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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 66

Police Guard on Royal Pontoon

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Royal tour officials are concerned at the discovery of a man with a hacksaw near Farm Cove, where…

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Court told men danced together

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): A Royal Air Force Corporal testified at Lymington Court, Hampshire, yesterday about men dancing together at an all…

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Stipendiary Magistrate's Court held at Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

Mr. A. V. Quiggin, Stipendiary Magistrate, held his monthly court at Lockhart on Wednesday. Police Prosecutor Gordon, from…

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Charged with manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A 21- years-old man, Kaupo Pohla, of Woods Avenue, Cabramatta, was charged at…

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Ten Years' Gaol for Death of Daughter

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday — Russel Tongay was convicted of manslaughter in the Criminal Court yesterday in…

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Remanded on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: A 16- year-old youth was remanded for eight days without bail in Monto Children's Court…

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Police Puzzle Over Men's Disappearance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Police today were trying to piece together the events. which led to the…

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Charged with Theft of £1469

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Tuesday: John Montgomery (24), acting manager of the Morr Meat Company's Elizabeth…

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Shirley Butler Murder Remains Mystery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The brutal murder of 21-year-old Shirley Butler, whose bartered and strangled body was found in a vacant allotment a short distance from her home at Waverton jon Christmas Day, 1952, remains a mystery following the…

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Report on police bribe allegations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Premier (Mr. Chaill) has received a report from the Police Commissioner (Mr…

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Traffic Cases at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Minor traffic cases dealt with at yesterday's Petty Sessions were: Robert V. Boyd, of…

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Witness describes double collision to Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

A witness told the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that a car hod travelled at between 50 and 55 miles per hour on its wrong side of the road before colliding with two other cars coming from the opposite direction…

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Police Citizens Boys Club. Commissioner Is Considering Formation

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police is giving consideration to the formation of a Police-Citizens Boy's Club in Junee…

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Junee Police on Duty in Wagga. Arrangements for Queen's Visit

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Four of Junee's six police officers will be on duty in Wagga during the visit of Queen Elizabeth on…

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Will Join Kenya Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A Sydney airman, who is a member of the R.A.A.F. Service Police in Malta, will take…

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Report on Police Read to Cabinet

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Political observers believe there is little likelihood now of the State…

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Charged with Stealing Car Tyre

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

At the Leeton Police Court on Thursday, Clifford Lesile Stace. 23, of Darlinghurst, and Sydney William Hughes, 38, electrician…

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Stole two water melons Sentenced to 21 Days Hard Labour

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

Raymond Harrison, aged 20 years, a labourer residing at Farm 749. Ameshury, was charged at the Leeton Police…

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Big Theft of New Florins. Case Removed from Railway Station

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

A bullion case containing £70 worth of Royal visit commemoration florins was stolen from Goulburn railway…

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Inquiry into police allegations unlikely

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thurs.: State Cabinet is unlikely to appoint a Royal Commission or any inquiry into the…

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