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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

1,481 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 75

Three Years for Assault on His Own Daughter

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

A Cowra district man, John James Cooper, was sentenced to three years' gaol on a charge of…

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Police Investigate Mop Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

Police are investigating reports or a mop salesman who operated in Cootamundra recently, but did not provide…

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Lulham's Court story of incidents

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Football international Bobby Lulham [?] in Central Court today denied that he had ever had intercourse with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Veronica Mabel Monty, but admitted he had been "a little familiar."…

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Adelong Man Charged at Wagga £460 Claimed To Be Misappropriated

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 3

A former Adelong and Tumut business man appeared in Wagga Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday to face a charge that he had…

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£120 Fines in Junee Court Betting and Radio License Cases

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 6

Recent visits to Junee by police officers from No. 21 Division and wireless inspectors from the P.M.G…

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Man Gaoled for Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 2

At a Court of Petty Sessions here on Saturday morning, Vincent John Rowe, 43, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to six…

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Charged with £2000 thefts

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A man who escaped a fusillade of bullets on Friday night has been charged with stealing…

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Admitted His Guilt in Police Statement

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 3

When Junee police interviewed Frank Vasall at 7.40 p.m. on May 18th. and asked why both the headlights of…

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Concern in Junee Over Air Guns. Police Warning to Parents and Retailers

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 3

Junee police officers are concerned about the increasing number of air guns which are making their…

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Five Bikes Found in District Dams Awaiting Owners at Junee Police Station

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 4

Five bicycles have been recovered by the Junee police from dams and lagoons with in the immediate vicinity of…

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Gundagai Bank Dishonored Adelong Man’s Cheques “Humbug So Far As The Police Was Concerned”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 2

GUNDAGAI residents were summoned to Wagga last week to appear as witnesses in a case in which a well known carrier was charged with fraudelent misappropriation…

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L.G. Revision Court MONDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 2

The Revision Court of the Council for the Shire of Yanko, and the Municipality of Narrandera was held. The Shire Clerk (Mr. S. H. Wright)…

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Court of Petty Sessions TUESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M.) Fined for Having No Front Light on Bike

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 4

Ronald Joseph Lavery (Melbourne) was charged with that on 17th March, he rode a bicycle in Cootamundra Street, Junee, without…

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Allowed £1000 bail on theft charges

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A 22-year-old laborer, charged with breaking and entering Mick Simmons' George…

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The Newspapers Fight Equity Court Hearing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — solicitor Gabriel selmer Relchenbach agreed, under cross examination in the Equity court today, that…

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Brutal Murder of Young Girl

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Bru[?] buttered about the head, the semi-nude body of a 15-year-old girl, missing from her home since Saturday night, was discovered in the drive of an isolated house on the southern slopes of Mr. Martha, near…

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Margin claim for Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The metal trades unions' claim for marginal increases for 100,000 tradesmen was referred to the Arbitration Court by…

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£460 Case Continues at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 2

The bearing of evidence against a former Adelong businessman charged fraudulently misappropriating £400/12/9 resumed at the Wagga Court ot Petty Sessions yesterday, and will continue this morning. Ernest Widdowson, 42, now…

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Court Told 'Sunday Sun' Will Close Down

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Ronald Arthur Irish, a director of Associated Newspapers Ltd., said in the Equity Court to-day that the shareholders in both…

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Victorian Murder Inquiries

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 2

Homicide detectives investigating the slaying of 14-year-old Shirley Collins, whose body was found at Mt. Martha on Tuesday, described…

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