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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 66

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

A Wagga laborer wot fined £8 at yesterday's Petty Sessions offer he was convicted of stealing a wheel and tyre worth £70. He is Junes M. Goland, 26…

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Grazier fined at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

A well-known Wagga grazier was fined £10 at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions for failing to suppress rabbits on his property…

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Passed Police Car Doing 75 M.p.h

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 4

When a young man travelling at an estimated speed of 75 m.p.h. passed within inches of another vehicle on…

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Rannock Night Tennis Court Official Opening

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 6

On the night of Monday, April 5th, at 8 p.m., a large crowd assembled at the Rannock Recreation Ground to witness the official opening of the…

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Postal Officer Says Charged Man Was Not Hit

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

A Postal Investigation Officer denied in the Wagga Petty Sessions yesterday that he had struck and sworn at a man he was questioning at the Wagga…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

Two Wagga men at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions were fined for having resisted arrest during the Easter weekend…

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Doctor't Story at Trial Man claims bashing by police

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A doctor told Central Court today he had made a note in hospital…

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Jones Creek Assault Charge Matter Adjourned For A Month

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 9

It is possible that the story of the Jones Creek battle will never be told, for in the Gundagai Court this…

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Soviet Embassy Accuses Petrov of Cash Theft Demands his return

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Soviet Embassy in Australia tonight accused Vladimir Petrov of misappropriation of Soviet moneys…

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Soviet Claim of Cash Theft Against Petrov Allegations Follow Previous Pattern

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday — The Soviet Embassy in Australia last night accused Vladimir Petrov of misappropriation of Soviet moneys. It demanded his return to Soviet custody to answer a charge of…

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Driver Fights Police Accusation Conviction Brings Cancellation Of Licence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 5

Gundagai resident David T. Nicholls strenuously fought the polled accusations of drunken driving in the Gundagai Court this week. However the local man’s efforts were in vain, for he was convicted and suffered the loss…

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Injunction Against Barnes Refused by Court: Payment of Earnings

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Equity Court today refused to grant an injunction sought by boxing manager and trainer, George Barnes. Barnes fights American…

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Year's Gaol for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: A man who posed as a customs officer was sentenced to 12 months' gaol in Central…

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Two Strangers Sentenced to 12 Months Gaol on Stealing Charges Committed for Trial for Having Stolen Car in Possession

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

At the Tumut Court on Wednesday Ronald James Pollock, 38, labourer, of West Coburg, Vic., and Irvine John Gollop,…

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Stealing Charges Adelong Youth Fined

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

Af the Tumut Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. W, Finlay. S.M., Bertram Reginald Sheather, 18, labourer, of Grahamslown,…

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2d Was Plenty of Money in His Mind. Vagrancy Charge at Junee Police Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 6

1 "I have money [?] I have money [?] right here in Junee," said John Michael Butler when he appeared in…

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Mounted Police Control City Traffic

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Mounted police were used experimentally today at two city intersections to control peak-hour…

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Russian Agent's Surrender Was Ordered on Murder Mission

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

BONN, Friday — Disclosures made by a Soviet security captain, who surrendered to the West with two German companions while on an assassination mission, will lead to many arrests of Communist agents in Western Europe, American sources in Bonn declare…

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Secret Police a Worry to Soviet

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): There is growing evidence in Washington, the Soviet Union is having serious, trouble within the ranks of its secret…

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Police join Trades and Labor Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The N.S.W. Police Association was tonight affiliated with the State Trades and Labor…

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