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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 66

Footprints claim in murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

BATHURST, Tuesday: Footprints found near the scene of a murder at Walang, 15 miles from Bathurst,…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

Two Kapooka soldiers were convicted on stealing charges by Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.M., at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. They were Henry Miller…

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Model remanded without bail on murder charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A beautiful 22-year-old model, Shirley Patricia Beiger, was remanded without bail at Central Court today on a charge of murdering a bookmaker's clerk. The dead man Arthur…

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Fourteen Days on Vagrancy Charge in Junee Court

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 8

Thirty-seven year old Thomas Sheridan was charged with vagrancy in the Junee Police Court yesterday and…

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Three Killed in Wild Riots in Morocco Police fight to keep order

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

RABAT (Morocco) Tues. (A.A.P.-Reurer): Two French policemen and a Moroccan Nationalist have been killed in riots since the rising of the moon last…

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Council Hopes Junee Police Might Turn "Blind Eye" to Angle Parking in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

FEARS WERE EXPRESSED AT LAST NIGHT'S MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE FORECASTED MONTH'S DELAY IN APPROVING ANGLE PARKING IN JUNEE MAY HAVE A VERY…

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R.S.L. Chief Calls for Police Action. Memorial Trees Cut by Vandals

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

Quandialla police have charged a further youth in connection with the cutting down of a memorial tree in…

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Supreme Court Refuses Bail for Model "Might Defeat Justice by Inflicting Injury on Herself"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Beautiful Sydney model, Shirley Beiger (22), who has been charged with murder, must stay in goal. The Supreme Court today refused a bail application on her behalf…

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Psychiatrist to Examine Model in Gaol Wreath From "Shirley" at Murder Victim's Funeral

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Gaol authorities have given permission for a psychiatrist to examine the blonde model, Shirley Beiger, at Long Bay Gaol. Beiger, who has been charged with the…

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Nurse Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: An assistant nurse who abducted a six-year-old girl from St. Kilda on June 6 after the child had witnessed her steal clothes was…

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Inquiry Into Alleged Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 4

BATHURST, Wed.: A man charged with the murder of a Walang garage proprietor was given a lift in a car from…

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Two and a Half Years for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:— Judge Rooney in the Quarter Sessions today sentenced a man to two and a half years…

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18 Months for Forgery Man sentenced at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

A Quarter Sessions jury yesterday found former Kyeamba stationhand Albert Ernest Lewis, guilty of only one of the three charges of forgery levelled…

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Govt. Acts on Spy Probe Deadlocks Silence means gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Persons who refuse to appear or testify or produce documents before the Royal Commission on Espionage will be liable to up to three…

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Two cases settled out of Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

The settlements of two civil actions were announced in the Wagga District Court before Judge…

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Alleged Murder Threat by Police Sgt

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A young constable told Central Court today that Sgt. E. C. Davis of [?]arlinghurst had threatened to kill a man arrested at King's Cross on June…

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Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

A Sydney man, Bruce Alfred Hill (23), was given a two years' good behavior bond at Wednesday's Wagga Petty…

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Kept money under mattress, Court told

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

BATHURST, Thursday: A man found strangled in his home at Walang, had kept as much as £200…

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Police Force Changes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Premier (Mr. Cahill) today announced the following changes and appointments in…

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Widgie's Story to Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A widgie had told police that under the rules of the bodgie cult she was obliged to submit…

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