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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 74

O'Meally guilty: sentenced to death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: W[?] John O'Meally, 28, was [?]nd guilty by a Criminal [?] jury tonight of the…

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Wagga Coroner's Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. A. J. Redman) at the Wagga Coroner's Court yesterday returned findings of accidental…

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Wagga Rescue Club Member Aids Vic. Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 3

The activities of members of the Wagga Rescue Club are, apparently, not confined to the Wagga area alone. Recently a young boy was…

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Court told of steel strike's effect Steel Dispute

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Strikes in three major steel producing plants were having the gravest national effects, Mr. W. S. Sheldon said in the Full Arbitration Court today…

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Prisoners Sentenced

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 2

Maurice Vernon Jex, who pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering the store of the Commonwealth at Leeton on 8th February and…

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Pakistani official to be charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sunday. (A.A.P.): Pakistanl High Commissioner in Australia (Yusnf Haroun) will be…

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M'meally Guilty of Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 2

After four hours retirement, a jury in Melbourne on Friday night brought in a verdict of guilty against William John O'Meally was…

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"Bat-man" assists police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Son.: The crew of a patrolling police car were amazed last night when they saw what appeared to be…

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District Court Thursday and Friday (Before His Honor Judge Lc Gay Brereton) Dispute Over Sale of Tractor

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 2

Colin Kember v. John Geoffrey Apen Greene, claim for £425 for sale of tractor. Mi. McGregor, L.L.B. (instructed…

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Two Years Gaol for Breaking, Entering and Stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

Arthur John Winters, who pleaded guilty at the Narrandera Quarter Sessions last week to two charges of…

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Sentenced at Quarter Sessions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 2

The following persons committed for trial at Narrandera Quarter Sessions from Leeton Petty Sessions, and remanded for…

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Transport workers apply to court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: The Transport Workers' Union has filed an affidavit for a High Court order nisi to restrain…

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Wholesale Murder on Koje Island Reds Wipe Out Fellow Prisoners

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

KOJE ISLAND, Tuesday—Communist leaders on Koje Island murdered at least 115 fellow prisoners in gaining control inside camp compounds. Allied officers said today…

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Big Increase in Juvenile Crime Annual Police Report

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Juvenile Crime increased by 65 per cent in N.S.W. last year. This was revealed today in the…

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Waterside dispute High Court Rules Against Ban

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: Orders of the Arbitration Court directing the Waterside Workers' Federation to lift it's overtime ban and comply with the award in future, were declared valid…

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Supreme Court Sittings in Leeton Kooba land value appeal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 4

As reported in our issues last week, the hearing commenced in the Leeton Court House on May 10, before Mf. Justice Sugerman, a Supreme Court Judge, of an appeal by F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd. against the value…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 2

A few drinks of unaccustomed rum with a friend proved expensive for Wagga man James O'Regan, who was fined a total of £9/10/ on three charges at Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Increase in number of court cases

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The number of cases dealt with by courts in N.S.W. during 1951 increased by 12.69 per…

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Watersiders' apply to Court C'wealth Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Two [?] by the Waterside Workers' [?] to stop contempt of court [?] against it before the…

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Wild Melbourne Car Case Police Shoot Suspect in Lung

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—A 21-year-old man was shot through the lung by police early this morning during a wild car…

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