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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 71

Court Story About Girl Seen Leaving Newspaperman's Room

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: John William Campbell, one of the registered proprietors of "The Rock" newspaper, said in the Supreme Court today that when he surprised William Walter Campbell with a young girl…

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Charged With Stealing Cattle From Depot

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Charged with stealing cattle, James Leyden Miller, 22, was remanded until November 7 at Liverpool…

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Bail Refused on Theft Charges

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: George Robert Pinkerton, 29, of Herne Bay Housing Settlement, and James Henry Butt, 25, of Spring…

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Wagga Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 5

Wagga police yesterday arrested a 35-year-old Wagga man and charged him with the theft of optical equipment from a…

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Migrant Charged at Hillston with Giving Poison to Wife

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

A 36-yearold Ukranian migrant, who has been in Australia for seven months, was remanded at Hillston court on Friday on a charge of having administered poison to his wife with intent to murder her…

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Driver Eludes Police in Stolen Truck

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

After being chased by a police truck for 12 miles from Wagga on the Junee Road early yesterday morning, the driver of a…

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Railway Tricycle Illegaly Used. Police Allege Youths Came Home From Dance On It

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

Junee police allege that two youths who missed a ride home a dance at Bethungra used a railway tricycle to get them back into…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay S.M. Negligent Driving

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

Without proceeding to conviction, Mr. Finlay dismissed the information against Stephen G. Hardie, who had been…

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Ex-Constables Charged With Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Two ex-constables appeared at the Central Court today charged with having assaulted Frederick Bevan…

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Women's Mystery Illness Man Charged with Administering Poison

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 6

Following the mystery illness reported last week of a married women, Kath Hollowatschov, a German employed at Yambandah station, 40 miles…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 2

ALLAN J. BUCKLEY, of Bethungra, bought s motor cycle, rode it the same day, and was fined £2 in Wagga Court…

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Man's Court Story About Death Rays

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A 39-year-old war neurosis victim who tore an electric meter from a wall saying that it was…

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Judge Berne to Return to District Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 4

Judge Berne, who has been on sick leave, is to return to the south-west circuit of the District Court. Judge Lamaro. Who was transferred to the…

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Brawl in Circus at Peak Hill Police Shoot Two Great Dane Dogs

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 2

Narrandera town and district rest dents who saw the two Great Danes in their act with the lions at Wirth's circus will regret to learn that they…

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Three Charged with Murder of S.p. Bookmaker in Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Police today charged two men and a woman, all of Sydney, with the murder of 73-year-old S.P. bookmaker, William George Kent, at the Carlton lodging House last night…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 2

A MAN charged with speeding along the Hume Highway at Tarcutta had told policeman: "I was told I could…

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Judge Praises Wagga Police Superintendent

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 5

Before the Quarter Sessions formally opened at Wagga yesterday, Judge Berne paid tribute to former superintendent of…

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Forfeited Bail Reduced at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 3

At Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Berne granted an application by Mr. Kennedy (Walsh and Blair) for the…

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“Will Be Glad When Diesel Train Runs to Gundagai Magistrate Arrives Late For Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 8

As all of us know the train which runs into Gundagai on Tuesdays and Thursdays doe not comply with time table regulations, and Magistrate Wm…

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Rosewood Man Convicted of Truck Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 2

A 24-years-old Rosewood laborer who was alleged to have assaulted an American known as "The Yank" all the way on a 14-mile truck journey, was convicted at Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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