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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 65

Police Help During Floods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 4

Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general secretary, pays a tribute to the willing co-operation given to the association by…

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Bonegilla Man for Trial on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

ALBURY, Monday' A 40-year-old Yugoslav migrant, Milo Rade-vic, was committed for trial at Wodonga Coroner's Court today…

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U.S. Commo's Appeal Rejected By Supreme Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday— The Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by Eugene Dennis, secretary of the U.S…

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Case Soon for Court Appeal Against Kooba Estate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 2

The appeal by the owner, Mr. F. W. Hughes, which has delayed the breaking up of the Kooba Estate for soldier settlement, is…

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Urana Stipendiary's Court Driving Under the Influence and Other Cases

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 6

Before Mr. Smith, Stipendiary Magistrate (relieving Mr. Quiggin, S.M.), several cases were heard at the Urana Court on Friday last. Sergt. Lithgow, of Wagga, was…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

AN Air Force cadet who was involved in an argument at a Wagga cafe was yesterday fined £2 each on charges of causing…

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Police Find Man With Delusions

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Edward Lewicki, a Polish architect who was believed to have been the victim of foul play, was…

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Man Refused Bond at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

A man who asked for a bond at Wagga court yesterday after he had been convicted of stealing a £30 portable radio, had…

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Court Story of Bike Chase Through Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

A MAN told Wagga Court yesterday that he and another man cycled from Albury to various Riverina towns looking for a man who had allegedly broken a partnership agreement…

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Excellent Profit Shared by Police Boys, & C.w.a

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

A profit of £275 was made on the recent, gymkhana organised by an independent committee for the local Police Citizens Boys…

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Police Direct Traffic to Help Mass Migration of 3.000 Turkeys

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 7

Residents of [?] were agog at seeing a flock of over 3,000 turkeys being driven through a section of the town. It was a mass migration arranged by poultry breeder, Mr. N. E. Jacobs,' of [?] Road, two miles from [?]…

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Recovered Money Owing for Board. Licensee Awarded Large Amount In Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 8

Eric F. Logan, Commercial Hotel licensee in June, proceeded against Patrick Sullvan at this morning's Court of Petty Sessions…

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Boy Found; Mother Charged in Lunacy Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The mother of a five-year-old boy found alone in the Caption Theatre on Monday night was…

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Theft at Griffith Store

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

Thieves who entered the C.S.I.R. station at Griffith through an unlocked door stole a camera and other small items,…

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South Gundagai Man Charges Neighbors with Assault But Fails To Turn Up At Court Magistrate Regrets That He Was Unable to Award Costs

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

IT IS SURMISED THAT THERE WAS A SHATTERING OF THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY THAT USUALLY CLOAKS THE SOUTHERN GUNDAGAI TOWNSHIP ON THE AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY APRIL 8th, FOR IN THE GUNDAGAI COURT OF…

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Sequel to Motor Accident at Coolac Magistrate Dismisses Charge Against Cootamundra Man

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 7

Late in January last, a car driven by Constable Arthur Jones of Corowa collided with a transport on the Hume Highway at Coolac near the…

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Girl's Outburst in Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A 21-year-old girl sentenced today to six months' gaol for stealing ran up and down the Central court…

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Court to Hear Kooba Appeal Legal Action Delays Settlement

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

The Land and Valuation Court is expected soon to hear the appeal by the owner, Mr. F. W. Hughes, against the acquisition of Kooba Estate for…

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Young Girl Dies After Accident. Police Trying to Find Motor Cyclist

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A young girl, thought to have fallen off a motor cycle, died in hospital this morning a few hours after, being found…

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Ordered to Make Room Available Double Hardship Case Before Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 6

Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. K. Smith) had to assess, in the Court of Petty Sessions in Junee the comparative hardship of…

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