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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 66

Adelong Brothers Settle Differences Case Does Not Go To Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

In the Gundagai District Court this morning it was announced that a difference between two Adelong…

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£9350 a Warded by Court Claim on estate of murderer

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The daughter and husband of a woman murdered in…

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Forger Sent to Gaol for Year

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A walter had admitted forging the names of tennis star Adrian Quist and Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones on…

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Committed on murder charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday: A 38-year-old barman was today committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Police Search for Robbers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday —Police have begun a wide search for three masked men who stole £1200 worth of watches and…

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Leeton Court of Petty Sessions Traffic Breaches

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday the following were charged before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M. with breaches…

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Boys' Club Will Be Formed in Junee Preferably Under Police Federation Sponsorship

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

A BOYS' CLUB WILL BE FORMED IN JUNEE AND THE MAYOR (ALD. C. LESLIE) WILL MAKE REPRESENTATIONS IN SIDNEY ON MONDAY NEXT IN AN ENDEAVOUR TO HAVE IT…

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Alleged failure to give way to vehicle on right Court sequel to accident at Wattle Hill intersection

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

Clarence Henry Marks of 29 Willow Street, pleaded not guilty at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday…

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French air assault halts Reds

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

HANOI, Friday (AAP): A massive French air assault halted four advancing Communist divisions [?]…

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Posed As War Hero—six Months' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A young man who was alleged to have obtained money from girls by posing as a war hero, was…

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Police Funeral Wagga man buried today

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

Const. Reg. Surherland, who was killed in a road accident near Griffith on Thursday…

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Two Years’ Gaol for Two Strangers Found Guilty On Stealing Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

Two strangers were found guilty by a jury in the Gundagai Quarter Sessions last week on a charge of…

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Lockhart Stipendiary Magistrate's Court a Varied List

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Mr. Blackmore, Stipendiary Magistrate, conducted various Courts at Lockhart on Wednesday…

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Police Officer Fatally Injured in Road Accident Man Charged with Manslaughter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

Constable Reg. Sutherland of the Wagga police was fatally injured on Thursday night on the Griffith Darlington Point Road…

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Police at Funeral

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

The large squad of Riverina police who paid a last honor to the late Constable Reg Sutherland…

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Criminals in Room, Police Say

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Two criminals had been found hiding in the bedroom of a Waterloo publican's son…

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Found shot after minor police charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: A dentist who had been charged on Saturday night with having driven under the influence of…

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Man with Throat Wound Rings Police, Dies

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—An elderly recluse died three hours after he was admitted to hospital this morning with deep wounds in…

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Alleged Suicide of Ex-miss Australia's Husband Drank Acid Police Told

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Dr. Dudley Edwards, husband of Miss Australia 1949, drank prussic acid, woke, his wife and infant daughter Suzanne, and said…

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Youth charged with larceny

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Police believe they have cleared up a chain of robberies involving goods worth…

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