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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 65

Sedition Case Mr. Shand, K.C., Addresses Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Articles published in the communist newspaper "Tribune" were a carefully calculated attempt to…

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Japanese Sentenced to be Hanged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

LOS NEGROS. Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter) : The War Crimes Court today sentences a Japanese war criminal to death by hanging…

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Theft at Ariah Park Store

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 1

At some time between 5.30 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday, thieves broke into Jhon Daniel Hart's store at Ariah…

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£200 Theft at Ariah Park Store

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 2

At some time between 5.30 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday, thieves broke into John Daniel Hart's store at Ariah…

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New Police Chief to Be Named Soon

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

Superi[?]dent W. C. S. Thompson, who has been Acting Metro[?] Supernta [?] will probably b confirmed in that position the [?]…

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N.R.M.A. Appeals For More Road Police

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. has appealed to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) to act vigorously and at once in a new plan for road…

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Railway Man Charged With Being Drunk on Duty Tuesday, August 8 (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

Charles Henry Thompson (Traffic Inspector) v. Henry Thomas Byrne, found drunk whilst employed on the railways…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 2

FOR assaulting Frank Alfred Gould, a football umpire, at The Rock on July 29, H. Elder, of Mary Street, North Wagga,…

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Junee Laundrette Belmore Street — (Opposite Court House)

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 3

Having been in operation now for a few months, we find we are able to give the residents of Junee and District REDUCED PRICES as under;— 9 lbs. Dry Weight Household Laundry Soaked. Washed in…

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Charged with Cruelty to Rabbit

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: A Cessnock dog trainer allowed greyhounds to chase and kill live rabbits…

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Bank Wins Case Over £3000 Theft

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The Bank of New South Wales was not liable for £3000 stolen from the bank in June last year, a…

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Assault "Like Something Out of Dickens"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Mr Justice Philp described details of an assault case in Toowoomba Court as "like something out of…

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Three for Trial; Assault and Robbery Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 2

A young airman described at Wagga Court a bashing which he is alleged to have received in an alley at the back of a Wagga…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 2

THREE young men were fined at Wagga Court yesterday for cycling without holding the handlebars of their bicycles…

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Publicans Were Easy Marks “Couldn’t Help Smiling” Says Man Who Was Given Gaol Sentence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 7

A pink faced silverly-haired old man, sentenced to six months gaol on each of two changes of false protences, told Wagga Court…

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Famous Designer Detained by Police Sensation Over Missing Jewels

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 1

NICE, Thursday—Elsa Schiaparelli, world-famous designer, was questioned for six hours last night by Nice Flying…

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Alleged Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

Norman Godfrey McPhee (26) was charged with stealing a box of passion fruit s[?]dings, of the yalue of As. the property of paul Kato…

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Burglary at Ariah Park Goods Valued at £200 Taken

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 1

At some time between 5.30 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday, thieves broke into John Daniel Hart’s store at Ariah Park, and…

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Three Months for Vagrancy Man Sentenced At Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. R. L. Blakeney and V. Heathcote, J's.P., Norman MacLennon, a native of…

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Interesting Tenancy Case Important Point Decided by the Magistrate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

An important point was decided during the hearing of a ten-ancy case at the Leeton Court by Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M.. when…

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