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Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 65

At the Montreal Theatre "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

At this stage of his career, it hardly seems possible that Bing Crosby could improve on his performances in Paramount musicals of…

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Comic Court Has Boil on Back

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday: Comic Court, hot favorite for tomorrow's Memsle Stakes at Caulfield, has a bolt on his back, but it is…

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12 Sentenced for Espionage

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

PRAGUE, Sunday (A.A.P.): Two Czechs, according to Press reports, were sentenced to death; two Yugoslavs to imprisonment…

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Man Charged; Woman Killed in Crash

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police charged a man with manslaughter last night after a motor cycle and sidecar had…

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Moscow Says British Persecuted Murder Suspect

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.): The Moscow Radio alleged last night that Eugen Stefanowicz, wanted by Scotland Yard concerning the murder on July 9 of a Buckinghamshire shopkeeper, had been "systematically…

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Man Who Threw Beer Bottle at Policeman Now in Gaol

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 2

Bottle throwers are apparently not popular with Temora Magistrates, who gave a man three months hard labor for the offence…

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£5,000 Writ Against Ex-mayor of Yass Issued By Stipendiary Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

Mr William Finlay. stipendiary Magistrate, has issued a writ claiming £5,000 damages from Mr John Joseph Cusack, an ex-Mayor of…

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Junior Star Seen at Broadway. Interesting Story of Intriguing Murder

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 4

Two main attractions will be presented together on the same Theatre to-night. "Shadow on the wall" an intriguting mystery…

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Body Found on Park Seat Police think Old Man Hit by Car

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday - Police believe that the body of an old man, knocked down and killed, was dragged off the…

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S.M. Issues a £5,000 WRIT Former M.P. Faces a Court Case

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 6

Mr. William Finlay, Stipendiary Magistrate, has issued a writ claiming £5,000 damages from Mr. John Joseph Cusack, an…

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Big Wool Theft Police Charge Three Men

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Police late last night arrested three men on charges arising out of the theft last March of a…

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Children's Court. False pretences and stealing charges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 4

At the Leeton Children's Court on Thursday, before Mr. Smith, S.M., a seventeen-year-old girl was charged on…

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Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 1st SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. K. Smith, S.M.) Fined for Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

Arthur William Williams (20) was charged with stealing a pocket watch of the value of £5, the property of Frederick Camden Mayne of Grong…

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Police Recover Utility

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

A utility truck worth £970. which was allegedly stolen from Griffith on September 1. was recovered by police at Yass last…

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Girl Guerilla Carries Out Mass Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—A North Korean girl guerilla tommy-gunned seven bound American prisoners on Sunday night,…

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Old Yass Man in Strife Again Magistrate Threatens to Sue for Libel

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

There are few characters with more colorful careers, at least over recent years, than the elderly Mr. J.J. cusack, former…

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Collision at Yanco had court sequel Negligent Driving Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 4

A collision between a motor cyclist, Geoffrey Scott Hamilton and a girl cyclist, Marie Elizabeth O'Connor, on main road,…

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Big Three C'ference To Discuss Police Force for Western Germany

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—Britain will support the formation of an armed police force, 20,000 strong, for Western Germany, with…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr.W. Einlay, S.M. No Licence and False Name

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 3

Cyril George Blizzard, for whom Mr. J. Callan of Messrs. Kinsey and Callan appeared, pleaded guilty to failing to…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 2

TWO R.A.A.P. men from Forest Hill. Eric Anthony Finn and Kenneth Graham Mackney. pleaded guilty at the Wagga…

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