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Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 50 of 65

Vienna Police to Parade Streets Govt. Answer to Red Threat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

VIENNA, Wednesday. — Austrian police will appear on the streets today, armed with rifles and wearing steel helmets, for…

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Police Search for Melb. Thugs Victim Bashed, Stabbed, and Robbed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday — Police are searching for two thugs who slashed a man with a knife and robbed him…

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Witness Is a Perjuror Says S.M. in Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

Untruthful witnesses were severely criticised by the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. W. Finlay in the Harden court of Petty Sessions…

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Refuse to Talk to Police After Crash. Two Men in Serious State Following Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Six men, injured in a collision between two cars near Liverpool early to-day. have refused to give police any…

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Sgt. Hinde Leaves For Temora Next Week Farewelled by Magistrate and Court Staff

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 2

NEXT WEEK, Gundagai’s Chief of Police, Sergeant S. A. Hinde, will leave this district on promotion to Temora…

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Doctors conspired to Evade the Law Says Police Prosecutor

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 2

Griffith doctors had conspired together to evade the provisions of Section 36 of the Public Hospitals Act, which debarred doctors from…

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Young Nurse Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday: A nurse charged with manslaughter was remanded in Newcastle Court today until October 24…

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Court of Petty Sessions Loitering Stock

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 2

Rev Field was charged with falling to move stork a distance averaging 10 miles per day. Defendant did not appear and the…

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Small Debts Court Claim Over Glasses

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

At the Leeton Small Debts Court Edward Timothy Hevern was sued by J. J. Hamono, optometrist and optician of Narrandera, for the sum of…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, October [?] (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Breaches of Forestry Regulations

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 4

The Forestry Commission (by K. H. Folkard) v. Thomas Edward Rose now, felling trees in State forest not marked by the forest officer…

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"Canned Negro" Rumor Leads to Murder 31 Africans Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

ELIZABETHVILLE (Belgian Congo), Monday — Thirty-one Africans, accused of murder here, are alleged to…

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Wyalong Jewellery Theft

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 4

Thieves smashed a plate-glass window in the jeweller’s shop of Les Scott, West Wyalong last week-end, and stole…

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Shot Fired Through Window Guildford Man Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

Mrs. Pauline Barakovich, of Fairfield road, Guildford, told police last night that a shot was fired through her bedroom…

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Witness Is a Perjuror, Says S.m in Harden Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

Untruthful witnesses were severely criticised by the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr W. Finlay in the Harden Court of…

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Police Asked to Investigate Series of Hoax Phone Calls by Practical Jokers

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 1

JUNEE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS THAT PRACTICAL JOKERS ARE MAKING A NUISANCE OF THEMSELVES IN JUNEE BY A SERIES OF HOAX PHONE CALLS…

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Tomato Plants and Grass in Court Novel Defence On Rabbit Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 2

A grazier charged with failing to suppress rabbits produced in the Warialda court two paper parcels, one…

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Roadside Residents Insulting Words to Two Railway Detectives Earns £5 Fine a Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 9 October 1950 · page 7

WHEN TWO RAILWAY DETECTIVES WENT TO THE WANTABADGERY ROAD CAMP OF MR. JOHN DOYLE JUST BEFORE NOON ON SEPTEMBER 12th., THEY ALLEGED THAT HE REFERRED TO THEM, AND TO RAILWAY…

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Robbery at Prouds Cleaner Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday — Sixty-one-year-old cleaner. Ernest Strout, was remanded in Central Court today on a charge of…

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Three Japanese Guilty of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 1

LOS NEGROS, Mon. (A.A.P.- Reuter): Three Japanese were today found guilty by the War Crimes Court of having murdered…

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Assault Charge Dismissed Through Lack of Sworn Evidence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 5

At the Leeton Court last Thursday, before Messrs. T. Henderson and A. Thompson, Js.P., Ro-bert John McMeeKin, 63-year-old…

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