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Courts & crime, 1954

1,311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 66

Queen Threatened in Pro Hitler Letter Police Carrying Out a Handwriting Check

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday — Commonwealth Security-Police and Victorian and South Australian detectives are believed to be searching for the writer of a letter posted in Melbourne which threatens the life of…

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Police of Two States Searching for Writer Letter Threatens Life of Queen

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday: Commonwealth Security Police and Victorian and South Australian detectives are believed to be searching for the writer of a letter posted in Melbourne which threatens the life of Queen Elizabeth II during her Australian…

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Depleted Junee Police Force Is "A Bad Show". But Some Other Towns Worse Off

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 7

Last week certain information came to the knowledge of the "Southern Cross" and it presented a problem…

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Charged with wounding her husband

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday: A 56-year-old married woman, Mrs. Irene McCann, was arrested by Shepparton police…

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Police Find Woman's Body

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

MAITLAND, Friday: Police today found the body or in elderly woman under an overturned boat at Clarencetown…

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Police escort for the Queen

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday: The special N.S.W. mounted police detachment which has won the Queen's admiration for escort work in Sydney will perform the…

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Baths Shop in Junee Burgled Investigations By Police Completed

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 4

In the late hours of Friday, January 29th, or the early hours of the Saturday morning, intruders entered…

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Loses License on Driving Charge Defendant Had Been OF Help To Police

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 6

Charles Cecil Edge (31) of Wambidgee. via Cootamundra,. was charged at the Narrandera Court with driving a…

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Man Charged with Felony

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: The manager of a firm investigating activities and credentials of salesmen throughout the Commonwealth, appeared in Central Court…

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Refused bail on armed theft charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: John Henry Taylor (25) of Lygon Street, Carlton, was remanded without ball in the Fitzroy…

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Police control adequate

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Measures taken by the N.S.W. Police Force to control crowds during the Royal tour were…

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French Prepare for Big Rebel Assault in Laos

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

SAIGON, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter) —Airlift of reinforcements and supplies were in full swing last night in an effort to repulse…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

A motorist was ordered to pay a total of nearly £63 (including £48 witness expenses) at yesterday's Wagga Perry Sessions for negligent driving and failing to stop after an accident…

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Stockinbingal Drover Fined at Temora Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

For falling to drive his flock of sheep an average of six miles a day, a stockinbingal drover was fined £5, with £2/14/ costs,…

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Court Order Against Albury Greyhound Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Equity Court today, Mr. Justice McLelland ordered that the committee of the Albury…

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300 Police to Control Crowds at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

About 300 policemen will be employed in controlling Wagga's traffic and crowds on Saturday.: The fores will constitute inspectors…

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Wagga Royal Visit Guide Police Plans on

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

About 300 policemen will be employed in controlling Wagga's traffic and crowds on Saturday. The force will constitute…

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Sgt. C. W. Fisher Resigns From Police Force

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 4

SGT. C. W. FISHER, of Gundagai, announced this week that he had tendered his resignation from the…

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Nearly in Wrong Home! Startling Court Disclosure

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Thursday—An embezzler about to be sent to a men's reformatory was disclosed yesterday to be a…

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Train Brakes Satisfactory, Court Told Inquest on fatal city smash

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: A technician of the Westinghouie Broke Organitation told the City…

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