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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 66

Former W.w.f. Secretary Spent Money on Betting, Police Claim

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: In on unsigned statement, Herbert Ernest Clarke (49) former secretary of the Melbourne branch of the Waterside Workers'…

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Police search for two gaol escapees

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Large squads of armed warders and police tonight threw a cordon around the Emu Plains…

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Woman Charged for Issue of Valueless Cheques

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 6

Following investigations at Young, police have arrested a woman in connection with the passing of a valueless…

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Police seek father, two children

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a New Zealand ex-serviceman who has…

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Police Search for Escaped Prisoners

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Large squads of armed warders and police last night threw a cordon around the Emu Plains…

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U.s. Police Aided by Phone Call From England

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Monday— Advised through a telephone call from England, police at Buringame, California, found Mrs…

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Stray Stock in District. Police Job Lauded At Shire Meeting

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 7

Impressed with the manner in which Junee police have been able to handle some of the staying stock problems…

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Cold-blooded Murder Attempt by Stranger

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A Bondi estate agent was last night shot several times in the body by a man at his home…

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Fijians Will Be at Police, Ambulance Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

Members of the Fijian Rugby Union football will be official guests at the Police and Ambulance Ball in the…

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"Telegraph" Campaign in Ruxton Case "Against Violence Not Police"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The "Doily Telegraph" had been carrying on a campaign against violence, out the police force, the paper's acting editor, Mr. James Kingston Watson, told the Studley-Ruxron Royal Commission today…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 2

A New Australian was fined at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions for carrying possengers on the rear of a tabletop lorry. The defendant, Angelo…

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Penalty Increased for Bribing Police

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday— Legislation which State Cabinet approved yesterday will increase penalties against persons…

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Woman is acquitted of murder charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: A 30-year-old mother of two children, who admitted stabbing her 18-year-old lover with a…

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Admits poisoning, Court told

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

DALBY (Qld.), Thurs.: A station-hand had admitted poisoning an overseer to get square with a girl who had given him up, Dalby Police Court was told…

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Taxation Cheques. Totalling £112, Involved in Stealing, Forging and Uttering Charges in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

A 20-YEAR-OLD POSTAL EMPLOYEE APPEARED IN THE JUNEE COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS YESTERDAY AND PLEADED GUILTY TO FIVE CHARGES OF STEALING AND FIVE…

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Two Junee Men Admitted Theft of 1000 Yards of Copper Wire From County Council

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

TWO JUNEE MEN PLEADED GUILTY IN THE JUNEE COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS YESTERDAY TO STEALING 1,000 YARDS OF COPPER WISE, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY £79126…

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Straying Horse Brings Fine in Local Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 2

An aged horse which had been put out to die and which got away from the area where it was…

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High Accident Toll On Hume Highway Suit. Snowden Addresses Tumut Police

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 2

Superintendent E. H. Snowden, in charge of traffic in N.S.W., said In Tumut yesterday that the stretch of…

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Had Big List of Convictons Another Added In Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 3

"To be truthful sir ... I didn't have the means", Frank Allamby said in the Junee Court of Petty…

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Heavy Fines for Coolac Theft Heavy fines and costs, totalling in all £90, were imposed in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions last Friday against two men, who were charged with stealing from Coolac, 1,000 yards of copper wire, the property of the Northern Riverina County Cornell

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 1

The men charged were Charles William Hatch and Ernest Mount. Police evidence: was that the…

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