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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 71

Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. W. Finnay. S.M. (YESTERDAY) Rabbits

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 2

Robert Percy Scott pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to destroy rabbits on his property…

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Coonamble Murder Police Say Motive Established

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

COONAMBLE, Wednesday —Detectives investigating the death of Claude William Woods (37), who died of strychnine…

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Developments Expected in Murder Probe

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 2

COONAMBLE, Tuesday: Intensive police investigations into the death of Coonamble shearer, Claude William Woods, 37, are…

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Coonamble Case Mat Be Murder

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 8

COONAMBLE, Wednesday. Detectives investigating the death of Claude William Woods, who died of strychnine poisoning on…

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Smooth Action Case Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday: in the Central Court today, two men were charged with having conspired together, and with…

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Man Makes Threat To Cafe Owner Bottle Brandished, Talk of Knife Police Look for Criminal, Make Arrest in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

A stranger to Junee, believed to he a person with a serious criminal record, last night threatened a Junee cafe…

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Englishwoman Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Mrs. Nora TIerney, 29-year-old housewife, has been sentenced to death for the murder of…

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Man Rescued From Car; Two Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Police have rescued a 27-year-old who was ael[?]gdly attacked by five men a…

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Yanco Teacher for Trial on Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 3

A young Tanco schoolteacher was committed for trial at the Hay Court of Petty Sessions on] Monday night on a charge of…

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Basic Wage Case Women's Dresses Shown in Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Judges hearing the £10-a-week basic wage case were surprised today when a trolley-load of…

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Says She Gave Names of Reds to Police, A.l.p

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A woman witness at the Royal Commission on Communism admitted under cross-examination…

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Charged With Theft of £10,000 Goods

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

PENRITH, Thursday: The hearing of a charge of the theft of Commonwealth property worth £10,128/8/6 from…

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Attempted Murder Theory Dropped in Albury Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. Detectives have completely eradicated any suggestion of attempted murder in the previously…

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Court Challenge Hampers Land Settlement

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: War Service Land Settlement was being adversely affected by two factors, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said today. THESE factors were:—…

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Judge Amazed Women's Wear Again Brought Into Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Arbitration Court looked like a department store again today when boxes of shoes, blouses,…

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Solicitor Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: James Michael Kelly. 50, solicitor, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in the Central Court…

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Plane Explosion at Rose Bay; New Moves Police Search for Small White Dinghy

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: There were startling developments today on the explosion which wrecked and sank a Qantas Catalina flying boat at its Rose Bay mornings on August 27…

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Gaol Escapees Recaptured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Gaol escapees in two states were re-captured yesterday. In New South Wales, Briant…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 2

AT Wagga Court yesterday, Thomas Lindell Fellows, Tootool, via The Rock, pleaded guilty to driving a motor lorry…

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D.s.c. Equated by Remission of Two Year's Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (AAP): One of the 11 American Communist leaders convicted of conspiracy, today said bitterly that…

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