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Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 74

The Tragic Toll of the Road Police Efforts to Reduce Accidents

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 2

All police in NSW have been issued with a notice from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Supt. C. J. Delaney,…

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Cattle Stealing Allegations Gundagai Man to Stand Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 1

Following an allegation of cattic stealing a young Guridagai man, David T. Nicholls, was committed to stand his trial on…

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Extra Police in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 1

Special arrangements have been made to have extra police in wagga during the Show period, including detectives from the Consorting Squad, C.I.B., Sydney and Melbourne. The following instructions…

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Anxiety Over Police Administration Opposition Leader's Claim

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Public opinion was gravely disturbed about other aspects of police administration, quite apart from…

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Mr. Treatt's Claim Public anxiety on police administration

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Public opinion was [?]avely disturbed about other aspects of police administration, quite apart from liquor, where [?]ortunities for corruption [?] the Leader…

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Court told car kept in a bar

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Moore Park publican Douglas Frederick Barwick told the Liquor Royal. Cimmission…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 2

At the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., sentenced 20-year-old soldier, Harold Layton Potter, Kapooka, to six months hard labor on a charge of having been found at Collingullie on August 26 in the home of Frederick Myers with intent to steal…

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Olivia De Haviland's Divorce Academy Award Winner in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday—Actress Olivia De Havilland, 36-year-old academy award winner, sobbed as she testified in court…

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Valuables Worth £70 Mentioned in Junes Court Foreign Currency Included in Money

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 August 1952 · page 1

A man has been chaired in Junee with breaking vo the the residence of a local Chinese gardener. Tommy Ah…

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Two Dead in Axe Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday: A 22-year-old "blue baby" was bashed to death and his mother later died of injuries she received when a laborer allegedly ran amuck with an axe in a lodging…

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No Probe on Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An Opposition [?]tion to farce a Royal Commission into "the integrity of Police Force administration general was defeated by four votes in the Legislative…

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Tennis Notes Single Court Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 2

Last Saturday's games resulted as mollow: Weir Park defeated West End. 41 games to 37…

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Car Driver Charged With Manslaughter Sequel to Fatal Accident Near Tumblong Two Killed When Car Crashes Into Parked Transport

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 1

EARLY on the morning of April 23rd last, on the Hume Highway, near Tumblong, a car collided with a parked transport, the result of which two people lost their lives, and in the Gundagai Court yesterday, the district Coroner…

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Housing Official Before Court Arrested at Wagga when "down to last 4d"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A former Housing Commission officer ad[?] at the Quarter Sessions today that he had accepted £6000 to [?] obtain Housing Commission homes. Officer, Raymond Henry…

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Police Search

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): British police are searching for 21-year-old Kenneth Laurie Gardner who has not…

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Cattle Stealing Gundagai Man Committed For Trial

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 4

Following an allegation of cattle stealing, a young Gundagai man, David T. Nicholls, was last Friday committed to stand…

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Pleaded guilty to stealing car Remanded on Dangerous Driving Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 2

William Charles Burney, aged 36, was charged at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, before Mr. K…

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Police Campaign to Reduce Accidents

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 4

The Officer-in-Charge of the Southern Police Area, which district includes Tumut, Superintendent A. L,- Nye. has given…

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The Armored Depot Robberies Police Baffled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday — Police are stunned with the audacity of the $400 theft from Mayne Nickless, Ltd. yesterday…

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Charged with offences against children

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Arthur Henry Wiseman, 44, of Lane Cove, was charged in Central Court today with 10 offences of indecency against a number of children…

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