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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 65

Court of Petty Sessions Monday and Tuesday 4th and 5th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Tenancy Case

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 4

Harold Sidney Robinson (agent for Tooth and Co. Ltd., applying for possession of a shop in East Street occupied by C. G. Roberts…

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John Kerr Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: A Criminal Court jury late to-night found John Bryan Kerr, 25, guilty of the Middle Park…

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Eden Murder Charge: Inquiry May Last Days

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The preliminary Inquiry by Mr. Hawkins. S.M., into the disappearance of Phyllis May Page, 50, widow, of…

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Junee Railway Guard Pleads Guilty to Stealing Charges

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 September 1950 · page 2

A railway guard who lives at Harefield, but who is attached to Junee, was relieved of imprisonment and fined at the…

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Long-shot Cycle Winner Angers Japanese Crowd Police in Long Battle With Rioters

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 September 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Monday (AAP-Reuter)—Four hundred police used pistols and tear gas bombs in a four-hour battle with 20.000…

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Court of [?]etty Sessions FRIDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Man Charged with Stealing from Bashir's Store

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 1

George Frederick Hill (23), of no fixed address, was charged with stealing a Chevrolet [?]lity motor truck at Lockhart on 5th September, the…

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Charged with Shooting at His Father

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 1

ALBTJRY. Monday: A 19-year-old tannery hand was charged at Beechworth Court today with having shot at his…

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Wagga Police Warning on Wool Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 2

Several thefts of wool have been reported to police in country districts recently. This was stated yesterday by a spokesman for Wagga police…

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Court Claim About Alleged Bite by Dog

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A dogbite may spoil the prospects of marriage and fatherhood of a 12-yeare-old boy, the Supreme…

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War Crimes Court One Jap Freed; Another Gets 15 Years' Goal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 1

LOS NEGROS, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The War Crimes Tribunal today acquitted one Japanese' and sentenced another charged with the murder of Australian nrisoners-of-war near Baboe (Dutch…

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Theft of Rings Worth £120 at Young Shop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 5

YOUNG, Tuesday: Three diamond rings valued at £120 were stolen during the weekend from McDonald's Jeweller's store in…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 2

JOHN George Mackaway, 35. driver of Gardiner Street, North Wagga, was further remanded on £20 bail at Wagga…

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Girl's Extraordinary Evidence at Hearing of Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 20-year-old Brisbane girl told Central Court today that a man now charged with murder had induced her to leave her husband. THE girl, Luba Topfer (formerly…

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Lost, One Explosion Blast Mystifies Police

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday— Late last night police had been unable to trace the origin of a violent explosion heard earlier by…

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Griffiih Doctor in Court; Attempted Imposition Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 1

GRIFFITH, Tuesday: A well-known Griffith medical practitioner, Dr. Solomon Goldberg, appeared at the Griffith Court yesterday before Mr. Keith W. Smith, S.M., on a charge of having attempted to…

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Junee Laundrette Belmore Street -- (Opposite Court House) TELEPHONE 335 Our Prices are Less Than Most City Charges Inquire About our Delivery Service Ironing Service Available

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 6

Shirts 9d, Collars 3d, Pyjamas I-, Singlets (Athletic) 2d, Singlets (with sleeves) 3d, Underpants (short) 3d, underpants (long) 4d. Handkerchiefs la, boys' Ranger Shirts 6d, Boys Aertex Shirts 4d, Boys' shorts 6d, Men's Shorts 9d, Sheets…

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Girl Tells Court About Arrest of Murder Suspect

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A 19-year-old West Australian girl, Dorothy May Truslove, of Carlisle, Perth, said that a man charged with murder in Central Court today had been arrested the day before she was to…

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The Eden Murder Thomas Too Ill to Attend Court

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, laborer, who has been charged with the murder or a missing widow at Eden,…

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Woman's Daring Gaol Break Negotiated 11ft. Wall

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — A young quarter-caste aboriginal woman made a daring escape from the women's section of…

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Theft of Rings Worth £120 at Young Shop

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 5

Three diamond rings valued at £120 were stolen during the weekend from McDonald’s jewellers store in Boorowa Street, Young…

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