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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 66

Leeton Divorce Court Before His Honour Judge Brennan KELLAHAN v KELLAHAN

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

In the Divorce Court at Leeton on Monday before His Honour Judge Brennan, Michael James Kellahan…

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District Court Before His Honour Judge Brennan Claim for damages follows road accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

In the District Court of Leeton on Tuesday before His Honour Judge Brennan, Peter Reghenzani sought to recover…

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Vice Men to Face Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 1

PHOENIX CITY, (Alabama), Sunday (A.A.P.): The men who are alleged to have built an empire of vice in Phoenix City face a long-promised day of…

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Leeton Divorce Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 5

Mr. Kemp, instructed by Mr. Schofield (Cater & Dalton) appeared for the petitioner in the case Kellahan v Kellahan at…

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Police Warning on Possible Wool Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

Police last night warned woolgrowers to take steps to protect any stores of wool they may have on their properties. The warning followed the…

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£2000 gold theft at Tennant Creek

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 7

DARWIN, Tuesday: Plates and gold worth about £2000 have been stolen from the Government gold crushing…

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Goes to Gaol Win or Lose

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 8

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Boxer Johnny Saxton has been told that whether he wins or loses his world…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

Stanley V. Graham, Prince or Wales Hotel, Wagga, was fined £3 with 12/ costs for not keeping…

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Charged with £500 theft from bank

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An Ashfield laborer was committed for trial in Burwood Court today on a charge of…

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Police Warning of Possible Wool Thefts

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 8

Gundagai Police this week warned woolgrowers to take steps to protect any stores of wool they may have on their properties. The warning followed the…

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Youth Killed by Car Police Seek Driver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.: Large squads of police are searching for the driver of a car which knocked down and…

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Police Search for Missing Man Former Association with Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—The search for a man who disappeared last night after brooding for two years over a divorce from his childhood sweetheart was to-day extended to country areas…

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Official charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday: Owen Lattimore, former State Department Far Eastern affairs adviser, was indicted…

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Allegedly in £27,000 theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: An English migrant plumber who appeared in Manly Court today on charges of housebreaking, was alleged to have served a three-year gaol…

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Former Persian Leader Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

TEHERAN, Monday. — Dr. Hussein Fateml, Persian Foreign Minister in the ill-fated Mossedeq regime and key figure in…

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Six Arrested for Alleged Lamb Stealing Houses Raided After Flock Search Fails

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

PARRAMATTA, Monday — A torchlight search among large flocks of sheep on a property at Prospect by detectives resulted today in six men being Charged at Parramatra Police Station with lamb…

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Police Question Boys After Church Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 5

BERRY, Sunday: Two boys aged sis and seven were questioned by police following destruction of a church Messrs. H. Clark (Mangoplah), and K. Parker (Holbrook) wait for the judge with their…

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Constable Gave Man. Warning Not to Drive Vehicle Foolish to Disregard Comments Magistrate

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 7

After Constable R. E. Cavanagh observed the action., of a man sitting behind the driving wheei of a…

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Police Charge Follows Motor Collision Near Tumblong

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

Two motor cars were involved in a collision on the Hume Highway near Tumblong yesterday, and subsequently one of the drivers was charged by the police with driving whilst under the influence of alcohol…

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Junee Hotel Burglars Caught on Train at Yass Goods Recovered By Quick Police Work

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

One and a half hours after it had been reported that a Junee hotel had been ransacked, two men were…

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