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Courts & crime, 1949

1,406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 68 of 71

Court of Petty Sessions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 2

Alfred Bamblett, junr. (46) and John Thomas Doidge (29) were charged with drunkenness, but did not appear. Their recognisances were…

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Divorce Case in Hay Districts Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 2

His Honor Judge Berne in the District Court at Hoy, on Thursday, tried the issues in two divorce rases remitted for local hearing by the Supreme…

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Solomon Ravdell Tells Court of Alleged Kidnapping

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Solomon Ravdell, 69, merchant, said in the District Court today that the voice of a man who visited him after he had been kidnapped sounded like that of Bennie Gelbart…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, December 6 (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.) Failing to Furnish Land and Stock ReturnS

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 4

Narrandera Pastures Protection Board v. Ernest George Fisher, failing to furnish land and stock returns. Mr. G. G. Dangar appeared for the…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 2

TWO Wagga men who pleaded guilty to a charge of. trespassing on railway property at Junee, were each fined £2,…

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Junee Police Called to Wantabadgery Tent

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

Junee police were called upon this week to investigate the circumstances of a tent apparently abandoned near the Murrumbidgee…

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Youth Found Shot Dead Was to Face Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Terrence Charles Lace, 21, of Maroubra who was found shot dead at the base of a cliff at Long Bay…

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Goats and Dogs Do Smell and Bark Unusual British Court Case

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday— A High Court Judge yesterday rejected Lady Marjorie Josephine Garbett's testimony that her…

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Migrant Charged With Attempt to Kill Wife

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 4

HILLSTON. Wednesday: Evidence that Alexander Holowatschow, 36, had ill-treated, abused and threatened to kill his wife in Germany, Italy, and Australia in the past two years was given at Hillston…

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Workers' Compensation Court

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

At Cootamundra yesterday, before His Manor, Judge Rainbow, in the matter of determination between Annie Walsh, widow,…

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Chinese People's Court "Clumsy Imitation" of Communist Trials

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 6

ABOARD THE LAKELAND VICTORY OFF TAKU BAR (China), Wednesday (A.A.P.): William Stokes, former American vice-consul at Mukden, said yesterday that the People's Court trials of an alleged American spy ring were a "clumsy" imitation" of the recent Communist trials in eastern Europe…

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Coolamon Police Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with at Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions on Monday last before Mr. N. Shean J.P…

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Hillston Attempted Murder Charge Wife Admits Taking Overdose of Sleeping Tablets in Germany

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 2

HILLSTON, Thursday: Mrs. Kathe Holowatschow, German-born migrant admitted in court h[?]e today that she had taken an overdose of sleeping tablets in 1947 at Hamburg, Germany, and was admitted to hospital. HER Ukrainian husband…

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Phantom Broacast Win Recalled Police Action When Man Comes to Town

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 3

A man who is well known in Junee appeared before the Cowra Court a few days ago, charged with drunkenness and vagrancy…

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Baccarat Players to Defend Cases Farther Adournment in Sydney Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Forty-three persons charged with being in a common gaming house, on the premises of the "B. and B. Club," at…

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Assault Fines at Ardlethan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 2

ARDLETHAN, Friday: Before Messrs. E. C. Knight and W F Bragg. J.Ps., John Roy Morris and William Leonard Connors…

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43 Charged After Raid on Club in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A solicitor said in Redfern Court today that 43 persons facing gaming charges following a raid on the B and…

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Migrant Committed for Trial on Charge of Attempted Wife-Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 2

HILLSTON, Friday: After a three days' bearing, Mr. E. M. Debenham, S.M., today committed for trial the 36-year-old Ukrainian migrant. Alexander Holowatschow, on a charge of attempted murder of his wife, Kathe, at Booligal, near Hillston, on October 28…

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R.A.A.F. Corporal Faces Court Martial Malicious Damage to Aircraft Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Allegations that he had damaged a number of Lincoln bombers were contained in ten charges against an R.A.A.F. corporal in a court martial at Archerfield today…

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Bomb Attacks in Calcutta Police Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Monday— The Assistant Commissioner of Police, six other policemen and one tram driver were injured in…

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