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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 60

Two Years for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: John McEvoy, a 60-year-old baker, was sentenced to two years' gaol for having assaulted Thomas…

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20 Years' Gaol for Wounding

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: A Yugoslav migrant found guilty early this month of wounding a Polish migrant with intent to…

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Miners Posted Court Order

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Joint Coal Board today posted to 13,000 mineworkers in New South Wales a copy of the Coal…

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Man Gaoled: Broke Court Pledge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: Found to have broken promises made to the Court not to enter premises occupied by his wife or moles her and their three children, a man was sentenced to gaol for 12 months…

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Wanted to Go Back to Gaol

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

In Southend, England, Thomas Rennles walked into the local police station with Mildred Browne, struck her on the mouth, knocked…

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New Enemy Assault in Korea Expected Soon Red Build-up Almost Complete

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, (A.A.P. Reuter), Monday—Allied artillery and airpower pounded at comparatively small Chinese forces along the Korean front yesterday, while the United Notions' army stiffened its line…

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MONDAY, 7th MAY (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Old Offender Sentenced on Three Charges

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

Hugh Parker Webb (40) was charged with behaving in an offensive manner in East Street on 5th May. Plea guilty…

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Who Flung Dung? Gundagai Police Investigate Unusual Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

IT’S a queer world. The spontaneous actions of some people are definitely difficult to comprehend, and the Gundagai Police were given a most unusual case to handle on Saturday last, when a stranger accused another strainer of throwing a handful of fresh horse manure at him…

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9 Months for Theft of Junee Man's Bags. Audacious Robbery Fran Luggage Van on Train

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

A man who stole two suitcases belonging to Mr. T. Leahy, of Junee, was last week sentenced to nine months' imprisonment…

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Coonamble Tragedy Police Believe Woman Shot Herself Three Times

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

COONAMBLE, Monday — Police believe that a woman found dead on her property near Coonamble shot herself three…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 14th MAY (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

Harold Edward Hunt (44) was] charged with being found drunk at the sportsground yesterday, and was fined £1/10/, in default three days'…

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Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 4th MAY (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

Arthur Joseph Murray (53) was charged with being found drunk on the railway platform. Sergeant Mongan stated that…

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STOLE £1 Worth Tools, Fined £10 Man Admits in Court Could Not Remember

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 7

A man who stole £1 worth of carpenter's gear was fined £10 in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last, when he appeared…

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Small Debts Court TUESDAY, 8th MAY (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Municipal Council Sues for Rates

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

The Narrandera Municipal Council proceeded against the following for the recovery of rates and charges, plus court costs, and received…

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Magistrate's Comments at Gundagai Sitting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

Stating that his decisions were based on the opinions of the superior court, and not the District Court, which was an inferior…

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Nine Months for Theft of Junee Man's Bags

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

A man who stole two suitcases belonging to Mr. T. Leahy, of Junee, was last week sentenced to nine imprisonment…

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Gundagai Police Investigate Unusual Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

It's a queer world! The spontaneous actions of some people are definitely difficult to comprehend, and the Gundagai…

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Bold Daylight Assault by Red in Korea U.n. Troops Behind Barbed Wire Minefields

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter) — Thousands of fresh Chinese Communist troops pushed the enemy's assault spearhead five miles into South Korea today in a bold daylight movement…

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Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Licensing Court at Wagga yesterday, before Mr. A. E. Hodgson. S.M.,an application for the transfer…

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Students Plead Not Guilty to Friend's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: When their trial opened today, five medical students pleaded not guilty to having killed a First…

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