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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 65

Italian Marshal Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

Marshal Rudolfo Grazlani, last-ditch general in Mussolini's army, was sentenced to 19 years' gaol recently for…

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Another Melbourne Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Homicide detectives are confronted with their second murder mystery in ten days, following the…

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Youths Charged with Ardlethan Robbery

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

Word Was received in Ardlethan that the police at Corryong, (Vic), had arrested two youths, aged 18 and 19 who, it is alleged,…

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Russia Charged on German Treaty

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): In their declaration last night on occupation policy in Germany, the Big Three Foreign Ministers blamed Russia for the non-conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany…

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Allegedly Admitted Wife Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday : A 58-years-old Melbourne barrister and solicitor told police that he had to use two knives to murder…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr. W.H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

On Wednesday last Michael Patrick Beasley (57) was charged with being found drunk in East Street. Constable Stretton said that…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Daughter's Child

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: Charged with the murder of her daughter's newly-born baby on February 13, Mrs. Anna Matilda Hoff…

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Lockhart Man Charged with Serious Offence

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

GOULBURN, Tuesday. A laborer was charged at Goulburn Supreme Court today with having criminally assaulted the married…

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Search for Man; Sequel to Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Homicide detectives investigating the murder of 19-year-old railway porteress, Carmel Walters, of…

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New High Court Judge, 47

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

Mr Frank Walters Kitto, K.C, of Sydney, will fill…

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Airman in Court on Three Counts

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

On charges of having illegally used a taxi, stolen a £250 motor cycle and breaking, entering and stealing at Castles' Store, Noel…

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Sixty-Year-Old Man in Court on Several Charges

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

A 60 year old man who says that he got his Christian name from his American ancestors, Mahlon Wilson, made himself known…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

S. Bromley and Son, for whom Mr. J. Gallan, of Messrs. Kinsey and Callan, appeared, pleaded guilty to slaughtering cattle…

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Racing Information Racket in G.p.o.? Police and Dept. Officers Investigating

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday - C.I.B. detectives and P.M.G. officers are investigating allegations that a group of G.P.O. employees…

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Divorce Cases May Be Taken in Country Expansion of District Court Jurisdiction

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 7

A number of District Court judges have already dealt with cases under the expanded jurisdiction conferred on the District…

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Melbourne Murder Young Man Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday - Twenty-four-year-old Maurice Sutton Ramsden Brewer, of Brighton, was charged, in the…

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Man Detained for Questioning; Murder Sequel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A man whom detectives have been seeking since Sunday for Questioning in connection with the murder of…

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Town Hall Riot Sequel Police Protection for Delegates

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Special police precautions have been taken to prevent a repetition of last night's demonstration by Communists against delegates to the British Commonwealth conference. In future squads of police will be present whenever the delegates appear in…

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Clerk Charged with Murder of Melbourne Girl

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 23-year-old cleric was charged in the City Court today with having murdered Carmen Walters…

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Court Case at Corryong Defendan’s Sentenced and Remanded

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 2

At the Corryong (Vic.) Police Court on Tuesday last, Bernard Alfred Byrne (19) and Bruce Anthony McMiles (18) were…

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