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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 64 of 66

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Letts, S.M., yesterday dealt with the following traffic cases at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions: Ian D. Perrett, cut traffic dome, lined £2 with 12/ court…

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Police Officer Farewelled at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 2

LEETON, Tues.: Representatives of legal, civic and sporting organisations entertained Inspector J. Craig at…

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Alleged Mail Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

LEETON, Thursday — A 19-year-old Whitton man has been charged by Leeton police with the theft of mall property…

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Youth "sentenced" to work Saturdays

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

For the next three years, a Junee carpenter can claim each Saturday the services of a youth who stole from him carpentering tools and equipment. The carpenter…

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Whitton man charged at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

LEETON, Wednesday: A 19-year-old Whitton man has been charged by Leeton Police with the theft of mail…

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N.z. Police Exonerated

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON. Thursday — New Zealand's police force has been completely exonerated on charges that some of its…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 2

Four Wagga men were each fine 10/ with 12/ costs, at yesterday's Wagga Petty Sessions…

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Suspect Believed Wounded Extensive Police Search

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Police are conducting a widespread search for a man believed to be wounded when a nightwatchman…

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Ten Vic. Supreme Court Judges Attack Premier

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The ten Victorian Supreme Court Judges today publicly attacked the Premier (Mr. Cain) for failing to pass on to Parliament their written protest about "inadequacy" of Government-proposed…

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Sentenced to gaol for life

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A 17-year-old Yugoslav migrant was sentenced to life imprisonment in Central…

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Alleged Theft of Registered Mail Bag

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

Frederick Ashley Hill was charged at Leeton court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. W. Cox, J.P., with stealing at…

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Nine Months for Car Theft, Μαν Caught in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 6

It transpires that one of four men arrested in Junee on Monday night last by Constable C. F. Hermes was not…

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N.r.m.a. Notes Radar for Traffic Police

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 7

Unless radar becomes more selective than it now is, its uses for traffic law enforcement are exceptionally limited, in the…

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Junee Court Items Man remanded at Junee on shooting charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 5

JUNEE, Thursday: Ian Adam McCreagh, who was charged with having felonously slain Millie Trudgett on November 15 in a shack near the…

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Remand in Junee Court Follows Trudgett Tragedy Sequal to Wheat Silo Shack Death

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 6

Ian Adam McRae appeared in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions yesterday afternoon charged that on November…

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Reign of Terror by Armed Youths Concerns Police Shot Up Brisbane Petrol Station and Suburban Dweller

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday — Armed teenagers struck again in Brisbane's southern suburbs early today when a man was fired on…

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Inquiry on Murder Attumba

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri: A senior [?] homicide detective [?]ay went to Tumbarumba to continue…

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Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

VALETTA, Sun, (A.A.P.): Stoker-mechanic John Thomson, 30, serving in the H.M.S. Striker was charged…

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Migrants, Police in Brawl

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sunday: Police reinforcements were rushed to West Melbourne late last night to rescue a…

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Police Guard for Escapee's Wife All-Night Vigil

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday — Patrols of armed police rushed to a North Sydney house last night to guard the wife of a dangerous…

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