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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 60

Aluged Murder of Bride; N.z, Court Crowded

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The court-room was again crowded today for the fourth day of the trial of George…

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Charged With Razor Slashing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Pletro Lucente, 50, was allowed £200 hall at the City Court today on a charge connected with an…

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Comic Court Retires

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 8

Comic Court, Australia's champion racehorse, has finished racing and will stand at Warlaby Stud…

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Child Murder Wave in England Laborer Arrested

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday—Police charged a 21-year-old laborer with the murder of 9-year-old Cecily Bastone. fourth victim…

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Are There Beavers at Lacmalac? Who Cut Down The Peach Trees ? Poser for Magistrate Case For Plaintiff Fails

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

Magistrate Finlay had a real George Washington-and-the-Cherry-Tree case to deal with at the Tumut Court on Wednesday--the only difference being that the trees in dispute were peach trees; and, whereas George admitted…

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Publican Fined in Junee Court. Challenges S.M. to Inspect Local Hotels

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 7

Coolamon publican John Morgan invited the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Denton) in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Ardlethan Court Charges

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 4

ARDLETHAN, Friday: At Ardlethan Police Court yester-day, before Mr. McAuley, S.M.. Bede Charters, of William Street…

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Murder of French Public Figure Wife Detained by Police

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

PARIS, Monday.—Pierre Chevallier 42, newly appointed Chevallier" with murdering her husband…

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Harsher Penalty--out of Gaol

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 6

News observation on the economic front from "Spotter" in the Bathurst "Times": "I'm going to give you the maximum…

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Wild Man From the Hills Police Arrest Bethungra Hermit

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 2

Wild and Woolly man from the Bethungra hills, Lawrence Miller (29), who is believed to have lived alone for the past nine-years,…

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Near Riot at Maher Cup Match Police Protect Referee When Crowd Storms Ground

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

IN THE MOST AMAZING DEMONSTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF GROUP NINE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STORMED THE GROUND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MAHER CUP GAME AT COWRA ON SATURDAY, WHEN ONLY PROMPT AND FIRM ACTION BY THE POLICE SAVED REFEREE M. IBBOTSON FROM BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND ENDED WHAT COULD HAVE DEVELOPED INTO AN ALL-IN DONNY…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, 7th AUGUST (Before Mr. HcCauley, S.M.) Unlicensed Person Drives Motor Vehicle

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 4

Alexander Thompson woe charged with permitting an unlicensed driver to drive a motor vehicle. Sergeant Whelan stated that about…

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Charged with £1073 Theft From Widow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A 45-year-old engineer who was stated to have posed as an influential member of the British Secret…

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No Defence Evidence; N.z. Murder Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The defence called no evidence after the completion of the Crown case…

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"Wild Man" Before Coota. Court; People's Complaints

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

Described as "a wild and woolly man from the Bethungra bills," Lawrence Miller, 29, is believed to have lived alone for the past nine years, is in the Cootamundra gaol…

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Football Near Riot at Maher Cup Match Police Protect Referee When Crowd Storms Ground (Under the above headings, the "Gundagal Independent", reported.)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 4

In the most amazing demonstration in the history of Group Nine, hundreds of people stormed the ground at the…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 2

CHARGED with stealing two spanners, the property of John George Mackaway, Valentine Clements Bridle (32)…

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Ganmain Silo Manager Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 3

A wheat farmer told the Wagga Court yesterday that a Government wheat agent at Ganrnwin had offered him a "corrupt proposition" on December 29 outside a hotel at Ganmain…

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22 On Traffic Charges At Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 2

Twenty-two traffic offences were dealt with by Mr. R. E. Harvey, S.M., at the Wagga Traffic Court yesterday. They included five charges of speeding, two…

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Driver Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

Thomas Leslie Magill, 24, 232 Edward Street, Wagga, reserved his plea at the Wagga Court on Tuesday when charged with…

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