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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 66

Licensing Court at Urana

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 1

The Licensing Court was held at Urana last Wednesday when five hotels were instructed to carry out additional work as soon as…

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Woman on Charge of Son's Murder Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 8

PERTH, Monday: A woman on on axe murder charge said "I have been worried about Bill, and have been going to do this for a long time."…

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Court of Petty Sessions, Urana

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 1

For failing to destroy rabbits on their property several people were prosecuted by the Urana P.P. Board…

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Police Will Take No Action with Singer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Monday:—Victorian police will take no action regarding singer Allan Jones, unless they are…

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Girls Charged with Murder Had "A Fourth World"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (A.A.P.-Reuter), Wednesday—A crowded court room was held spellbound to-day as a psychiatrist,…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 2

A Wagga garage proprietor, James Corbett (54), Albert Street, was fined £20 at the Court of Petty Sessions…

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Lockwood's Claim to Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Communist journalist Rupert Lockwood told the Espionage Royal…

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Police Stop Show Merry-go-round

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 3

Police yesterday ordered a merry-go-round at the Show to be stopped after a child was injured on the…

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Police Probe Road Accident in Junee on

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

Junee police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an accident in Junee at about twenty…

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Proposed to Sydney Girl, Had Wife in Japan, Court Told

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A Newcastle ex-serviceman who proposed to a Sydney girl while married to a Japanese girl was today ordered to pay £1000 for breach of…

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Occasional Visit by Police to the Overhead Bridge Road Safety Comes Before Junee Council

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 4

Two suggestions came the Junee Municipal Council last night connected with road safety but in neither…

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Native Escapes From Alice Springs Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 3

DARWIN, Wednesday: A native serving 18 months' imprisonment for a tribal murder has escaped from Alice…

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N.Z. Murder Case Girls under "sway of evil"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Two girls charged with murder had become…

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Police Expert Claims Lockwood Typed Contentious Document "J"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An examination of the typing characteristics in document J indicated that it had been typed by Communist journalist Rupert…

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Resents Term “Slack Money” Local Publican Replies To Court Accusation (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

Dear Sir, In your newspaper of 23rd instant you publish on your front page a report of…

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Settled out of Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A young women crippled in a road accident nearly two years ago today settled her…

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Weeping Girl Adjourns Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Newtown Court adjourned for 10 minutes today hen a girl wept as her boy friend claimed…

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Two Girls Convicted of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 3

WELLINGTON, (New Zealand, Sunday (A.A.F.): In Paparua prison Christchurch last night two teenage girls…

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Mass Arrest of Army and Police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON. Sunday (A.A.A.-Reuter): A mass arrest of Persian police and Army personnel was reported from…

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Greek to Fight Daughter's Court Bid

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: A Greek who owns a cafe at Manly, will fight his daughter's Court application for…

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