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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 60

Charged With Attempt to Poison Woman

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 64-year-old pensioner was remanded today until January 30 in the Central Court on a charge of…

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Charged With Murdering His Step-Brother

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Coroner (Mr. Burke, S.M.), today committed David Eccles, 56, laborer, of East Brunswick, for…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

AFTER almost colliding with a police motor cyclist, a Wagga motorist was charged with driving whilst under the…

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Police Dog Finds Missing Boy; Searcher Killed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Reuben Berrie, aged 2, missing since last Friday, was found alive and well today…

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Four Youths Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

Wagga police over the last few days have received a number of complaints regarding stolen milk money and milk…

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Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 8

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Wednesday: Gordon Malcolm McSherry, laborer, was today remanded for a week on a charge…

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Police Expansion

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Expansion of Malaya's, police force from its present 15,000 members to a total…

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Sheep Skin Stealing Charge Brings £30 Fine

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 6

"I am not satisfied with ,your explanation as to how you came by these sheep skins," Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., told ,John James Sullivan when…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Valentine Clemence Bridle, 31, laborer of no fixed address, was fined £10 at Wagga court yesterday for having stolen £5…

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Women Appear at Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Two Wagga women appeared in Court yesterday on summons charges issued against each other…

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Stopped Train to “Lift” Potatoes Cootamundra Railwayman Fined On Charge Of Stealing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

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

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Woman Granted £66,963 Bail in U.S. Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A woman charged here with smuggling more than 200,000 dollars (£89,265) worth of…

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Gaol for the Drunken Driver

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

Despite the fact that the authorities are at present conducting a road courtesy campaign, the January record of…

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Theft of Sleepers Yanco Resident Convicted, On Eight Charges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

At the Leeton police court yesterday (Thursday) before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., Alexander Henry Wells, of Yanco, was charged on eight counts of illegally disposing of railway sleepers the property of the Railway Commissioner. To all…

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Court of Petty Sessions Peacemaker’s Nominal Fine

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

At the Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday of last week, before Mr. Quiggan, S.M., James Heir was charged with…

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Hardy Committed in [?] COURT [?] Case Ends bail Refused

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Frank Hardy, 33, author of “Power With-out Glory," was committed for trial by Mr. Jackson, S.M., in the…

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Motor Cycle Stolen Locally Last Night Police [?] an Early Arrest

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

A motor cycle was stolen from the [?] of Central [?] opposite the central railway [?] in June, last night…

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Fadden Will Invoke Crimes Act Against the Miners Wants Mc Girr to Use Police for Enforcement

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: There are strong reasons for believing that the Federal Government will in voke the Crimes Act against the…

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Stealing Charges Upheld

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 3

LEETON, Friday: Former railway ganger Alexander Herry Wells, of Yanco, appeared today before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M., on…

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Local Items Junee Theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Thieves broke into the preminister of Ronald Lamont, second-[?] dealer, Main Street, Junee, Off Thursday night. An A.J.S…

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