft of Car

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

Noel William Barnes was, charged with having illegally used a motor vehicle in Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney…

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