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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 60

Two Men Charged with £420 Harden Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.: Four young men appeared at Liverpool court today on 16 charges involving the theft of goods valued at…

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Jeweller Fined £400; Charged With Buying Smuggled Goods

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Newcastle jeweller, alleged to have bought smuggled watches, ballpoint pens and necklaces from a Chinese, was fined £400 in the Special Federal Court today…

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Man and Two Women on Theft Charges at Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

GOULBURN, Thursday — A man and two women were remanded at Goulburn court until March 5 on charges of having…

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Dubbo Teachers Charged £6/12/ a Week for Board

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

Teachers appointed to Dubbo schools are desperate for accommodation, says the Dubbo 'Liberal."…

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For Trial on Murder Charge; Woman's Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

HOBART, Wed.: John Joseph McDonald, 46, Burnie book laker and former member of the House of Assembly, wes tonight…

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Man to Serve 15 Months’ Gaol Tumut Labourer Guilty Of Serious Offence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

A RATHER SORDID STORY WAS TOLD TO HIS HONOR JUDGE LOMARO IN THE GUNDAGAI QUARTER SESSIONS THIS MORNING WHEN A 53 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CHARGED WITH A N OFFENCE…

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Took Jugiong Station Truck and Ended Up by Crashing Two Benangaroo Station Employees Charged

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

Two employees of Benangaroo Station at Jugiong went for a little tour on the Australia Day holiday, but…

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Purtell Not to Ride Comic Court in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Leading Melbourne Jockey J. Purtell will not ride Comic Court in the Sydney Cup or any…

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Short Quarter Sessions and District Court Jurymen Not Required

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

Although there was a fairly lengthy list for to-day’s Gundagai Quarter Sessions and District Court His Honor…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 5th FEBRUARY (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Failing to Destroy Patterson's Curse

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

Yanko Shire Council v. James Alexander Lenehan, failing to desroy noxious plants, namely, Paterson's curse, on his property at Gillenbah…

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15 Months' Gaol for Indecent Assault

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

At the Gundagai Quartet Sessions yesterday before Judge O'Mara. Henry Cyril Crampton Mann, 53. a stranger to the district,…

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Adelong Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

At the Adelong Court yesterday before Mr. W. Finaly, S.M., John Brown, of Grahamstown, was charged with driving a motor…

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Miners' Leaders in Court Evatt Says Court Cannot Prove Contempt

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Dr. Evatt K.C., said today that the leaders of the [?]ners' Federation could not be guilty of contempt of the Federal Arbitration [?] because the Court had made no order in connection with the present coal dispute…

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Tumut Man Sent to Gaol for 15 MONTHS Guilty of Serious Offence

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

A rather sordid story was told to his Honor Judge Lomaro in the Gundagai Quarter Sessions when a 53-year-old man was…

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Rode Motor Bike. Found in Street. Young Men Fined, But Not Suspected of Theft

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Two young Junee men, Ronald Turton (18) and Ronald James Hands (19) appeared in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Constable Says Man Was in a Stupor. Drunken Driver Fined In Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

Lindsay Gordon Chambers, 21 years was charged in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last with having driven a…

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Semi-trailer Drivers Fined in Court. Did Not Have Permits To Travel Sheep

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

The driver of a semi-trailer laden with sheep, Robert Oehm, who was apprehended in Junee on November 29th. last, told Constable F…

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Charged with Wife-murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Friday: Mr. Justice Dean in the Supreme Court today allowed Edward Joseph Scully, 52, a chef, £500…

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American Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday: William Remington, 33, former Government economist, was yesterday sentenced to five years' gaol…

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Wheat Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

A man appeared before the Wagga Court yesterday morning on the charge of stealing 200 bushels of wheat from Boree…

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