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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 50

Boys Fight Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 2

Two 14-year -sid schoolboys of Petar son. New Jersey, brought to a climax spectacular three-day "crime wave an exciting gun battle with 20 police…

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Condition Unsatisfactory After Saturday Assault Crowd See Incident; Heavy Bail on Alleged Attacker

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 2

VICTIM of an alleged assault which drew a large crowd to the corner of Church St., and Pine Avenue on Saturday evening…

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Gundagai Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 4

At the Gundagai Police Court yesterday Reuben Morton, aged 46 years, military pensioner, appeared before Mr. F. Gudgeon, P.M., charged with…

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Gaol for Begging Alms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday William Harris, aged 43 years, laborer, was sentenced to seven days imprisonment when he pleaded guilty…

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Incident at Saigon French Soldiers Assault Japanese London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 1

Semi-official Japanese reports from Saigon say that the Japanese Consul-General launched a strong protest with the French authorities over a hotel…

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Jew Executed Alleged Assault of Gestapo Members the Hague, Monday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 1

Germans executed by shooting a Jew who had allegedly sprayed acid on members of the Gestapo during the recent riots in Amsterdam, and had allowed a house in…

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Gundagai Shooting Sensation Morton Committed For Trail Convicted On Assault Charge Rifle and Cartridges Produced in Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 1

THERE WAS A SEQUEL TO THE SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AFFAIR AT SOUTH GUNDAGAI OF SATURDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 15th WHEN IN GUNDAGAI POLICE COURT ON TUESDAY, REGINALD REUBEN MORTON, AGED 46 YEARS A MILITARY PENSIONER, WHO APPEARED BEFORE POLICE MAGISTRATE F. GRUGEON, FACED FOUR CHARGES. CHARGE OF…

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Doctor in Gaol Application for Release on Bail Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 3

An application for the release on bail from Long Bay Gaol of Dr. frank lin Christian Richards, aged 64 years of Macquarie-street. who had been…

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Gundagai Solicitor Attacks Police Alleges Court Was Deliberately Misled “I Make This Statement With Regret and Disgust” Mr MacDermott

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 5

AN attack on the police by Mr. MacDermott caused a commotion at the Gundagai Police Court on Tuesday. Prior to the hearing of the Morton case the Gundagai [?]olicitor launched the offensive. He alleged that Inspector Lake, of Cootamundra, had set out deliberately…

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Counterfeit Coins Large Plant Seized by Police in Brisbane Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 8

One of the biggest plants for making counterfeit coins ever set up In Queensland was found by the police when making, inquiries into the activities of John…

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Gundagai Assault and Attempted Murder Charges Accused Committed for Trial

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

At the Gundagai Police Court on Tuesday Reuben Morton aged 46 years military pensioner appeared before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. charged with assault…

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Leeton Police Court Alleged Attempt to Defraud Griffith Bookmaker Yanco Man Remanded

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

At the Leeton police court on Wednesday last, Leslie Julian Day, 24, labourer, was charged that at Griffith on 21st February he stole a betting…

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Alleged Shooting at Police

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

GUNDAGAI, Friday: Reginald Reuben Morton, 46, laborer, was committed for trial at the Gundagai Police Court on charges of having…

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Police Court Tuesday, 4th MARCH (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.) Alleged Perjury Defendant Committed for Trial

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

May Camm was charged that on 23rd August, 1940, before Thomas A. Doolan, P.M., on an occasion when the truth was material, she wilfully…

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Contempt of Court Prosecution in Queensland Leader of Opposition Fined Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 4

Arising out of his statement that the State election would be held immediately alter an increased basic wage was declared, the leader of the…

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C.P.S. Office Now Open on Court Days Dept. Yields to Pressure: Assistant Here During Sittings Petty Sessions Cases Now on Alternate Wednesdays

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

SPURRED to action by the Leeton Progress Association, the Department of Justice has now made an additional officer…

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Leeton Police Court Defective Brakes Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 7

Leslie Doddi pleaded guilty at the Leeton Police Court to driving a motor vehicle with defective brakes on January 7. Constable Ritchie stated that, following an accident…

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Manslaughter of Child 16-Year-old Boy Sentenced Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 1

Found guilty of the manslaughter of Winifred May Verrier, aged 8 years, a 16-year-old boy. Mervyn Leslie Hill, was sentenced to 15 years'…

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Dutch Sentenced Sabotage Charges in Holland London, Thursday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 1

Alleged to have burned German soldiers with cocktails made from sulphuric acid. 18 members of a semi-military Dutch organisation have been…

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Police Court (To-day) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Begging Alms

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 2

William Cobban pleaded guilty to a charge of begging alms. Sgt. Blackman: Defendant has been in Cootamundra for about two week…

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