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Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 65

Remanded on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Former radio announcer, John Bryan Kerr, 25, was remanded to January 26 without ball in the City Court today…

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Jury Visits Flat; U.K. Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: A jury of 10 men and two women went last night to the flat of Brian Donald Hume to see where he…

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Jerky Start Gave Police a Clue. Marrar Carpenter Loses Motor Drivers' Licence

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

A carpenter who operates in the Marrar district earned a £10 fine when he pleaded guilty at the Junee Court of Petty Sessions to…

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Close Inspection of Hotel Beds Quarterly Licensing Report Presented to Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Presenting his quarterly report to the Licensing Court in Junee on Wednesday afternoon last, the licensing inspector (Sgt. C. M. Ryan)…

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Arrested on Car Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

LEETON, Friday: Receiving a report that a car had been taken last night. Sgt. Wiles, of Leeton police, called out all his men and…

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Arrest Follows Theft of 1,500,000 Dollars

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday: F.B.I. Chief J. Edgar Hoover has assumed supervision of the nationwide hunt for the nine bandits…

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POLICE v Angle- Parking Victorian Country Councils Fight Back

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 1

The law (regulations issued under a State Act) provides that vehicles must not be left standing “so as to cause unnecessary obstruction.’…

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Murder Charge Follows Alleged Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday: A man was charged with the murder of Elva Eugine Stewart, 33, of, Gawler, after she died today at…

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Theft of Bicycle

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

At the Narrandera Court recently: Herbert James Clarke (57) was charged with on or about 20th…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last, before Mr. Hall, J.P., George Leslie Weldon (21) was…

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Murder Charge at Old Bailey Hume Defends Himself

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—Brian Donald Hume. 29-year-old Company Director, spent nearly three hours in the dock at Old…

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Stolen Car Recovered Smart Police Work

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Mr. A. Poulsen attended a board meeting of the Fruitgrowers Co-op., Society at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock on Thursday night and when the…

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Court Told 31 Cars Cost 28-Mil. Dollars

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Monday (A.A.P.): A Chicago Jury yesterday found Preston Tucker and seven of his associates innocent of charges…

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Court Told Husband Left Wife with T.b

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A wife told Mr. Acting Justice Toose in the Divorce Court today that her husband had refused to live with…

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Two Murder Charges Make History

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: For the first time in the history of the Adelaide Police Court, two separate murder charges were…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

A SYDNEY company was fined £15 at Wagga Court yesterday for causing a mob of sheep to be driven while infected with lice. The defendant company, F…

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Melbourne Murder Charge Alleged Illegal Operation

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday — Police arrested a woman early today and charged her with having murdered Edna Jean…

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Police Seek Lost £5

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

During the accident at the Wagga racecourse on Tuesday afternoon, a member of the Wagga Ambulance took his coat…

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Newspaper Court Action Ends

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: It was revealed in the Supreme Court today that the suit by the proprietors of the "Sunday Herald"…

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Court Told of Large Raging Losses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday: Chairman of the S.A.J.C. stewards (Mr. J. E. Keating) had told him he lost £2000 gambling and was…

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