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Courts & crime, 1949

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Police Fight Crowd Back at Soccer Ground

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Police used rubber truncheons trying to prevent 10,000 people shut out from the Manchester…

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Un Brothers Before Wagga Court on Different Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

Twin brothers appeared in different cases at Wagga Court yesterday on charges of stealing and receiving. In one charge, one gave evidence against the…

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Protests Mount on Cardinal's Sentence Universal Disapproval of Court's Sentence

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 8

(A.A.P.) LONDON: The resignation by Hungarian Consulate and Legation officials in the United States form part of a fresh…

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Junee Resident Fined After Court Hears About the Reversing of Water Meter

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 8

WHEN THE WATER SERVICE OPERATOR OF THE JUNEE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL WENT TO A THOMAS STREET RESIDENCE ON NOVEMBER 23 rd. HE HEARD A METER IN THE DISTANCE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT BATTLE WHICH…

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Stole From Church; 2 Years' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A laborer who stole £3 from a church poor box, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment…

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Court Costs now 10/-

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

Court Costs are keeping up with the times. Most costs in connection with court proceeding have gone up 20 per cent over their former…

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Gaol Sentence for Three Strangers Stole Clothes From South Gundagai House

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Three young men, two of whom had a long list of previous convictions, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment at the Gundagai…

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Cardinal Mindszenty Sentenced to Life Imprisonment History of Man Who Served His Country Well

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

So that the people might learn the facts behind the life sentence imposed on Cardinal MindsZenty, Primate of Hungary, who was tired by the Hungarian People’s Court on various alleged counts including treason, the following Pastoral letter was read in Catcholio…

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Man Arrested in Wagga; Long Police Search Ends

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

Wagga detectives yesterday arrested a 38-year old Mosman bar useful whom New South South Wales police have been seeking to interview for six months in connection with a charge of allegedly stealing…

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Gundagai Men Found on Licensed Premises Police Prosecute Thirteen Locals

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

Thirteen local men told Magistrate Finlay they were guilty of being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, in the…

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Had Four Ration Cards in Possession Stranger Before The Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

In the Gundagai Court this morning James Wilson, a stranger, was charged with having in his possession four ration cards which may…

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Police Allege District Grazier Drove Utility Whilst Intoxicated Case Adjourned for One Month

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

Well known Tumblong grazier, J. A. G. Chandler, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving a motor utility whilst under the…

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Alleged Tumut Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

TUMUT, Friday— Harold John Hagan was charged with Stealling £157/5/3 from Fitzgerald Construction Pty., Ltd., of…

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Remanded on Charge of Theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Keith Joseph Steele, 38, was remanded until Monday at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. Steele was charged with…

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Spicy Talk When Triangle Man Fined in Junee Court for Assault on North Junee Woman

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

LAUREL AND HARDY TOOK THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A WEEK OUT OF HOLLYWOOD WITH THEIR ANTICS, BUT A SCENE WAS ENACTED AT 69 REGENT STREET, NORTH JUNEE ON JANUARY 27th. WITHOUT ANY BRIGHT LIGHTS…

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Man to Stand Trial; Alleged Tumut Theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

TUMUT, Thursday: An employee of a Wagga building firm was committed for trial on a charge of stealing by Mr…

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One Year's Gaol for Bill Tilden

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 3

LOS ANGELES. Friday (A.A.P.): Former world tennis champion, Bill Tilden, was sentenced to one year in gaol…

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Skip Court Not for Newmarket

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY. Friday: Skin Court will not be sent to Melbourne for the Newmarket Handicap. trainer E. A. Halcroft said…

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15 Protestant Leaders Charged Methodist and Baptist to be Tried in Bulgaria

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

SOFIA, Friday (A.A.P.): Fifteen leaders of the United Evangelical Churches in Bulgaria will probably be brought to trial at the end of February…

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Police Break Up Fighting at Irish Elections

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

BELFAST, Friday: Police were rushed to Sion Mills, in County Tyrone, yesterday when fighting broke out between Nationalists (Anti-partitionists) and Unionist workers. Men and women took part…

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