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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 74

Woman Freed on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: A 36-year-old mother of three children was acquitted by a Criminal Court jury today on a charge of having administered arsenic to her husband with intent…

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Police attacker shot dead

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday: After he had twice stabbed a policeman wife a screwdriver, a man was shot through the…

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Police Chief Takes Up Duties

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday: Superintendent W. R. Lawrence to-day took up duties at police headquarters as Acting…

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Lost Bicycles at Wagga Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

Wagga Police request any persons who have lost bicycles in the past few months to call at the station between 9 a.m…

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The Daldy Case Remands, at Today's Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

Romuidi Szolomicki, 28-year-old New Australian, was remanded to appear at the Coroner's Court here on October…

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New Chief of Southern Police District Supt. Johnson Appointed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

Superintendent W. H. Johnson, examining officer. No. 4 Sub-District, Sydney, has been appointed to succeed…

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Until Next Court Sequel to Maher Cup Argument

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

The trial of William edward Crossley on a charge of causing actual bodily harm to a resident of Young, was…

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Fined for theft of wallet

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 2

A 36-year-old commercial traveller, who stole a fellow commercial traveller's wallet containing a sum of money on Saturday at a Wagga hotel, was fined £5 at the Wagga Court of…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 2

The hearing of an application by Graham T. Haydon for an ejectment order against V. C. McDonald (a female) of 43 Flinders Street, Wagga, was adjourned to October 7 by Mr. Quiggin, S.M., at Wagga Court yesterday…

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Mother of 11 Acquitted on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesda[?] The mother of 11 children [?] acquitted on a charge of m[?]der in the Horsham Supr[?]…

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Admission to Court Two Murders at Nightclub

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Proprietor of the Ziegfield night club, Eric Farrell, admitted in the Supreme Court today that two murders had been committed at the club…

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Station Manager Acquitted on Skin Stealing Charge

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

Former manager of Moolbong Station, in the Hillston district, Dudley Chalmess Clift, was acquited of a charge of stealing a bale of sheep skins, at the Hay Court of Quarter Sessions last Tuesday…

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Police State "Rubbish"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Acting Minister for Immigration (Mr. Beale) today discounted suggestions that…

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Two Charged After Tragic Accident Last April

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

The aftermath of a tragic accident on April 11 on the Collingullie- Lockhart Road was heard in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, when the two drivers of the vehicles involved appeared on charges of negligent driving…

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Not Guilty of Cattle Stealing Jury Acquits Young Gundagai Man

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

“An honest man would have acted very much in the same manner as the accused did,” commented His Honor, Judge Brennan, in the Gundagai Quarter Sessions last Tuesday, during his summing up of the trial of a young…

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TENNIS Single Court Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

On Saturday last the semi-finals were played, ami the results were: Weir Park d. Whites' by 12 games. Waverley d. Conlan's on forfeit…

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Maher Cup Brawl Ends in Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 4

The Maher Cup—the premier Rugby League trophy in the Southern Districts — has been Hie cause of much jubilation, excitement…

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Supreme Court Sitting at Wagga Oct. 14

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 2

It was learnt authoritatively last night that none of the bushfire writs will be dealt with at the sitting of…

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New Chief of Southern District Police Superintendent Johnson Appointed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

Superintendent W. H. Johnson, examining officer, No. 4 Sub-District, Sydney, has been appointed to succeed Superintendent A. L…

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BRITISH, U.S. Sailors Brawl in Denmark Police Break Up Fights

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Friday—American naval police patrolled Copenhagen's streets last night helping Danish police to restore…

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