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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 95

Coats Off in Court, Fan and Water Bag

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

At the invitation of Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at West Wyalong court last Wednesday, the clerk of the court, solicitors, and press reporters, removed…

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Alleged Stealing Defendants Remanded Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 8

James Simpson (21) and Thomas Perry (18) were charged at the Leeton Police Court this morning with having on Saturday stolen five tins of…

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Police Duties

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

An arrangement which would result in an immediate increase of the effective strength of the police force by 88 units is announced by the Premier (Mr…

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Three Months' Gaol for Causing Bush Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

Three months' imprisonment was passed yesterday on Cyril James Hayward, 39, for having temporarily left a fire in the open before…

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Car Stealing Man Fined and License Suspended Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 6

Four months' gaol, fines totalling £37, and the withdrawal of his driver's license for three years, was the punishment imposed on Edgeworth…

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Wyalong Court House

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

The tender of R. A. Skomba, of Victory-street, West Wyalong (£65/10/), has been accepted for the installation of electric light and power at the…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, January 16 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Expired Drivers' Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 6

Four motorists were charged with having failed to renew their expired drivers' licenses. Three were fined 5/ with 8/ costs and one 2/6 with 8/ costs…

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Fire Left Unattended Three Months' Gaol for Camper Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

How an unattended camp fire was the cause of the destruction of the township of Penrose, was related in the Goulburn police court to-day…

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Careless Use of Fire a Local Conviction Swagman Sentenced to Two Months

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 5

James John Joseph Quinlan, aged 30, of no fixed place of abode, was charged before Messrs. R. L. Blakeney and J. Tod, J's.P., at the…

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"Fire-bugs" in Forest? Police Investigate

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

Three separate outbreaks of fire within a small area in the Sherbrooke Forest on Saturday were alleged by the secretary of the Belgrave fire…

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WOOLCOTT-FORBES Before Bombay Court BOMBAY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

Woolcott-Forbes appeared before the Chief Magistrate's Court today. The police, applying for a remand, stated that a cable received on…

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Woolcott Forbes Appears Before Court at Bombay Alleged Conspiracy Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 7

Woolcott Forbes, the well-known financier and sportsman, appeared in the Chief Magistrate's Court to-day. The police, applying for a remand…

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Police Report to Be Considered by Cabinet Lord Mayor Opens Relief Fund Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

A memorandum indicating the character and extent of the damage caused by bush fires in New South Wales, and the basis upon which assistance…

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Gaol Disturbances Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

As a result of an inquiry into disturbances at Bathurst gaol, seven prisoners who were involved have been transferred to Long Bay and…

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No Clues Murder of Butcher Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Detectives who are investigating the murder last Friday of Leslie Richard M'Allister, aged 38 years, butcher, or Monbulk, have found no clues to…

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Six Months' Gaol Man Found in Hospital Yard Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

David Emett, aged 26 years, slaughterman, of Richmond, was sentenced to six months' gaol at the Richmond court to-day on a charge of having been…

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Motor Driver Charged No License for 16 Years Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

Giving evidence at the Grafton court to-day. Constable Handcock alleged that Noel Deaves, of Nymboida, had told him he had driven a car for…

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Road-side Murder Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 7

Detectives are convinced that the man who murdered Leslie M'Alister, aged 38 years, butcher, of Wantirna, while travelling in his truck last…

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Fire Left Unattended Three Months’ Gaol For Camper

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

How an unattended camp fire was the cause of the destruction of the township of Penrose, was related in the Goulburn police court on…

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Stock Inspector Charged Alleged Careless Use of Fire Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

Glyn Williams, stock inspector of Railway Gully, was remanded at the Grafton Police Court to-day on a charge of having on December 1, near…

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