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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 66

Youth charged with murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

ROCEHAMPTON, Thurs.: 19-year-old youth was remanded to April 15 in Rockhampton Court on a charge…

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Former Cycle Club Official in Junee Court on Stealing Charge

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

A FORMER OFFICE BEARER OF THE JUNEE CYCLE CLUB, RONALD JACK PEARCE, APPEARED IN THE JUNEE COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS CHARGED WITH STEALING…

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TRAVELLED 75 Mph Passed Car Which Carried Police Traffic Caret Before Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

When a young man travelling at an estimated speed of 75 miles per hour passed within niches of another…

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Hospital Cases in Junee Small Debts Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

The Junee District Hospital had nine cases listed for hearing in the Small Debts Court at Junee yesterday…

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"Thorny" Legal Point in Wagga Court Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

A Sydney barrister claimed in the Wagga District Court yesterday that, as a point of law, post-supported hotel verandahs projecting over public…

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Police to Report on Junee Traffic Parking and Yellow Lines to be Planned

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

Junee police have been asked by the Superintendent of Traffic (Mr. H. E. Snowden) to prepare a full report on…

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'Really Vicious' Assault. Says Judge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A man who had committed a "really vicious" assault on a young woman wag given a £50 good…

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Murder theory discounted in "skeleton" case

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: It is now considered unlikely that the woman whose skeleton was found on the bank of King Parrot Creek, near Broadford early this week, was murdered. Detectives, facing an…

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Sieving Soil for Clues to Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

Detectives sieving soll at the spot near Broadford (Vic.) where the rabbit-warren murder was discovered. Detective McMahon is holding the sieve. Detective Set Adam is wielding the shovel. A woman's skeleton was found…

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Four of Seven in Parlor Had Not Been Served "After Hours" Case In Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

When three men arrived in the parlor at the Hotel Junee at 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 7th, licensee Mr. James…

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£3000 From Well Planned Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday —Thieves escaped with goods worth almost £3000 from a city frock shop early this morning…

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Deposed Premier Sent to Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

GEORGETOWN (British Guana), Tuesday —Dr. Cheddi Jagan, deposed premier of British Guana and leader of the…

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First Police Evidence in Ruxton Case Bashing allegation is denied

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday; Detective-Constable John William; Heys denied at the Royal Commission today that he had assaulted David Edward Studley-Ruxton on February 25. Heys said he had not seen any other police officer strike…

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Bookmaker gets 3 months' gaol for welshing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

A bookmaker who foiled to pay punters winning bets against him at a Wagga trotting meeting five years ago was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Woman on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 29-year-old woman, mother of four children, was committed for trial in the City…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

A man who poured sugar into the petrol tank of his employer's car was fined £5 for causing malicious damage, at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions…

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Novel Decision on Police-amb. Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

One of the novelties at the Police and Ambulance Ball on June 11 at the Kyeamba Smith Hall will be the naming of dances after welt known ambulance supporters in Wagga and district…

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Has Walked 100 Miles Trailed by Police

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday: Jaroslav Renza, the 35-year-old New Australian who is missing in desert country out from the…

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Unusual Scenes at Court Man in scuffle after collapse of Judge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Mr. Justice Martin collapsed while former Fitzroy footballer, Goldsmith Collins, was making serious allegations against him and other Judges in the Supreme Court today…

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Bookmaker Gaoled for Theft

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

Former bookmaker, John Patrick Farrell, was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing £20 which a Junee man had lodged with him at a bet at a Wagga…

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