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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 55 of 66

New Turn in Golf Links Murder Detectives Make Enquiries in Braidwood Area

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Investigations into the Wollongong golf links murder took a new twist today when detectives…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

One and a half hours after. It had been reported that a Junee hotel had been ransacked, two men were arrested at Yasa on…

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Justice praises police force

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 2

Mr. Justice Dovey said in Wagga yesterday that the police force is properly regarded as "a body of honorable generous and dependable men."…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 2

A 34-year-old Wagga medical practitioner was given a 12 months' good behavior bond by Mr. J. A. Letts, S.M. at yesterday's Petty Sessions for driving under the influence. He is Dr. Michael Edward…

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Convicted on Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An Army warrant officer who had stolen Army money to send his wife on a holiday…

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Gaol escapee on further charges

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A prisoner in a South Australian gaol had stolen the Governor's fountain pen…

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Charged with Murdering with Motor Lorry

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P): A man was committed for trial in the Burton-on-Trent Magistrates' Court yesterday…

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Our Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 2

Most thinking citizens will agree with Mr. Justice Dovey's remarks at Wagga Court this week about the Police Force. His Honor said that the police were properly regarded as a body of…

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Wagga Firm Wins Court Case

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Letts, S.M., dismissed the information in a charge in the Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday against H. C. Buckman and Son Pty Ltd. brought by John W. Taylor. Taylor is the District…

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“Not a Crime” to Dope to Win Counsel’s Plea in Court Case

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 2

Doping of reacehorses to Improve their performance in a race was riot an offence, barrister J. Lee said in the…

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Death sentence for child murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A young Newmarket clerk, Ronald Eugene Smith, was sentenced to death in the Criminal Court today for the murder of a neighbor's six-year-old daughter…

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Daring Gunman Evades Police Cordon Forces way into home at gun-point

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sydney's elusive gunman continued to evade the biggest police dragnet in the city's history tonight. The gunman, now known to have a bullet wound in the right…

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Court Ruling on Status of Dr

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: Dr. Lloyd Ross was not a member of the Australian Railways Union when he wrongly…

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Alleged gunman is charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.: Robert Michael Brown, 20, who is alleged to have shot two policemen in a running gun…

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Big List for Tomorrow’s Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 4

Stipendiary Magistrate Wm. Finlay will be in Gundagai on the morrow for the monthly Court of Petty Session…

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Charged with theft of 31 fowls

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

GOSFORD, Monday: A former member of Gosford Shire Council was shot in the leg while stealing fowls, police…

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Anti-theft protection

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 4

Perfection of an anti-thief device is almost a Rosetta Stone for motering inventors, and the latest comes from…

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Leeton Court of Petty Sessions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

There were several cases heard before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M., at the Leeton Court of Petty Ses­sions on Thursday last, which…

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Court Sequel to Collision Between School Bus and Car

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

At the Narrandera Quarter Sessions on Thursday, before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M., Arthur Richard Lloyd pleaded not…

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Commital in murder case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: At the inquest into the death of 19-months-old Brenda Duncan, who was…

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