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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 65

Six Men in Court Over Removal of Sign

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When the hearing Into charges alleging attempts to remove or damage a sign was heard at Manly Court…

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Husbands Should Not Hit Wives for Any Reason, Archdeacon Tells Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: No man was justified in beating his wife, no matter how great the provocation, an Anglican Archdeacon, John Bidwell, of Summer Hill, said in the Divorce Court today…

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Two Remanded at Leeton on Theft Charges

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 2

LEETON, "Thursday: Robert Archibald, 23, laborer, [?]d James Russell Appleby, [?] laborer, appeared before the…

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Leeton Police Court Before Mr. K. W. Smith, S. M. S. P. Betting Charges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 6

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions last Friday Richard George White was charged that on September 2nd he was in a room situated…

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Woman Breaks Down During Murder Retrial

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 2

DUBBO. Thursday: A young married woman sobbed bitterly and broke down during a murder retrial in the Criminal Court…

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Signed Statement To Police Not Necessary

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to be careful about giving statements, particularly signed ones, after they have been involved in…

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Court of Petty Sessions Undefended Cases

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 2

At the Coolamon Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. S. V. Quiggan, S.M., John Augustus Heir, on remand, was charged with…

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Police Experimented with Bag of Rocks in Search for Widow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police searching for the missing Blacktown widow, Mrs. Phyllis Mary Page, had placed a bag. weighted with rocks in the river near Eden, a detective said at Central Court today…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY 1st SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 1

Noel Kitchener (25) was charged with stealing one r[?]ber bag containing one compact. One lipstick container, a pair of sun glasses, of the…

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Court of Petty Sessions Allegedly Found on Licensed Premises Question of Public Place Before Mr. A. V. Quiggan, S.M. On Wednesday, 20th September

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 3

John Francis Curtis was charged with being on licensed premises during prohibited hours, using insulting words and being drunk…

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"Tantalised Me," Says Defendant Charged With Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1950 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Friday: A man now charged with murder had said, "He'd been tantalising me until couldn't stand it any longer, so I shot him. I hope he dies," Sgt. R. Smith told the Coroner's Court here…

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Wagga Woman Hit by Car Man Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

A woman cyclist was knocked off her bicycle by a passing vehicle, and was admitted to Wagga Base Hospital, suffering…

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Murder Charge Follows Road Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A man has been charged with murder following a road accident in which a child was injured in…

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The Eden Murder Thomas Committed For Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday — Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, laborer, was committed for trial at Central Court today on n charge of…

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Thomas Committed for Page Murder Bail Refined After Sensational Hearing

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, labourer, Was committed for trial at the Central Court to-day on a charge of…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court To-morrow Judge Lamaro at Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

His Honor Judge Lamaro is in Gundagai and tomorrow (Tuesday) he will preside at the Quarter Sessions and District Court…

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£700 Theft From Store

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: More than £700 was taken from a combination safe at Selfridges, Parramatta, during the weekend…

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£8250 "Switched" for Roll of Paper, Court Told

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A hotel proprietor had allegedly "switched" a box containing £8250 for one containing half a brick and two rolls of toilet paper, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Kenneth Gee) told the…

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Man's Alleged Admission of Wife's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: 28-years-old wood machinist had told police he had killed his wife and had taken her body to an…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 2

WILLIAM George Leaver, 46, electrical contractor, of, Bourke Street. Wagga, was remanded at the Wagga Court…

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