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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 60

Landowners Fined at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

Five property owners received fines yesterday at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions, for failing to suppress rabbits on their properties. The charges were brought, in each case by the…

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Both Sides Ready for Red Assault in Korea Allied Planes Grounded by Bad Weather

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter) — Allied tanks, infantry and artillery yesterday jabbed at Chinese Communist forces poised for the expected major assault in Korea…

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[?]Kapooka Dispute Arbitration Court to Her Claim

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

The Fitzgerald Construction Company has re­quested the Master Builders' Association to place its [?] in the Kapooka dispute before the Arbitration Court for a ruling…

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Unusual and Shocking Murder in Melbourne Man in Female Clothes Chained and Strangled

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—A young man dressed in female clothes was found trussed with chains and strangled in a residential at Hawthorn early this morning…

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Magistrate Has Praise For City of Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

"I don't blame anyone for having civic pride in Wagga. It is a very fine city, and it would be a pity to have it spoilt." THIS was stated in the Wagga…

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Will Police "Housie"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, said that he would strictly enforce the law relating to the playing of housie housie. Mr. Evatt was…

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Police Investigate Unusual Charge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

It's a queer world, says the Gundagai "Independent." The spontaneous actions of some people are difficult to comprehend, and…

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Police Say Man's Punch Killed Baby

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A baby boy, Victor John Culllver, aged 14 months, had died as the result of a punch from a 20-year…

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Police Say Man Cut Wife's Nose

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Following an argument, a man had grabbed his wife and cut off portion of her nose with a…

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Police Warning

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

The Wagga Wagga Police advise that all fanners and graziers in the Wagga Wagga Police District who have not…

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N.Z. Police in Strike Move

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Eighty police dispersed about 200 striking watersiders and supporters who…

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Police Guard on Ship

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Police yesterday placed an armed guard on the Panamanian freighter Norbay, which…

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Magistrate Replies to Judge’s Comments “Approach All Matters Without Any Sort Of Prejudice”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 3

LAST WEEK THE DISTRICT STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE, MR WM. FINLAY, REPLIED TO RECENT REMARKS BY THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, HIS HONOR, JUDGE LAMARO. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS STATEMENT MR FINLAY SAID SAID THAT HE CLAIMED TO APPROACH ALL MATTERS WITH HIS FACILITIES…

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Out Again, in Again Man's Visits to the Junee Police Cells

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 1

John Henry Oates must like the cell at the Junee police station or maybe it is that he likes his liquor…

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Unusual Charges of Failing to Shear Four Men Will Face Court Proceedings

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

Four unusual court cases are to be heard at Cowra in the near future when four shearers are to be sued for failing to shear all…

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Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Jack Lawrence Cantwell, 31, clerk, of Hamilton Street, Hamilton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to…

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Police Warning on Military Rifles

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Wagga police yesterday issued a warning to people who have in their possession a military rifle or ammunition…

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Police Fire at Stolen Car

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday — In a high-speed chase after a stolen car through Melbourne and suburbs last night,…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Wardley, J.P. Stealing Charge George Phillips, 40, was remanded on a charge of stealing…

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Man Who Struck Cattle Dog Is Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

A man who claimed in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he "had a horror of dogs" pleaded not guilty to a charge of having ill-treated a dog outside the Exchange Hotel…

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