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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 66

Two Women Gaoled: Assault on Housewife

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two women were gaoled in the Criminal Court today, one for 18 months, the other for six months, for assaulting a woman the…

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Remanded on charge of son's murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 5

PERTH, Monday: A 52-year-old woman, Mrs. Annie Margery Carpenter, of George Street, Midland Junction, was…

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Stipendiary's Court at Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

Before Mr. A. S. MacDonald, S.M., OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR R. J. Eade and J. T. Lane were both charged with offensive…

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The Late Mr. Quiggin, S.M. References in Court

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 7

At the opening of the Stipendiary Court at Lockhart on Wednesday, Mr. J. M. Grant (Lappin and Grant) asked the permission…

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Rigby Before Quarter Sessions Appeals Court Constable Admits Two Mistakes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A police constable admitted in the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today that he had made two mistakes in o written account of on incident involving commercial artist Alan Pierpont Rigby…

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Charged with £30,000 THEFT Katoomba mail robbery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Tuesday Two men appeared in Kstoomba Court today charged on two counts of…

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Katoomba Mail Robbery Two Charged; Third Man Arrested

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Wednesday—Two men appeared in Katoomba Court yesterday charged on two counts of having stolen…

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Wagga Court Items The City Council if conducting a "blitz" on straying stock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 2

Asa result of the "blitz" the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday heard eight cases against people who…

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Alleged Assault at Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

The Wagga police arrested a youth last night in connection with on assault on a middle-aged woman in Wollundry…

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Youth on charge of assault at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 2

The Wagga police arrested a youth last night in connection with an assault on a middle-aged woman in Wollundry Avenue on Tuesday night. The youth will appear in today's Wagga Children's…

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Police Question Children on Train Derailment

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Police investigating the derailment or a train in Bulli yesterday will question hundreds of school…

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Unfair Bias Alleged Against Police Sgt

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday: Unfair bias was shown by the Police' Department in presenting its case against suspended Police Sergeant George Edward Lance Gamble. This claim to made by…

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£27,000 Left in Flat; Police Claim

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Wednesday: Police alleged in Katoomba Court today that a man hod left a suitcase containing £27,000 in notes at a friend's flat in…

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Passed Valueless Cheques on Gundagai Garage Proprietor Twelve Months Gaol on Forgery Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

The well known Gundagai garage proprietor and Holden agent, Sid D. Nicholson, likes to help people, and in helping people, he gives service, but in giving service to a chap one day recently he was thanked with a forged…

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A.c.t.u. Attack on Court News Ban

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: All proceedings of the Arbitration Court should be open to the public and Press, the president of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. A. E. Monk)…

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3 gaoled: £2000 train theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

SIDNEY, Thurs: Two men and a railway guard were today faded for 2½ years for having stolen…

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Three Gaoled for Train Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Two men and a railway guard were gaoled for 2½ years for having stolen £2000 worth of goods from a…

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Youth convicted of murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 17-year-old youth was convicted in the Criminal Court today of having murdered a male nurse he threw unconscious into…

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Court quashes conviction

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday (A A.P.): The London Appeal Court hu quashed the forgery conviction against…

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Premier Firm on Margins No Increase Without Court Sanction

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has rejected a union demand for an immediate 100 per cent. increase in…

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