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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 66

Extra police for Test

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Police do not expect another outbreak at the third League Test on Saturday, but are taking no…

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More Police for League Test

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Police do not expect another outbreak at the Third Test on Saturday, but are taking no chances…

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Concreting Court House Footpath

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

At this week's Council meeting, Shire President Stribley referred to the necessity of carrying out the work of…

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Won Court Case But Cannot Get £720 Legal Costs Tumbarumba Show Society Members Come Back Fighting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 10

Showing boundless confidence in the Show Society’s ability to take a punch below the belt and come back…

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Murder, suicide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): Albert Hoppe (53), retired New York policeman, yesterday shot and killed the…

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Migrant on Murder Charge Collapses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: A Ukranian migrant charged with the wilful murder of his wife, collapsed in the Criminal…

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For trial on charge of murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: At the conclusion of an inquest into the death of six-year-old Pamela Walton,…

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Clerk Committed for Trial on Child Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday—At the conclusion of an inquest into the death of six-year-old Pamela Walton, of Illawarra road,…

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Betting Raid at Yanco Men Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

At Leeton Court of Petty Ses­sions on Thursday before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M. Patrick Vin­cent Quinllvan was fined £12…

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80 Year Old Man at Bathurst Murder Probe Victim Had Junee Relative

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 4

Eighty year old Mr. Arthur Shirlaw, who was found dead in his shop three miles from Bathurst yesterday morning,…

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Clue in Police Hunt for Killer of Elderly Man

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

BATHURST, Friday—Police have begun a three-State manhunt for the killer of a 78-year-old service station proprietor,…

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Mother Murder Alleged Two Girls in Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.) Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Police in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court today read an alleged statement by a 16-year-old…

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Court Plea for Young Woman

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Counsel for a young woman told the Criminal Court today she learnt only recently that…

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Charged with His Wife's Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Homicide detectives last night charged John Henry Baldwin…

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Bathurst Murder: Police Still Seek Man Large sum of money gone

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Despite an Australian - wide search, police have so far been unable to find a man wanted for questioning in connection with the vicious…

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Charged with Two Hold-ups

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Police last night charged a 19-year-old youth on two counts of attempted robbery under arms, following hold-up attempts in two city…

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Safety Police Check Redex Trail Cars First Vehicle Due in Sydney Tomorrow Night

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday—Weary Redex Trial drivers received a shock awakening from Victorian police this morning, when squads of police swooped on drivers to check traffic necessities…

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Gaol warder dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. - Monday: A Mailand gaol warder has been dismissed by the Prison Department for trafficking…

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Murder to "Free" Man, Court Is Told Woman sent for trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday: A New Australian woman admitted strangling a journalist's wife, because she wanted to "free" the man and his son, police…

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Wife swung punch in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A man sidestepped and mined a punch aimed at him by his wife in Campsie Court…

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