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Courts & crime, 1940

1,292 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 65

Troop Ship Movements Woman Charged with Disclosure Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 1

That Frau Urch, wife of a former Nazi leader in Bombay, had communicated troop ship movements to the enemy, was the charge made by the…

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Smart Police Work Car Disappears From Wagga Located Near Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

Smart police work characterised the arrest early yesterday morning at Morundeh of live men in connection with the disappearance of a motor car…

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Miners' Dispute Union Delegate Alleges Bias in Arbitration Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

Declaring that the Chief Judge (Sir George Beeby was biased, Hugh Sutherland, representative of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's…

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Gaol Escapee Making Towards Wangaratta? Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

William Augustine M'Entee, aged 48 years, who escaped from the Beechworth (V.) prison on Monday by scaling a 16ft. wall, was still at large…

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The Latest Second Edition I.R.A. Terrorists Hanged at Birmingham Gaol London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

Members of the Irish Republican Army, Peter Barnes and James Richards, were hanged at Birmingham Gaol at 9 o'clock this morning. Two notices…

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Double Execution Police Guard Increased Threats to Authorities London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 2

On the eve of the execution of Peter Barnes and James Richards for having caused explosions at Coventry that resulted in five deaths, the police…

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Police Court Alleged Taking of Motor Car

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 6

Rod. Radford (28), Frederick Dobelli (27), Albert Bowden (19), Arthur Turner (19), and Cornelius Zaglas (21). were charged with that…

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Audacious Theft at Griffith

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

Griffith police are anxious to find two wheels, possibly with two men attached to them. When they find them, they will have cleared up a…

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Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

Ernest M'Gee was charged at the Leeton Police Court to-day with having unlawfully assaulted a female, occasioning actual bodily harm, at…

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Tumut Police Court Wednesday, February 7 (Before Mr. Frank Grugeon, P.m.) Liquor Case Adjourned

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Lester presented a doctor's certificate for the illhea[?] of Christopher Bergin charged with allowing people to be on his licenses…

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Burned Wife's Clothes German Charged with Sabotage Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 1

Fritz Svenson, a villager from Hanover, smashed household china and burnt his wife's clothes in a fit of temper. He has been sent to gaol on…

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Jury Acquits Man Alleged Theft of £270 Brooch Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 6

Without calling on the defence, the jury at the Darlinghurst sessions to-day acquitted John Stewart, aged 30 years, who had been charged with…

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Police Court Illegally Using a Car Thursday. February 8 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

Rod Radford (28). Frederick Dobelli (27), Albert Bowden (19), Cornelius Zaglas (21) and Arthur Turner U9), each pleaded guilty to…

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Refugees Duped Australian "Lumberjack" Charged Used Influential Names London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 1

William young, aged 76 years, who, when arrested last month, described; himself as an Australian lumberjack, was charged at the Marylebone court…

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Youth Charged Alleged I.R.A. Recruit Three Years in Borstal London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

Brendan Beham. aged 16 years, of Dublin, when charged at a Liverpool court with having been in possession of explosives, said: "I have no…

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Leeton Farmer Charged with Driving Under Influence Fined £10; License Forfeited LEETON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

At the Leeton Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., John Young, aged 44 years, a well-known farmer, was charged with having…

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Russian Protest Police Raid in Paris Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 1

The Tass Agency announced to-day that the Soviet had protested to Prance following o police raid on the Paris premises of the Soviet Trade…

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Warden's Court (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, Mining Warden)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

Frank About was granted an extension of authority to [?] for [?] on pt. pn. 3p[?] ph. Co[?]eman co. Bu[?]euch for six months from 8th…

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Smart Police Work Car Disappears From Wagga Located Near Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

Smart police work characterised the arrest early on Tuesday morning at Morundah of five men in connection with the disappearance of a motor car…

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Lost Memory When Driven To Police Station No Unpleasantness At Hotel, Says Defendant £10 Fine for Driving Under Influence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

THAT he received a shock when a constable drove him away in his own car, and had lost his memory was stated by…

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