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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 74

Couple on charge of murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Ronald William Simpson, 28, and Mary Lillian Tommerup, 30, were today committed for…

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Brisbane Police [?] strike

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: A [?]ling of 150 detectives [?]d uniformed men tonight [?]ided to begin a regulation…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 2

Four motorists were fined a total of £26/8/ by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on charges of having exceeded the speed limit A fifth man was remanded…

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King's Cross Restaurant Raided by Police

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Detectives arrested 21 persons, many of them country visitors, in a raid on the fashionable…

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Heavy Gaol Sentences on Melbourne Gangsters Five Hold-ups in the One Day

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The four members the "Bent Trey" Gang who terrorised people five armed hold-ups at Heidelberg in one [?]y of February last were sent to gaol today for…

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Manslaughter Case Remand to Coroner's Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 2

At the Court o[?] Petty Sessions this morning, the Chamber Magistrate, Mr. H. Wardley, remanded Kenneth…

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Stealing Salt-shaker Heavy Fine At Tumut Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 6

At the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., Allan Gene Cullen, a fruitpicker, of Batlow, was…

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Alleged Car Stealing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

Sergeant F. Hermes and Constable N. Howell arrested three strangers in High Street, Hillston, on Saturday, and charged them with having…

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Killing an Opossum Man Charged At Tumut Court Fine of 3 IMPOSED

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

At the Tumut Court yesterday Harry Glover Kneebone, who has been, camped on the Tumut camping ground, was charged…

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Additional Police

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 4

At the last meeting of Carrathool Shire Council, Cr. McLauchlan said, in connection with the request…

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Convicted Escapee Found Hanged in Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Robert Donald Amour, 22, who figured in an escape from Emu Plains Prison Farm in January, has…

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£3597 Haul in Pennies Gaol for 'phone box thefts

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Two elderly P.M.G. drivers who admitted having stolen £3597 in pennies form coin boxes in public telephone booths were sentenced to gaol terms…

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Police to Hold Big Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed: All available policemen within 100 miles of Brisbane will be asked to attend a mass…

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Licensing Court "In Error"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State full Court found today that the Licensing Court had been in error in refusing to…

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£75 Bail Forfeited Two Defendants Fail To Appear At Tumut Court Case Against Third Man Dismissed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

At the Tumut Court yesterday Murray Cox was charged with driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of…

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U.S. Steel companies lose Court action

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.): A Federal Judge yesterday rejected a request for prompt hearing of an…

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Local Items Cigarette Theft

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

Ten cartons of English cigarettes, valued at £40, were stolen on Friday night from a room at a Wagga…

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Man Charged After Motor Cycle Crash

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

A motor cyclist hurt in an accident at the intersection of Edward and Docker Streets on Saturday…

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Police guard over pilot

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 3

SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Sunday (A.A.P.): The Government yesterday placed a police guard over Captain…

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Man Arrested at Wagga on Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

A man last night complained to Wegga police that he has been robbed of £17 in a Wagga hotel…

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