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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 60

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

A CASE against Norman Vere Devlin, of no fixed address, on a charge of vagrancy was adjourned by Mr. C. F. Denton…

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Barry Creighton Sentenced at Quarter Sessions, Qualifies As Habitual Criminal, Says Judge

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

BARRY THOMAS CREIGHTON, OF JUNEE, WAS THIS AFTERNOON SENTENCED TO SERVE TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOUR AT THE SITTING OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS AT WAGGA…

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Cattle Stolen From Yard at Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

ROMA (Queensland), Tuesday: Mine cattle being held in the Roma Police Court yard as evidence in a cattle…

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Young Judge Begins Career at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

One of the youngest judges ever to be appointed to the New South Wales District Court Bench presided at Wagga Quarter…

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Caused Upset in Marrar Street Fined £8 In Junee Court To-day

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 4

A Marrar businessman rang the Junee Police Station yesterday and complained about the conduct of a man who was making a…

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Mineshaft Murder: Brother Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 6

Police at Newcastle on Tuesday night charged Michael Joseph Maher (50), of Jesmond, with the murder of his brother, Ernest John. (Slack)…

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Marshal Petain Dies in Gaol

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

Marshal Petain, 95, dictator of Vichy France, died early on Monday in prison on the He d'Yeu, off the French west coast. His wife and…

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Workers' Compensation Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 2

A sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission will be held at the Wagga Court House at 11.30 a.m. on August…

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Bail Refused to Couple on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: A man and a woman charged with the murder of an elderly wharf laborer, George Brett, in a…

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Court Claim on Preference to Unionists

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Preference to unionists could apply only at the time of engagement and during retrenchment, the…

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Ex-Police Sergeant's Appeal Document Forged Says Policeman

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 6

Mr. Justice Clancy impounded a document at the Crown Employees' Appeal Board on Tuesday at West Wyalong when a policeman claimed…

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Three Unionists in Court Deny Being Influenced

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Three of the 40 witnesses which the defence said yesterday it would call, denied today at the…

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P.P. Board Criticised Adjournment Of Court Cases (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

Sir, I have been hesitating about whether or not I should write to you and criticise the unanimous…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, July 23 (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 6

Keith McNeil (24), correct name Keith Teal, was charged by warrant that at Paddington he was on the 20th December, 1948, found without…

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Yanco Sensation Recalled by Court Proceedings

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., John Watts was charged with unlawfully…

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Young Woman Given Bond at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

A young British migrant, Gladys Ellen Joy Cleary, was given a good behavior bond by Judge Le Gay Brereton in the…

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Junee Man's Assault Appe[?] Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 2

An appeal by a Junee 4 ter against his [?] fines for assault at December 16, 1950, was…

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Woman Granted Bail on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: An elderly, wharflaborer had died as the result of being beaten by another man, allegedly at the instigation…

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Father of 11 Gets Two Years on Theft Counts

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: The father of a family of 11 was today sentenced to two years gaol for having robbed his employer over…

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Gundagai Woman Motorist's Appeal Upheld by Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 4

Judge Brereton upheld an appeal by Mrs. Ailsa, Jean Daly, of Naroon, Gundagai, at the Wagga Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday against negligent driving charge on June 20, 1950…

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