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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 66

Police warn men over pamphlets

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday: Police today took the names of two men who distributed pamphlets protesting against the…

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Warning to All Lorry Drivers Police Will See Vehicles are Properly Equipped

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 2

Much has been said in the past about behaviour and the manner in which motor lorries are being and have been driven upon the roads of New South Wales. The country people are perhaps more particularly aware of the…

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Man Sentenced to Three Months' Gaol

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 7

At the Court of Petty Sessions at Urana last Friday, a 24-years-old circus hand, Ray, Gill, was sentenced to three months'…

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Remanded on Charge of Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A 32-year-old laborer had walked behind the counter of Burwood branch of the Bank of…

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New Stipendiary Magistrate Welcomed at Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

A Stipendiary Magistrate's Court was held at Lockhart on Wednesday. The presiding magistrate was Mr. A. Letts, who was…

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Police Warning to Heavy Vehicle Drivers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 4

The Superintendent of Traffic (Mr. H. E. Snowden) has issued the following warning to drivers of heavy vehicles using country highways:…

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Arrested As He Came Out of Gaol Police Say Man Has Reformed

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 7

A young man, charged at the last sitting of the Temora Court with forging cheques with intent to…

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Camden Golf Case Before Court Manager Charged With Conducting Common Gaming House

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 7

The manager of Studley Park and Camden Golf Club, William Burgess Toh, appeared before Mr. C. N. Finlay,…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 2

Private John G. Mutton of Kapooka was fined £2 with 12/ costs for using indecent language outside the…

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Former Polish Secret Police Chief Granted Asylum in U.s.a. Clears Up Mystery of Missing Americans

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday—A former high-ranking official of Poland's Secret Service Police has defected to the West and been granted asylum in the United States…

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3 Charged Over Magazines

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday:— Three men and a woman appeared in Central Summons Court today on charges…

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Wagga Man Guilty of Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Letts S.M. found a charge of assault brought by Luke J. Livissianos against the landlord of Foxborough Hall boarding house in Hardy Avenve (Leslie…

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R'wayman says admitted theft "from fright"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 3

A semi-illiterate railway employee yesterday alleged that Det. Sgt. H. J. Cloke had frightened him so much that he had agreed to make a statement admitting he stole £14/5/. The man is James Edward…

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Injured Migrant Dies in Cowra Hospital Three Men Charged with Manslaughter

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 6

Three new Australians appeared before yesterday’s sitting of Cowra Court of Petty Sessions, charged…

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Alleged he was bashed by police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

DALBY (Qld.) Wednesday: A Tara station-hand alleged in Dalby Circuit Court today that two detectives had bashed him until he confessed to a…

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Police Charge Based on Poker Machines in Camden Club

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 6

The manager of Studley Park and Camden Golf Club Mr. William Burgess Toll, appeared before Mr. C. N…

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Police car was rammed court is told

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: A police ear wat deliberately rammed by another car, it was alleged in Central Court today. Before the Court were…

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This Week's Court: Produced Knife in California Cafe; Sent to Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

An 18-year-old laborer, Norman Walter Floyd, of Green street, Wangaratta, was sentenced to seven days'…

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Police Raid Shed Where S.p. Betting Took Place

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

At the Leeton Court of Pet­ty Sessions on Thursday be­fore Mr. K. Smith, S.M., Cyril Trevor Reid pleaded…

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Leeton District Court Before Judge Brennan Claim for damages

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

In the District Court on Monday before his Honour Judge Brennan, Wilfred Thomas Henham claimed £182/12/11 from…

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