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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 66

Petrov leaves Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 4

Mr. Petrov smiled nervously for the camera as he left the Court after his evidence in the Royal…

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District Court Claim

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 2

As a sequel to a collision between two motor vehicles outside the Leeton Hotel in Pine Avenue, on April 4, 1953. Judge…

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Cyclist Awarded £1000 DAMAGES At Griffith District Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

In the District Court at Griffith on Friday, His Honour, Judge Brennan awarded Antonio Catanzariti £1000…

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Stray Dogs Are Causing Concern Council to Seek Police Action

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 7

The number ef stray dog wandering the streets of Junee is to be brought under the notice of the police…

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£570 Awarded to Greyhound Trainer Leeton District Court Hearing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

After a hearing which lasted almost two full days, Mrs. Amy Sylvia Williams of Leeton, a licensed greyhound trainer, was awarded £570/6/6 on Wednesday last by the jury, at the Leeton District Court, presided over…

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Wage Rates Of Skilled And Unskilled Workers Commonwealth Support For Margins In Next Court Hearing

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government will press for greater disparity between the wage rates of skilled and unskilled…

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Police played safe with Petrov

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: Security police took no chance of there being say crowd incidents when Vladimir Petrov…

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Gaol for beard

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

BERLIN, Sunday (A.A.P.): An East German Court gaoled 17-year-old Guenther Henneberg for a pear for pencilling…

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Teacher to Be Charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 63-year-old Illawarra school teacher will appear before Redfern Children's Court next…

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Uganda editor given six months' gaol

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

KAMPALA, (Uganda) Sunday (A.A.P.): Mr. Appolinari Odamba was sentenced to six months" gaol yesterday…

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Criminal Now at Large, Court Told

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: A 37-year-old criminal with interstate convictions for serious armed robberies had skipped bail and was at large in the community, a detective told Judge Stafford in General Sessions today…

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Negligent Driving and Driving Under Influence Carrier Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2

As the sequel to an accident on the night, of March 15, 1953 on the Leeton-Griffith Road, Douglas Roy Bassett…

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No Advertisement So Court Ruled No Jurisdiction Unusual happening at Braldwood

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 1

An unusual position arose when a big batch of appeals was to have come before the Valuation Court at Braidwood…

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Petrov Says He Wes Paid £5000 by Austn. Security Organisation Mrs. Petrov Enters Court by Side Entrance, and Is Expected to Give Evidence Today

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday — Vladimir Petrov told the Royal Commission on Espionage today that he secretly met an Australian security officer almost opposite the Soviet Embassy in Canberra before he sought political asylum. Pet-said the at the beginning of the fifth day in the witness box…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

Two Wagga hotelkeepers were fined at yesterday's Petty Sessions for offences under the Liquor Act. Eric J. Sullivan, licensee, of the Home Hotel,…

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French Police Seek Dangerous "Wonder" Drug

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday —Police combed chemist shops throughout France last night for bottles of a new "wonder" drug called…

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Mrs. Petrov centre of Court interest

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The cry, "Call Mrs. Petrov", brought an audible stirring through the crowded Courtroom shortly before the luncheon adjournment today—the fifth day of the Melbourne hearing…

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Junee Identity Is Forced to Pay for Rearing of Pups £570 Verdict Given in Leeton Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

A jury at the Leeton District Court awarded a licensed greyhound trainer, Mrs. Amy Sylvia Williams, of…

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Father of Quads, Gaol Sentence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

Ellis Reginald Hudson, of Gilgandra, father of the Hudson quads (only one of whom survived), was sentenced to…

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Espionage Commission "not a Court"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Mr. J. W. Windeyer, Q.C., counsel assisting the Espionage Royal Commission, today told the Commission that an action had been commenced in the original jurisdiction of the High Court by Rupert Lockwood, as…

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