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Courts & crime, 1940

1,292 stories in Riverina's papers · page 63 of 65

Sooled His Alsatian on to Police Sergeant Cootamundra Case Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 7

Having cooled en Alsatian dog on to a police sergeant, Edward Slavin, aged 20 yean, pleaded guilty to having at Cootamundra assaulted Sergeant Blackman while…

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Bicycles at Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 4

There are still many unclaimed bicycles at the Wagga police station, and any person who has lost a bicycle would be well advised to inspect those…

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Sooled His Alsatian On To Police Sergeant Cootamundra Case

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 5

Having sooled an Alsatian dog on to a police Sergeant, Edward Slavin aged 20 years, pleaded guilty to having at Cootamundra, assaulted…

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Gundagai Police Court Man Sentenced For Theft

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 4

Victory Clarence Jamieson. a former employee of Mrs. Maud Robinson, proprietor of the "Bengarralong" Dairy, Gundagai…

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Court Martial Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 1

Concerning a charge made against Staff-Sergeant John Northwood Carcatt, of the D.D.M.S. staff, that he had taken an X-ray photo of his own…

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Police Court Today Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Goods in Custody

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 December 1940 · page 3

Leslie Richardson was charged with having goods in custody reasonably suspected of having been stolen. Police evidence claimed the goods…

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Wagga Patriotic Races To Aid Police Spitfire Fund Zu-lama Wins Principal Event Sportsmen Respond to Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1940 · page 6

Getting to the front a furlong from home, Zu-Lama finished too strongly for the opposition in the Publicans' Handicap, the principal event at the patriotic race meeting at Wagga on Saturday. The outsider, Rural Lady, did exceptionally well to win the…

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Police Court Friday, 18th December Case Dismissed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 2

John Anderson (86) pleaded not guilty to a charge of offensive" behaviour. Defendant was defended by Mr. O…

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Escaped Prisoner Sentenced Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 4

William Burnie, aged 24 years, who escaped from Maitland Gaol while serving a sentence as an habitual criminal, was sentenced at the central…

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Staff Sergeant Charged Doing a Fellow Soldier a Good Turn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 2

Staff Sergeant Northwood Carratt (D.D.M.S. Staff), was charged before a court martial at Victoria Barracks. Sydney, with having, on September 26,…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, December 16, 1940 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Sentences for Railway Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., two young men were sentenced to six months, and one man to three months'…

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Abducted Girl in Sulky Stolen Here Is Allegation Broke Gaol, Re-Arrested Saturday Charges Against Young Man

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 2

ALLEGED to have stolen a horse, sulky and harness from Leeton in March last, Robert Henry Weir was arrested in…

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75 Griffith Men Arrested in 3 Raids Simultaneous Police Swoop on Saturday Afternoon Alleged Betting in Clubs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 2

IN simultaneous raids which were made on three Griffith sports clubs on Saturday afternoon 75 citizens were arrested…

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Radio Sets in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1940 · page 7

Five miniature wireless sets made by prisoners were found in the workroom of the Parramatta Gaol last week, but because the authorities could not discover…

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When the Whip Cracks Gloucester Police Court, Monday 9th December. Before Mr. R. Solling, P.M.

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 1

“As the stock are slowly stringing, You can ride behind them singing. For a drover's life has pleasures Which most of us never know.”…

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Woman Spy Sentenced to Death in England London, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 2

Mr. Justice M'Naughten in the Home Guard Assizes to-day sentenced to death Dorothy Pamela O'Grady, aged 42 years, described as a hosewife, on…

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Gundagai Man’s Betting Transactions Agent for Late Rufe Naylor In Bankruptcy Court JOE McGUIRE Says He Received No Commission

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 2

“Are yon serious?” demanded the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. J. T. Keaney) yesterday, when a bankrupt Gundagai…

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Weir Sentenced for Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 2

Robert Henry Weir pleaded guilty to stealing a bay mare, of the value of £5, the property of John Vivian Hargraves, at Leeton, on 9th March…

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Gaol Escapee Sentenced at Narandera Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 6

At the Narandera Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., Robert Henry Weir was sentenced to three months' hard labor on each of…

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Police Court Drunks Etc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions, Tony Morgan (74), an old aw pensioner, was charged with drunkenness. He was admonished and discharged…

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