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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 60

Four Italians Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

ROME, Tuesday: Four Italians, including a former Major in the Italian Army, appeared before a closed court yesterday, charged…

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Teenage Girl Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two teenage girls and a youth were found guilty at Central Criminal Court today of the murder of a 73-year-old pensioner. The eldest of the three, Edith May Martin, 18…

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New Australian Fined After Wagga Assault

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

"I know that some New Australians are temperamental, but when it comes to assaulting women something has got to be…

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Students Murder Superintendent and Fellow Pupil

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday — Two students at Ruherfordton, in North Carolina, are alleged to have murdered the…

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Police Probe Bones Mystery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Tuesday: Police have not yet been able to establish whether charred bones found in a paddock at Tamban…

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Comic Court Impressive in Training

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Co-favorite for the Sydney Cup, Comic Court "stole the show" in a semi-final gallop at Randwick this morning. Crack colt Alister was another interesting worker…

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Refused Bond After Assault Conviction. Husband Polled Her Out of Bed, Says Wife

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

A Cowra man, Victor Ticehurst, refused to accept a bond in the Cowra Court, stating that he intended to appeal against…

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Man in Court After Cafe Disturbance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

A disturbance in a Wagga cafe was described at Wagga Court yesterday when Stane[?] Vilheims, 19, laborer, of the Great…

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U.S. Communist Party Wins Court Injunction

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The American Communist Party has won a 15-day injunction in its fight against registering with the Department of Justice…

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Foreign Agent Was Ready to Visit Australia But Police Picked Him Up

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday — An alleged foreign agent told the Government-appointed Deprivation of Citizenship Committee…

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Northern Miners Vote to End Stoppages Actu Threat If Court Not Approached

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: The A.C.T.U. was prepared publicly to oppose the miners if its advice to the Miners' Central Council to approach the Coal Industry Tribunal for a review of the attendance…

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Year's Gaol for Fraud on Traders

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mr. Doolan, S.M., today gaoled for 12 months a man who obtained £42 from shopkeepers by…

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The Motor World Theft of Car Tyres

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

In view of the shortage or new tyre supplies, thieves are turning their attention to cars left in the streets, according to…

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Laborer to Be Tried on Wheat Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

A 50-year-old laborer, Grosvenor Thomas Hawthorne, of Shepparton, Victoria, was committed for trial at Wagga…

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Five Years' Gaol for Fracturing Girl's Skull

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A soldier who had fractured a girl's skull with an electric iron was sentenced in the Central…

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Murder of Baby Alleged; Man Says He Saw Strapping

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Kevin James Miller, 32, went on trial in the Criminal Court today, charged with the murder of his 12-months-old daughter, Hazel Elaine, on January 2…

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Belief in Spirits Alleged in Court Claim

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: The Supreme Court was told today that Sarah Ann Jenyns, 85-year-old founder of Jenyns' Patent…

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Court Told Drive-in Is Danger Spot

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., said at Wagga Court yesterday that the proximity of Kyeamba garage drive-in to the crest of a hill on the Hume Highway created a real and obvious danger…

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Sequel at Hay Court Ta £10.000 Robbery

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 6

In the Hay court of petty sessions last week, Mr. Keith Smith, S.M., committed for trial Edith Margaret Courtney, former licensee of…

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Theft of Money and Pocket Knife Man Gaoled At Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

Francis Stanislaus Nagle, laborer, aged 38 years, an employee of the Snowy Mountains Authority, was sentenced to seven days'…

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