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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 66

Youth given bail on theft charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

In the Petty Sessions Court yesterday Mr. T. G. L. Flynn, J.P. allowed a youth £200 bail on a charge of breaking, entering and stealing…

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Hoaxed Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

NEW YORK. Thursday: A young married man told police yesterday that he had tried to hoax them with a…

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Another allegation against police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: A barrister in the Quarter Sessions today claimed police had obtained a…

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Police Make Four Arrests

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Three women and a 17-year-old youth were arrested by police in raids on three homes in the Newtown…

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Brothers' Appear in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

Arthur Anthony Wilson (31), laborer, of Bradman street, Cootamundra, and his brother, Lionel, (28), of the same address,…

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Woman with Long "Record" Comes Before Court Ended Railway Fare

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 8

A 33 year old domestic, Lillian May Jones, appeared in the Junee Police Court this morning charged with…

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Judge Slates Two Men in Court "Worthless Criminals Said his honor

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

"You are useless, worthless criminals, and your record shows no reason for any great clemency," said…

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Tumut Man Laughs at Accusation of Jealousy District Court Claim Contested by Contractor and Builder

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

Many of the buildings in Tumut, Batlow and other places indirectly owe their being to contractor W. W. Beavan and…

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Court Action Against Harden Police

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

A senior police officer, and a junior police constable both stationed at Harden, have received…

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Woman charged over baby

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 24- year-old woman was charged by police yesterday with having unlawfully abandoned and…

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Historic Gaol Walls at Gundagai Being Demolished

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 5

The Gundagai gaol, which was erected last centary when bushrangers roamed the countryside, is now being remodelled, and the fourteen feet atone walls are being demolished and will give way to a new six foot wall…

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Tumut Man Committed for Trial Charged With Setting Fire To Grass

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 8

At the Tumut Court last week, Magistrate W. Finlay committed Henry Joseph Peppernell, of “Willow Glen”…

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16- Year- Old Girl Reported Missing Police Institute a State-wide Search

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

A State-wide search has been instituted in an effort to locate the whereabouts of 16-year-old Margaret Ann…

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Sentenced to Gaol For breaking, entering and stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 2

At Narrandera Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Brennan sentenced Ragnar Lie and Sverre Nilsen, to two years'…

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Sentenced for Receiving

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A Quarter Sessions jury today convicted a taxi driver on a charge of receiving £2500 worth of…

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Alleged Theft of £13,000 Instruments

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Two engineers were remanded in Central Court today on charges of…

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"Most Disgusting Assault' Man's attack on woman

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A man who punched and kicked his pregnant, de facto wife had committed a "most disgusting assault", a Magistrate said in…

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Police seek missing man

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 2

Wagga police are searching for a 50-year-old man who disappeared from a Wagga hotel on Sunday…

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Traffic Breaches Before MR. K. W. SMITH, S.M. At Leeton Police Court Negligent Driving in Acacia Ave

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

Stewart Frederick Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving in Acacia Avenue on December 19, 1953…

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Royal Commission Into Police Administration Sought

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — State [?] treatt will move in State Parliament today for a Royal…

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