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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,898 stories in Riverina's papers · page 80 of 95

Licensing Court (Today) Before Mr. J. M. Laidlaw, L.M. Alteration and Additions to Globe Hotel

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 3

Mr. C. O. Smithers (of Messrs. Smithers, Warren, and Lyons) appeared for the owners, Messrs. F. J. and W. Farmer, in making application for…

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Wrong Man Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

That he had been shot in the back with a bullet which passed through his body, was stated by Richard Meal­ing at the Central Police Court to-day…

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Murder Charge Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 1

Said to have been a hospital super­intendent in Fiji for 27 years, William Baddeley, 67, was charged at the Central yesterday with the murder of…

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Theft From Bank Accused Man Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 6

George Allen, aged 34 years, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having on January 29 entered the Newtown branch of the Bank…

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Wagga Police Court OCTOBER 10. 1939 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Traffic Offences

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 4

Richard Thomas Earle was charged with having driven a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and with having driven a motor car…

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Regrettable Police Accident Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 1

In a scuffle with Senior-Constable Mason at the rear of the State Electricity Commission's premises at Yallourn, Norman Odlum, 27, was…

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Man Shot Regrettable Police Accident Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

In a scuffle with Senior-Constable Mason at 1.30 a.m. to-day, at the rear of the State Electricity Commission's premises at Yallourn, Norman Odium,…

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Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

In April last a bicycle was stolen, the Property of a Junee railway employee, it was some months later found on the premises of another railway…

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Passports for Aliens New Zealander Charged with Fraud London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

An unemployed New Zealander, Lloyd Nicholas Granville Vincent, was charged with live others with conspiring fraudulently to obtain a…

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POLICE and AMBULANCE

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 2

The local police force, under Sergeant Newlands, rendered great service at the Showground directing the motor traffic…

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Leeton Inventor on Murder Charge Alleged Altercation Over Child on Victorian Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 2

ERNEST Edward Smith (50) who has for some years been a resident of Leeton, was arrested at Wangaratta (Vic.)…

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Hotel Ownership New Regulation Names Required by Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 4

Under a new Liquor Act regulation, owners of licensed hotel premises in New South Wales are required to send their names and addresses to…

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Life Sentence for Murder Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 10

A 22-year-old miner, Jacoo Hugo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Charles Harris, general secretary of the Mineworkers'…

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Wagga District Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 6

The next sitting of the Wagga District Court will be held on November 7. All plaints for hearing at this sitting should be lodged at the C.P.S…

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Police Court (Today.) Before Mr. Grugeon. P.M. Stealing Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 3

Denver Chapman, 20, pleaded guilty to stealing goods at Cootamundra, the property of William Acquinas Reynolds, and was sentenced to three…

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Junee Man Faces Theft Charges

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

A young man of 30, Stanley James Curran, faced charges at the court of thefts of a bicycle, a gold watch, and some railway chisels. Curran,…

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True Stories of French Secret Police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 3

Louis Lemoine, brilliant French detective, and his colleague, Captain de Beck, are on the trail of an arch criminal who, they believe, is planning a crime which may endanger the lives of thousands. One man dies in…

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Stir in Temora Hotel Armed With Butcher’s Knife Man Charged with Being Insane

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

How he stood on a-table and flashed his torch through the fanlight into a darkened room at the Railway Hotel, Temora,…

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Police Court DRUNKS

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions, Ernest Albert Kemp (66) was fined 5/. in default the rising of the court, on a charge of drunkenness…

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Turkey Theft Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 2

George Delaney was charged with having stolen a turkey. He pleaded not guilty. It was alleg[?] that the defendant…

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