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Courts & crime, 1952

1,463 stories in Riverina's papers · page 63 of 74

Riot at Football Migrant Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: An Italian migrant was fined a total of £18 and sent to gaol for nearly a month in the Carlton Court today as a result of incidents during a riot at the…

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[?]Y, 8, on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): [?] eight-year-old boy was [?]sed in the Isle of Wight [?]nile Court yesterday of…

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New Australian charged with murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday: This morning police, who have been searching for the alleged murderer of Jan Pilkowski, 28,…

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Local Government Formulates Police

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 4

“The Local Government Conference just held at Katoomba was an outstanding success.” said Alderman J. Bales,…

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Coota. Gamblers Caught in Police Raid

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

[?] Police of No 21- Division on Thursday night raided a house in Lawrence Street. Cootamundra, and…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 2

Broughton Henry Hayes (63) and Jessie Hilda Eldridge were charged with using indecent language in Douglas Street…

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Offered Bribe to Police Officers Claimed To Be Friend Of Attorney-General

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

An appellant who attempted to bribe two members of the Cowra police received a severe tongue lashing from…

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Pole Charged with Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday: A former Polish police officer. Stefan Hostynsky, 43, was charged in the Adelaide Police…

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Alleged theft of car at Kapooka

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 3

A 24-year-old laborer was committed for trial at yesterday's Wagga Court of of Petty Sessions on a charge of stealing a motor car. He was released on £200 bail…

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Items from Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 3

In the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.M., fined two airmen £10 each on counts of having at Forest Hill on October 31 stolen a motor-cycle owned by Alfred James Gaal valued at £50…

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Thallium Murder Case Recalled Victim's Brother on Serious Charges

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 2

A Noonbiguia resident, Eric Hector Williams, came before the Cowra Police Court on seven charges, ranging from…

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Court order to Wagga owner

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 2

A Wagga property owner was ordered in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to abate a nuisance…

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State's Appeal Against Court's Judgement Land Resumption

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Full Court had erred in determining land resumed by the N.S.W. Government in 1950 for soldier settlement…

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Illegal Betting Problem Police Waiting on Crown Law Advice

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — No decision has yet been reached regarding the possible prosecution of a leading Sydney bookmaker…

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Charged After Shooting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wed.: In the Police Court today, John Joseph Downing, 24, machinist, of Huntriss Street,…

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Committed on car theft charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 2

Charged at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty Sessions on a count of stealing a car, a former Wagga truck driver was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions in Wagga on…

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Wagga mechanic fined for assault in street

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 3

A city mechanic denied in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he had called a Wagga contractor a name and had men assaulted him. The mechanic, Reuben…

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Wagga Court items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 3

The hearing of summonses against four Wagga men for having, on August 12 and 14, removed earth without permission from a public recreation park in the Parish of South Wagga…

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Sequel to Southport Taxi Driver's Death Murder Charge Made in Sydney Today

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Arthur Ernest Halliday (42), plumber, of Richmount street, Cronulla, at the Central Court today, was charged with the murder of Athol Henry McCowan, a Southport taxi…

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Italians Demonstrate in the Domain Police Quickly on the Spot

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — More than 50 Italians began a demonstration in the Domain late this morning…

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