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Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 60

Alleged Stealing

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

At the Coolamon Police Court on Wednesday. Frank Jacob Thomas. 50, of Ashfield. Business Agent, appeared on a charge of stealing…

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Illegal Car Users Sentenced

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

At the Manly Court of Petty Sessions last week, before Mr. E. Cox, S.M., formerly C.P.S. at Hay, Keith John Woodwell (19) and John C…

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Indecent Assault Man Committed For Trial

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

At the Tumut Court on Tuesday last Henry Cecil C. Mann, 52, a laborer employed on the Snowy- River Scheme, was committed for…

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Stopped Train to "Lift" Potatoes Railwayman Fined on Charge of Stealing

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

Five men, whose aggregate ages total 231 years, appeared at the Cootamundra Police Court on charges of stealing seven bags of…

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Court of Petty Sessions Alleged Arson Committed for Trial

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

At the Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday last, before Mr. A. V. Quiggan, S.M, Leslie A. Robertson (24) was…

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Wheat Case Application to High Court Discussed at Ganmain

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

At last Saturday’s meeting of the Ganmain F. and S. Association. Mr. E. M. Hamblin stated that application had been made to the…

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War in Asia Strategy Police Action or War? (Extract from the American magazine "Time")

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

If the U.S. had reacted to the Pearl Harbour attack merely by trying to clear the "Japanese out of Hawaiian waters. World War…

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Junee Court Hears Charges of Having Broken, Entered Loftus Hotel, Liquor and Money Reported Stolen

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

TWO YOUNG JUNEE MEN WERE COMMITTED TO STAND THEIR TRIAL AT THE QUARTER SESSIONS WHEN THEY WERE CHARGED IN JUNEE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LAST WITH HAVING BROKEN INTO…

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Three Police Burned to Death in Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday: Three Adelaide police officers were burned to death while fighting a fierce bushfire in a gully at…

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Accidental Finding in Four Inquests Held at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Accidental death by drowning was the verdict of the District Coroner (Mr. A. J. Redman) in each of four inquests heard at Wagga Court yesterday. IN summing up the case of Colin Ross Skinner Lindsay, aged…

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Theft and Arson Charges at Coolamon Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

At the Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., Leslic Arthur Robertson, 24, appeared on charges…

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Court of Petty Sessions SATURDAY, 20th JANUARY (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Fined for Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

John Charles Stewart (40) was charged with being found drunk. Defendant pleaded guilty and was lined £1, in default 48 hours' hard…

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R.a.a.f. Youth Charged After Smash

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

An 18-year-old R.A.A.F apprentice at Forest Hill, while under the influence of alcohol, allegedly stole a motor cycle…

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Three S.a. Police Killed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

Three policemen were burned to death in South Australia on Friday when they were trapped in a steep gully fighting a bushfire near Upper…

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Man Committed for Trial at Tumut-court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

At the Tumut Court on Tuesday last Henry Cecil Mann, 52 a laborer employed on the Snowy River scheme…

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Former Police Inspector's Son Killed While Saving Daughter from Driverless Truck

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

News was received here on Thursday afternoon that Mr. Geoffrey Muffctt (41), of Dobee Street, Rylstone, was killed in Sydney while…

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Father for Trial on Charge of Baby's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: On a charge of murdering: his year-old daughter, Kevin James Miller, 32, was today committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr. Burke)…

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Police Seek Owners of Lost Goods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

Wagga police have in their possession a number of articles suspected of having been stolen. These include five snapshots…

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Serious Charge at Tumut Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

At Tumut Court, Henry Cecil Mann, 52. a laborer employed on the Snowy River Scheme, was committed for trial at the…

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Charged With Wounding Husband

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: On a charge of attempted murder, Mrs. Olga Francis, 29, of South Melbourne, was remanded at the…

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