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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 74

Theft From Junee Club £150 in Bag Stolen

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

The club house of the Junee Golf Club was broken into early on Tuesday morning, and a bag containing…

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Aged Woman Strangled Former Gundagai Man On Murder Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 1

AFTER A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAD BEEN FOUND STRANGLED IN HER BED AT CORRIMAL EARLY ON TUESDAY, HER HUSBAND, CORRIMAL POSTMASTER, ROBERT WILLIAM LAWSON, 51, WAS CHARGED WITH…

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Court Case Aftermath of Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 3

John Theodore Witt (28) was charged with driving a motor vehicle in a negligent manner in Cadel Street on 4th September…

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Payroll Grab 18 people detained by police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Late this afternoon detectives investigating the £33,593 payroll robbery from the Mayne…

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Police Seek "Red Slippers" Police are seeking a man who wears a pair of red slippers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

A Holden car stolen from Deniliquin and recovered damaged in a ditch three miles from Adelong yesterday afternoon,…

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When is wedding complete? Court Asked to Decide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Three Judges of the State Full Court were asked today to decide whether the marriage tie was complete when the bride and groom said "I do," or when the…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 6th OCTOBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Disqualified from Holding Driver's Licence

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 3

Terence George Sturdy (21), who gave his address at Garfield Post Office, Victoria, was charged with that on 28th September he failed to…

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Kiandra Deaths Man is charged with theft of truck

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Thursday: Two of three men alleged to have stolen a truck had drank from wine bottles which…

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Woman Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 3

BRIDGEPORT (Connecticut), Thursday: Lydia Look. (4-year-old New England spinster socialist, accused of…

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Death of shearer Two men charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday: Two men appeared in Cootamundra Court today charged with having…

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Two Bodies Found In Hut Near Kiandra Double Murder Suspected Police Searching for Ex-adaminaby Man

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 1

The bodies of two young men. huddled together and covered with blankets, were found in an emergency skiers' but two…

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Ex-Gundagai Man On Murder Charge

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 1

After Mrs. Ellen Lawson, 72, had been found strangled in her bed at Corrimal early on Tuesday her husband, Corrimal…

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Police Probe 15 Poisonings

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: N.S.W. police are investigating 15 thallium poisonings, the Chief of the C.I.B. (Superintendent J. Wiley) said to-day…

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Detectives in Town on Golf Club Burglary Probe Follows Loss Of Cash Bag

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 1

Detective Sergeant H. J. Cloke and Detective Lundy have made two visits to Juneethis week in connection with…

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Damage to Cafe Window Young Man Appears in Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 3

Certain incidents took place In a Junee cafe on Monday night. In the Court of Petty Sess-…

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Charged with Truck Theft Man remanded at Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 2

WEST WYALONG, Friday: Eric William Turner, motor driver, of Adaminaby, was charged in West Wyalong Court today with stealing a motor lorry valued at £800 at Temora on…

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Armed police arrest man

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 4

KATOOMBA, Fri.: Armed police today surrounded a house at Blackheath and arrested a 20-year-old man…

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Death of Shearer at Cootamundra Two Men Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 4

Two men appeared in the Cootamunra court on Thursday charged with having murdered Queensland shearer, James Anderson, aged about…

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Threatened to call police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Mr. Denis C. Jacob, Tasmanian delegate to a Moscow conference, whose passport was…

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Coota Murder Charge Two Young Men Arrested

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

Two men appeared in Cootamundra Court last Thursday charged with having murdered Queensland…

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