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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 66

Alleged Police Bashing Case Starts in Sydney Plaintiff admits lie on Army career

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: David Edward Studley-Ruxton, 32, who had alleged he was beaten repeatedly and violently by police, today admitted to Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Dovey, that he had lied in the witness box…

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Kicked by Police While on Floor, Says Man Studley Ruxton Admits Having Given False Evidence

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — David Edward Studley-Ruxton told the Royal Commission today that certain police officers at Darlinghurst Police Station had not punched him in the face at all, but had…

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"Feared Murder," Studley-ruxton Tells Court Police bashing allegations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: David Edward Studley-Ruxton, 32, told the Royal Commission today he had thought two detectives at Darlinghurst police station…

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W. Wyalong Youth on Theft Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 2

A Wagga detective said in yesterday's Petty Sessions that a youth had admitted breaking and entering four Wagga premises and stalling goods and money worth £108/3/3 1/2. The detective, Const. L…

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Sheep Stealing Local Grazier Seeks Heavier Penalties

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Cootamundra grazier, Mr. R. E. Merrin, advocated heavy fines for sheep stealers…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

A North Wagga man who allowed an unlicensed driver to use his truck while under the influence of liquor was fined a total of £13/4/ at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions…

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Commission on Police Is Refused

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Government tonight refused to appoint a Royal Commission to probe allegations of graft in the N.S.W. Police Force…

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Police Ball to be held in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 2

This year Wagga will have a Police Ball for the first time. The hall, which will feature…

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Dogs Mauling Sheep Wagga Police War on Strays

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

Wagga police have declared war on stray dogs following reports of sheep losses from dog attacks in the Kapooka area. So far only one grazier has been seriously affected…

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Serious Charges in Children's Court Number of Thefts Were Involved

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

A child appeared in the Junee Children's Court this week charged with several stealing offences…

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Motor Cyclist Aims at 150 Miles an Hour First Wins Court Appeal

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

A Sydney man will attempt to set a new Australian land speed record near Wagga on Sunday. He is Colin Crothers,…

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Man Charged with Unlawful Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two men had forced a well known Sydney racehorse trainer into a car and had demanded…

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Peer and Two Others Sentenced to Gaol Found Guilty of Homosexual Offences

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday — An all-male jury in the Hampshire Assizes yesterday returned verdicts which led to 27-year-old Lord Montague and two other men being sent to gaol for homosexual…

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Doctor Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Thursday—Dr. Alexander De Castro Basto, 58, Macquarie street, eye specialist, early last night was sentenced to death…

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Assault charge fails at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

A charge of assault against a well-known Wagga grazier failed at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions. The grazier, Stanley Edward Thomas, of North Wagga, was…

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Charged with Abandoning Her Infant

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Mrs. Lee Joan Roberts (24), or Queen's Street, Newtown, Sydney, was charged to the…

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Life sentence for murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: A 35-year-old-butcher who stabbed his lover to death with a butcher's knife in a fit of…

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Heavier Penalties for Sheep Stealing Advocated by Cootamundra Grazier

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

Cootamundra grazier, Mr. R. E. Merrin advocated heavy lines [?] at the characters [?]…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

A Wagga man was fined £10 at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions for having in his custody 100 cups which could reasonably be suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained…

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Studley-ruxton Admits "He Would Say Anything", But— Claims Story of Police Bashing Is True

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: David Edward Studley-Ruxton admitted at the Royal Commission today it would be unsafe for the Judge to take him at his word on eath under certain circumstances…

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