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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 66

Charge of Murder at Orange

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 24-year-old Bulgarian, Slavi Radeff, was charged at Orange Police Court…

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Police Suspect Man Poisoned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday—Police suspect that a young station overseer may have been murdered with a poisoned drink…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 2

Six motorists were fined at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions for negligent driving. They were: Allan McDonald, of North…

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Man Frightened Womenfolk Vagrancy Charge Before Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 8

A man who was arrested at Marinna on Monday frightened women--folk by his demeanour when he was…

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Taxation Cheques Inquiries Are Being Continued Police Are Seeking Further Information

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

Junee police, in association with detectives, are continuing their Inquiries into the possibility that rebate…

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Police Have Busy Night in Sydney Suburbs Two Men Arrested at Pistol Point

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Police arrested four men, two at pistol point, fast night and early this morning after intensive searches of the Randwick and Double Bay areas…

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Police Recovered High Tension Wire From Creek 1,000 Yards Estimated To Be Worth £70

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

Junee Police on Monday last dragged a portion of Houllghan's creek near the Wallacetown bridge…

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Two Men Arrested for Gundagai Theft Smart Work By Police

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Smart work by the Gundagai and Junee Police, led to the arrest on Monday last of two men who were…

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Ten Charged with Smuggling

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Charges or attempted smuggling against 10 people were heard by the Collector of…

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Theft and Resale of Army Vehicles Mobile Workshops Involved

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Thursday—Eight British servicemen in Singapore have been arrested in connection with the theft and…

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Court Case Listed for Albury

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

The hearing of the case Walker and Thompson has been specially fixed for Albury on Monday, May 24 next, and it is almost certain…

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Court Asked to Decide If Novel Obscene

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: Adelaide Police Court to-day was asked to decide whether a novel written in…

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Poisoned Drink May Have Caused Death Police Investigate Jealousy Motive

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday—A young station overseer who died in agency at Hannaford early on Sunday morning may have been given a glass of poisoned. beer…

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Gypsy Appears at Gundagai Court Blessed Money And A Fiver Disappeared

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Two New Australian Engineers were stopped by a carload of Gypsies near Mundarlo yesterday. A…

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Three Boys to Be Charged—gelignite Theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Three Ferntree Gully Technical School students will be proceeded against in the…

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Two Men Arrested for Coolac Theft Smart Work by Police

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

Smart work by the Gundagal and Junee police led to the arrest of two men who were subsequently charged with the theft…

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Murder Charge in Qld

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: A 37-year-old laborer was charged at Tara Police Court today with having murdered…

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Police Guard for Injured Man

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — A police guard has been placed over a man at St. Vincent's Hospital after he was pulled from a…

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Court to decide union dispute

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Arbitration Court may rule soon whether it or a union Federal executive has the overruling power to decide the future union…

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Court request on Victorian strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A milk distributing company today asked the Arbitration Court to order two engineering unions to call off a strike which threatens to stop the company's Sydney supplies. The distributors, the Dairy…

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