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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 65 of 71

Police Take £7143 From Bookmakers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—The racing season at the Prague Chuchie racecourse ended suddenly yesterday, when…

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Young Girls Molested Man Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

In the Children's Court at Leeton yesterday, before Messrs T. Hendarscn and J. Paulette, J's.P., Prestley Bookham, aged…

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Man Fined £10 for Wagga Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 4

A man whom police allege obtained an electric motor from a blacksmith by saying that he had found a buyer for it was…

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Man on Murder Count Remanded to Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 4

Stanley Kennedy, aged 21, laborer, of no fixed abode, had been remanded at Goulburn Court on a charge of murder…

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12 Years' Gaol for Men Guilty of Bashing Pensioner to Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Convicted of an attack which resulted in the death of a 78-year-old pensioner, John McCann, 26, and Frank Edward Whye, 39, half-caste aborigine, were today sentenced to 12 years'…

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Legal History Made Plea of Guilty to Murder Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Legal history was made in the Central Criminal court today when the Crown accepted a plea of guilty…

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Former Detective Fined on Stealing Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

SIDNEY, Thursday—A former detective, Arthur Meredith Cawood (28) of Belmore was fined a total of £15 and ordered…

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Menzies Again Charged on Employment

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. Menzies) said in Parliament in May, 1945, that he did not favor…

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Unusual Decision by Magistrate in Forbes Rabbit Case

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr H. Cobley, took an unusual course at the Forbes Police Court last week when dealing with a rabbit…

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Man on Murder Count Remanded at Goulburn

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 3

Stanley Kennedy aged 21, labourer of no fixed abode, had been remanded at Goulburn court on a change of Murder. Sgt. Lithgow,…

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Man Insists on Guilty Plea to Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Criminal Court Judge today, accepted for the first time in Australia a plea of guilty to a…

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R.a.a.f. Trainee Discharged at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 4

The circumstances were suspicious, but nothing more, said Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at Wagga Court yesterday…

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Charged With Murder of Woman

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 3

Sydney, Thursday. The City Coroner (Mr. Raschke) found to-day that Elizabeth McNeill Mills 31, had died when a 37-year-old…

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Charged with Attempt to Murder Brother

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday: Mary Swann (21), was today charged in Lithgow Court with the attempted murder of her brother,…

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Nazi Executioner Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 4

MUNICH, Thursday: Hitler's leading public executioner, Johann Reichardt, has been classed as a Nazi activist and…

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Airman to be Charged With Damaging Plane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: R.A.A.F. headquarters announced today that an Air Force man would face a court martial on a charge…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, 29th November, before Mr. W. M. Hall, J.P., John Wallace (29 was chraged with being found drunk…

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Police Launch Campaign Against Sunday Shooting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

On Sunday last the Leeton police kept watch in the river country for anybody carrying arms and shooting game. They intercepted some…

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Youth, Hurt in Accident, Found by Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 2

The Wagga youth, Kenneth Henry Conley, 18, who was reported missing after an accident early yesterday morning,…

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Police Raid Sydney Baccarat School Several Graziers Amongst Those Arrested

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Several graziers, a bookmaker, and a night club proprietor were among 43 persons arrested early this morning when detectives of the C.I.B. Vice Squad raided the Bourke Bridge…

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