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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 60

Battered Body In Dam; Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Henry Richard Bugg, a 37-year-old contractor, appeared in Wycheproof Court today, charged with the murder of a man whose battered body was found…

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Witnesses Travel in Police Bus

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 4

THESE are only about half the witnesses who are to give evidence at the preliminary hearing of the Dumosa dam murder charge against Richard Henry Bugg, which began at Wycheproof (V.) yesterday. Bugg, 37, was charged on…

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Husband and Ex-Husband Meet in Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 1

SANTA MONICA, California, Wed.: Actress Jeen Wallace and her former husband, Franchot…

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Publicans Saw "Error of Their Ways, "Court Told Further Evidence Before Commission on Liquor Trade

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Royal Commission into the liquor trade was told today a "gentleman's agreement" existed between Tooth's brewery and wine and spirit merchants, which determined the wholesale…

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Theft of Glasses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 2

Recently Wagga police have received numerous complaints from hotelkeepers of the theft of glasses from the bars…

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Town Land Values Discussed in Court Cost of Conversion

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 1

At the sittings of the Local Land Board, comprising Messrs Curtis Drummond (chairman), T. H. Darchy and P. Grace, at…

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Clift Sent to Gaol on Charge of Having Stolen Sheep in Possession

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 2

At the Hillston Court of Petty Sessions on 12th September, Dudley Chalmers Clift, 33, late manager of Moolbong station, near Hillston, for…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today)

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. A. Truncheon, S.M. Onions! Roley Whitfield (35), Wallace Henry Rees (26), and Kevin John…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. F. Pocock, S.M.) Cruelty to Dog

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 1

Andrew William Pepper (09) was charged with cruelly ill-treating a dog. Sergeant Whelan prosecuted…

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Gaol Escapees

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK, Mon. (AAP): Twelve prisoners escaped from the county gaol at Caldwell (Idaho) last night by sliding…

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Sgt. Wiles farewelled at Court House Tributes to Efficiency

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 2

At the conclusion of the sittings of the Court of Petty Sessions at Leeton on Friday afternoon, the legal documents, books [?]…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 2

A 20-year-old airman from Forest Hill was convicted in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a…

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Migrant Collapses in Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday: A 22-years-old Hungarian charged with murdering a woman collapsed in the dock from a heart attack in Wollongong Supreme Court today…

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Three Railway Men Fined for Stealing Had Total af Thirty Years Service

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 6

When Railway Detective L. T. Williams found three men in the railway yards at Cootamundra on September 8th.. they were filling…

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Demonstration at Fish Markets Police Break It Up

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Police broke up a demonstration in the City Fish Markets today which followed complaints that…

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Staff Shortage Holds Up New Court Houses

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Stall shortages are preventing the opening of Dew country Court Houses or the reopening of…

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Alcohol Taken Into Gundagai Picture Theatre Stranger Fined For Sipping at the Flicks Police Warning of Sterner Measures Should Any More Cases Come Before the Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 4

A warning was given in the Gundagai Court this week that the Police will not tolerate people taking alcoholic liquor into public halls and picture theatres and should in the future, any such case arise they would press for the…

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‘P.P. Board Very Fair’, Says Magistrate “Want Rabbits Cleared Up, Rather Than Fine Graziers” Prosecutions Withdrawn Against Three Landholders

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 6

COMMENTING ON THE ACTION OF THE GUNDAGAI PASTURES PROTECTION BOARD IN NOT PRESSING FOR HEAVY PENALTIES AGAINST GRAZIERS WHO WERE ENDEAVOURING TO COPE WITH RABBITS ON…

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They Had No Radio Licenses Four Locals Tune In To The Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1

The recent visits of radio Broadcasting Inspectors to Gundagai had their sequel in the local Court of Petty Ses…

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The Barrows' Murder Three Men Face Trial

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 2

The trial began in the Supreme Court at Wollongong on Tuesday of three Hungarians charged with the murder of Mrs. Lucy Frances…

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