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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

1,195 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 60

Police Warn on Shooting, Trespassing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2

Wagga police have received complaints from landowners along the Murrumbidgee River, particularly between Wagga and…

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Spree Ended in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2

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

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£1250 Damages for Retired Police Sergeant

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: Archibald Michael Lynch, 56, a retired sergeant who lost his "trigger finger" in a car accident, was…

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Red Demonstration [?]N Sydney [?]Over Dulles Police Arrest 53

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police today broke up a Communist demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Wynyard Street, City, and arrested 53 people…

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Sporting Notes the Turf Three Records in Row by Comic Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 4

Comic Court's three successive record time wins in first-class races over distances from six furlongs less 20 yards to two miles…

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Crowd Before Court After Demonstration

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: All but five of 32 men and two women who appeared at Central Court today charged with offensive…

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Court Rejects Narrandera Man's Offer

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: An offer by a sexual offender to undergo psychiatric treatment until cured, failed to secure release…

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Court Reserves Decision on Wool Tax Claim

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Full High Court to-day reserved its decision on a claim by two members of the Australian…

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Hit Horse with Axe Melbourne Man Goes To Gaol

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

A man who hit a horse with an axe, was, in the Melbourne Criminal Court sentenced to 12 months hard…

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Gaol Bells Peal As Murderers Go to the Gallows Handful of People Wait Outside Gates

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: With the pealing of the gaol bells, three murderers went to their death on the gallows at Pentridge Gaol…

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Fined for Stealing Petrol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions last Friday, before Mr. K. Smith S.M., Richard Francis Hopley, 19 year old labourer, of 23 Acacia Avenue…

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Four Years for £2548 Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Stanley Nugent, 32, clerk, of Bellevue Hill, was sentenced to four years' gaol at the Quarter Sessions…

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"Monster" Goes to Gaol for 14 Years

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A sentence of 14 years' imprisonment was imposed on a man described as "an uncontrollable and…

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Stop Sheep Thefts More Police Urged

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

The N.S.W. president of the Liberal Party, Mr. Lyle Moore, last week urged the State Government to allot more police to…

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Three Die for Murder Woman Carried to Scaffold; Both Men Calm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Apparently unconscious, and with her face completely covered, Jean Lee, 31, of Sydney, was carried handcuffed to the scaffold by the hangman and his assistant this morning…

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Police Allege Dogs "Rung-in" in Country Officials Visited Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

Serious allegations about "ringing-in" of dogs at country greyhound meetings are contained in a report which the…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Adjourned

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

A charge against Frederick Hearne (28), of breaking and entering the store of John Meagher and Co., Pty. Ltd., on February…

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The Motor World Theft of Motor Vehicles

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Failure of the State Government to get at grips with the problem of stolen motor vehicles is criticised by the NRMA…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Two men who fought each other in a train travelling from The Rock to Wagga appeared at Wagga Court yesterday…

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Contempt of Court Case Hint of New Action

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday — When informed yesterday afternoon that the Full Arbitration Court hart dismissed the contempt charge against the…

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