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Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 60

Actor Charged With Smashing Restaurant Door

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 4

SANTE FE (New Mexico), Sunday (A.A.P.): Actor Lawrence Tierney has been charged with smashing down the screen…

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Court of Petty Sessions Friday, July 27 (Before Mr. W. H. Hall, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

Keith Teal, who was remanded on 23rd July on a charge of being found in premises situated at and known as the Taxi Drivers' Club, Oxford…

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Burglary at Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

The shop premises of Messrs. J. Nolan and Co., hardware merchants, were feloniously broken into Monday night or early on…

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Conflicting evidence given in alleged assault case "Deliberate untruths," says Magistrate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

The hearing of the charge of assault against William James Frazer, licensee of the Hotel Leeton, brought by Clement Vaughan…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Finlay, SM. Carrying Firearms on a Sunday! Cyril McGuinness, Ernest…

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West Wyalong Man Drops Dead on Tennis Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

WEST WYALONG, Monday: Percy English, 46, farmer and grazier of West Wyalong, dropped dead at St. Mary's tennis courts…

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Wagga Traffic Blitz Aftermath in Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

Traffic cases dealt with at the Wagga Court yesterday before Mr. C. F. Denton, S.M., included— Seven charges of speeding. Five charges against cyclists of having no…

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Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

ALLAN Witt, 23, woodcutter, of Broad Street, Wagga, was ordered to enter into a recognisance self in £10, in default…

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Man for Tria[?] Theft at Wag[?] Store Allege

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

"I am pleading gu[?] charge. Could you fix it [?] get an early trial?" [?]-year-old laborer at the [?]…

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Married Couple Sent to Gaol by S.m. at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 5

Described by police as a dangerous criminal, an aboriginal woman, with her white husband, was sentenced to nine months' hard labor by Mr. C. F. Denton, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday on a charge of stealing…

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Sentenced for Vagrancy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 6

Keith Teale was further charged with being a person having insufficient lawful means of support. Sergeant Whelan appealed for the…

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No Additional Police

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 4

The Police Department wrote to Carrathool Shire in Reference to Council's letter seeking additional Police protection in the…

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Court Told Cyanide Found in Sweets, Inquest on Woman

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

QUIRINDI, Wednesday E animation of three minties revealed cavities containing cyanide, the Government Analyst (Dr. H. B. Taylor) said at the inquest today on Mrs. Betty Fleming, 39, who died on June 28. Dr. Taylor said he had tested samples of Mrs. Fleming's organs and found…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, July 31 (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Found in Disorderly House in Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 6

Keith McNeill (25), correct naine Keith Teale, was charged with on 20th December, 1948, being found without lawful purpose in the…

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Court Reserves Judgment in Nelungaloo Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Judgment was reserved by the Full Bench of the High Court today in the Nelusgaloo wheat case…

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Police Chief Must Approve No Parking. Alderman Trying to Re-open Discussion

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

The "no parking" regulation on a section of the eastern side of Lorne street will require the sanction of the Commissioner of…

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Man Charged with Sydney Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.: The partially-clad body of Edith Beryl May Almond, married, 35-year-old barmaid, was found in a vacant allotment in Queens Avenue…

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Diver Charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

LUBECK (Germany), Sunday (A.A.P.): A German deepsea diver, Rolf Hallgrecn, with 24 other employees of a Hamburg…

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Long List of Cases for Magistrate at Gundagai Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

IT will be a busy day at the Gundagai Court House to-morrow when Stipendiary Magistrate W. Finlay will…

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100 Charged; Brawls in City

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: More than 100 men were charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and similar offences…

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