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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 74

Licensee Charged with Refusing to Provide Traveller with Food

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

A West Wyalong hotel lisensee, Mrs. Marie Teresa Sala, has been charged with refusing to supply a traveller with food…

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Men Influenced Woman, Judge Tells Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: Commenting that there was no doubt that the woman had acted under the influence of…

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Man's £993 Verdict Set Aside by Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The State Full Court today set aside a District Court verdict against Consolidated Press Ltd. for…

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home assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Charged in Malvern Court today with having, on February 22, wounded Mrs. Nellie Adela Nunquam with intent to murder, with having criminally assaulted…

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Royal Mail Bag Theft Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Pleading not guilty in Brunswick Court today to a charge of having, on March 1, at Brunswick, stolen a Royal mail bag containing three bags of registered mail and £468/13/6 in money, Lindsay Harold…

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Man charged: artist hurt in accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.: The condition of visiting Sydney artist, Harry Wann, who was knocked down by a car on a…

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Man Charged—diamond-ring Grab-run Raid

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Quarter Sessions jury today convicted a 24-year-old salesman on a charge of having…

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Wagga Court items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

A North Wagga butcher, William Frederick McPherson, of George Street, was fined £5 by Mr. A. V…

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Local Youths Escape From Yass Prison Forced Bars in Grille; Police Search All Night

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

The two youths who were recently committed for trial on charges of burglaring Cootamundra businesses, last night escaped from Yass Gaol. The youths escaped by forcing two bars in an…

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Stab and Bash Victim Police Search for Two Men

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Police to-day began a wide search for two men who, they believe, stabbed and bashed a man at Waterloo…

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Further Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Police promotions announced today included:- Sergeant 2nd class to be…

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Police Win Two Vehicle Chases Car Overturns

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Five men were arrested at gunpoint today after a high speed chase of a car and a truck…

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Gaol for False Pretences

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Raymond John Fitzsimmons was convicted at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on March 14 and remanded for sentence…

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Court challenge over uniform taxation Vic. Govt. Move

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: The Victorian Government will challenge in the High Court the validity of the Commonwealth uniform taxation…

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Tenancy Court Application for Possession a Question of Hardship

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 4

Before the Tenancy magistrate, Mr. K. Smith, S.M., at the Court House on Thursday application was made by the…

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Yass Gaol Break Local Youths in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

Two youths, left alone for five minutes, escaped from Yass Gaol, Goulburn Court was told on Monday…

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Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

Following complaints by residents in the vicinity of the Experimental Farm that a man was indecently…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

After hearing only one police witness, Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Qld. in Tax Court Case?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Queensland may Join Victoria in the High Court challenge to the validity…

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Court Told of Unique Lemon Tree

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A nurseryman claimed £10,000 damages in the Supreme Court today against two men for having allegedly chopped down about 25,000 lemon trees among…

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