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Courts & crime, 1940

1,292 stories in Riverina's papers · page 61 of 65

Police Court Tumbarumha, November 21 Before Mr. I. BEAVERS, P.M

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 1

Several cases occupied the attention of Mr J. Beavers, P. M., his visit to Tumbarumba last week. The police presented George…

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Wollongong Shooting Two Young Men Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court today, Russell George O'Brien, aged 20 years, and Evan Davies, aged 17 years, were charged with the murder…

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Police Holidays SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 3

The New South Wales Police Association to-day voiced an emphatic protest against the action of the Police Department in calling meetings of police to indicate…

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Police Court Theft of Spectacles

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 2

Robert McDonald was charged with stealing a pair of spectacles, valued at £1/10/, the property of Thomas A. Nolan…

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Spotlight on Car Theft Admitted Stealing From Broken-down Vehicle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 2

THE excellent uses of a spotlight and its properties as a means of throwing light on to more or less dark subjects…

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Police Court Saturday, 23rd November Drunks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 4

Raymond Winter (48) was fined £1, in default two days' hard labour, on a charge of being found drunk. Constable Collins stated that…

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MONDAY, 25th November Guilty of Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 4

Ronald Gordon Ashworth was charged with stealing four £1 notes, the property of Reginaid George Wilson at Narandera on 21st…

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Junee Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 3

At the Junee Police Court before Mr J. A. Harris, P.M., Gordon William M'Kinnon, of "Panura," Junee, managing director of the estate of the late…

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Gaol Escape Sequel Man for Trial West Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 6

Cecil Sampson, aged 22 years, was committed for trial from the West Maitland Police Court this week on a charge of having assisted Robert Sidney Jones and…

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Petrol Rationing Primary Producers Suffer Graziers' Association Perturbed Extended Powers Urged for Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 5

Petrol rationing, according to some members of the Wagga branch of the Graziers Association of New South Wales and Southern Riverina is reacting harshly on…

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Shearer's Claim Dismissed Because he was a Unionist Heavy Costs at Court Defendant Protests Innocence

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 4

Adjudged to have dismissed a shearer, Raymond E. Miller, because he was a unionist, William Gordon McKinnon had to meet a light fine,…

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Certified Insane Man Charged with Murder Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 5

Christoph Ransome, who was charged with the murder of Henry Slater, aged 49 yean, at Yarra Bay, has been certified insane and removed to a mental…

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Theft of Bicycles

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 6

Owners of bicycles should take every precaution to see that their bicycles are locked. On Thursday evening, the Wagga police received complaints from…

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Police Sergeant Retires

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 9

Sergt E. Wilson, of the Police Superintendent's Office, Albury, has entered upon long service leave prior to retirement. For 36 years be was…

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Albert Police Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 2

A profit of £160 was made on the recent police ball at Albury, in aid of the Albury District Hospital, the AlburyCorowa Ambulance and the Newtown…

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Ex-radio Announcer Charged in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 6

Harry William Salomon, former radio announcer, was to-day ordered to come up for sentence of called upon within six months. on the condition that he leaves…

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The Latest Second Edition Rumanian Leader Under Close Police Guard London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 2

M. Bratianu, the former leader of the Liberals, who was thought to have been murdered, is now reported to be under close police guard. He…

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Escapee Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 2

William Burney, 24, was charged with having escaped from Maitland. Jail on November 7. Burney was arrested at gunpoint at Bushcutters Bay…

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Sentenced to Death Englishwoman in Paris London, Saturday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1940 · page 1

It is authoritatively stated that the Government is aware that the Germans sentenced to death an English woman, Winifred Harle, proprietor of…

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Police Court Friday, 29th November Drunk

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 2

Alfred John Williams (44) was charged with drunkenness in Flood Street. He was admonished and discharged…

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