Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 42 of 66

Studley-Ruxton Finding Six Police Officers Are Cleared by Commission Some Injuries Might Have Been Caused by Two of the Officers Named

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Mr. Justice Dovey today reported to the Governor that David Edward Studley-Ruxton had not been brutally bashed by seven police officers at Darlinghurst Police Station on February 25, as alleged, but some of Studley-Ruxton's injuries of the time, namely, bruises on the eyelid and a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

"Jekyll and Hyde " type gets gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday, Judge Holt said in the Quarter Sessions today a young man who assaulted an…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Ruxton Not Bashed by Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Bodily injuries complained of by David Edward Studley-Ruxron had not been inflicted by police, but had been received before his arrest…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gundagai Police Charge Man with Theft Allegation of Stealing Wire from Park Fence

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

Last Saturday night the Gundagai police arrested and charged a local man with theft. The allegation against him is that he stole wire from the Anzac Park fence. The wire reported to be…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

British police "arrest" Pole

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): A British police party 120 strong boarded the Polish freighter Jaroslay Dabrowski in the Thames last night to serve a writ…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Start Campaign in Junee To Insist on Parallel Parking Throughout the Town

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 8

JUNEE POLICE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON LAST WARNED MOTORISTS THAT IN FUTURE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PARK PARALLEL TO THE KERB…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Police Board Polish Freighter in Thames Refugee Taken Into Custody Despite Refusal by Captain

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: (A.A.P.): A British police party 120 strong boarded the Polish freighter Jaroslav Dabrowski in the Thames on Saturday night to serve a writ on the captain requiring him to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gypsy Woman Again Before Gundagai Court Blessed Money and a Fiver Disappeared

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 4

There is one young fellow who will be wary of Gypsies in the future, for on Friday last when he went to the assistance of damsels in distress, he found that his good deed cost him a fiver—for the crisp £5 note disappeared…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

[?] charged with assault occasioning bodily harm Gra[?]hic Story of [?]Usturbance on Farm at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 4

At Narrandera Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, before His Honour Judge Amsburg and jury, Rocco Nardi…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Crime Wave in Sydney Police Concern at Fresh Upsurge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Police are concerned at the recent violent upsurge of crime in Sydney…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Mental Patients Unguarded in Hospital Strike Patrol at night by police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Man.: About 3000 mental patients, including most of the State's criminally insane, were left…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

A former Teachers' College gardener was fined a total of £30 at yesterday's Petty Sessions on three charges of theft. He is William David Davis…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Officers Reinstated After Cabinet Confers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Detective Constable L. G. Birchall and Constable I. R. Hill. will be restored to police duty…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Court order on overtime ban

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Full Arbitration Court today ordered the Boilermakers" Society of N.S.W. to lift a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Woman Goes to Gaol on Principle Relatives to Ask to Purge Contempt Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The family of a woman now in goal for contempt of court, will make a special appeal to her today…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Chicken Thieves Have Been Active Police Investigate Various Losses

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

Junee police have been in vestigating the activities of "chicken thieves" in various parts of the town…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

£22,000 theft

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.: Three bandits, armed with a submachine gun and revolvers, yesterday held up a Post…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Murder Theory Over Harbor Mystery Police Believe Drowning Victim Was First Bashed

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Homicide Squad detectives today revealed that a man whoso naked body was pulled from the harbor near the police wharf yesterday may have been murdered…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Raid Sequel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

OMEO (Vic.), Wednesday: There was a sequel to a police raid on a mine in the Omeo district yesterday when two…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 2

Seven motorists were fined a total of £62/8/ at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions for speeding…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →