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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 60

Nelungaloo Case Again in Court. Company Asks for All-Important Certificate

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday, The now famous Nelungaloo wheat case may be re-opened at the next sitting of the High Court during…

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Charged With Wounding Wife

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A 45-year-old laborer was remanded to January 15 at Paddington Court today on a charge of maliciously…

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Month's Gaol for Motorist Under Influence

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A motorist who yesterday drove a car while under the influence of liquor, was today sentenced to a month's…

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Assault Charge Fails at Hay; Other Counts

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

HAY, Friday: An unlawful assault charge against William Kevin Timms was dismissed at the Hay Court today, but Timms…

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Charged With Stealing Safe

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A taxi-driver was arrested this morning and charged with stealing a safe containing £170 from the…

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Assault on Female

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

Shirley Edith Anderson v. James Anderson (24), unlawful assault on female. Plea guilly…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, January 2 (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Bound Over for Stealing Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

John Henry Madden (43) and Ronald Jeffrey Hahne (31) were charged with stealing 12 bags of wheat, valued at £18, the property of Norman…

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Manhunt in U.s. Follows Murder Jaunt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

BLYTHE (California), Sunday (A.A.P.): The F.B.I, last night joined in a manhunt along the Mexican border for an…

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Police Move on Race Tips

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Gaming police are seeking authority from the Crown Law Department to serve summonses against…

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Alleged Obscene Publication Proceedings In Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Associated Newspapers, Ltd., publisher of the "Sunday Sun." was proceeded against in the Central…

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Fence Sold Antiques As a Cover Scotland Yard Handles a Thrilling Murder

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 3

Oscar Homolka's beautifully detailed acting gives great strength to "Shop at Sly Corner", the main attraction showing at…

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Coroner Sends 21-years-Old Man for Murder Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

BATHURST, Monday: A 21-year-old Victorian shearer, Ronald Newman Cribben was committed for trial at the Bathurst Corner's Court today an a charge of maliciously murdering a Rockdale taxi-driver on…

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Plaque Found in Westminster Relieved First Real Glue to Theft of Coronation Stone

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Police Believe that the discovery in a bombed Westminister site of an oak plaque from the Coronation Chair in West-minister Abbey Indicates that the missing…

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Sunday Sun in Court Over Comic Strip

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Under cross-examination in Central Summons Court today, Sergeant R. Walden, who laid information…

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Film Review "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

A large audience at the Capitol Theatre last night saw a reviral of the brilliant Blag Crosby film. "A Yankee in King Arthur's…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

JOSEPH Murray, 36, laborer, of no fixed address, was fined £3 for having used indecent language in Baylts Street…

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Man for Trial on Charge of Attempting to Murder Constable

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

BATHURST, Tuesday: Ronald Newman Cribben was today committed for trial on a charge of having attempted to murder a police constable at Glanmire on December 17…

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"A Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

The technicolor film, "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court." featuring Bing Crosby, which is being screened at the Capitol…

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Armed Police Search for Gaol Escapees

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Armed police are searching for two prisoners who escaped from Corrimungle Gaol, on the…

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Indecent Assault Charge

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

On Tuesday the Tumut police arrested a man in Tumut la stranger to tho town) and he subsequently appeared at the Tumut…

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