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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Visited Husband at Hay Camp Without Authority Alien Woman Promised Gaol at Griffith If Offence Repeated

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 1

Under the National Security Act, a woman was fined at the Griffith police court on Wednesday last, for changing her place of abode without…

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Police Farewell

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

There was a representative gathering of police at the Cootamundra sub-district at the court house last night to say farewell to Inspector…

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Dubbo Theft Woman Sentenced

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 5

Frances Myrtle Hetherington (21) pleaded guilty to stealing a cash box containing £150 when she appeared before Judge…

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Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 6

John Derrick Halligan Jolly, aged 44 years, was charged at the Leeton Police Court to-day, before Mr. T. A Doolan, P.M., with fraudulent misappropriation of…

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Coursing Case Owner Charged With Cruelty Dragged Dog by Ears

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 3

Charged with [?] ill-treating a greyhound bitch at a mechanical coursing meeting at Parkes on May 14, a well-known…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery of Air Force Man Remarkable Allegations LEETON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 4

In connection with the alleged assault and robbery on the Leeton-Narandara road on the night of July 1, as a result of which Charles Henry…

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The War in Australia Barrister Charged Alleged Breach Of National Security Act

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE Wednesday.—Frederick Woolnough Patterson, barrister and city council alderman, at the Townsville Court to-day faced a charge…

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Wagga District Court (Before His Honor, Judge Stacey) Diverting a Water Course

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 2

The Wagga District Court was continued yesterday before His Honor, Judge Stacey. Robert Harvey Stevens claimed damages from R. C. Somerville for obstruction and…

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Police Court Tuesday, 22nd JULY, 1941 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.) McGregor and Gaskett Committed for Trial Alleged Assault and Robbery with Wounding

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 3

Billie McGregor (19) and Thomas John Gaskett (19) were charged with assaulting Charles Henry Hunt at Narandera on 1st July and robbing…

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Assault and Robbery of Air Force Man

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

In connection with the alleged assault and robbery on the Leeton-Narandera road on the night of July 1, as a result of which Charles Henry…

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Police Spitfire Fund

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

Additional donations to the Wagga Police Sub-district and Citizens' Spitfire Fund include £7/1/ from the Gregadoo citizens' dance; £2 from Mr…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Case From Griffith Judge's Remarks on Verdict

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 1

At the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions, Jacky Charles, an aboriginal, was charged with, on 8th March at…

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Wagga Road Motor Collision District Court Sequel

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

At the Wagga District Court on Tuesday, Joseph Gibbons proceeded against Noel [?] fur damage resulting to his more truck in ft…

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Murder Alleged Woman's Body Found in House 27 Witnesses to be Called

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Giving evidence to-day at the inquest into the death of Dorothy Duckworth, Henry Thomas Parrott, wharf laborer, said…

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Hay Police Unable to Execute Bundle of Warrants for Garrison Soldiers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 6

WHEN time to pay for the £12 worth of malicious damage done to the door of an hotel at Hay by a member of the garrison…

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Leeton Painter Offered 3d. for Silence on Crime: 12 Months Gaol Proffered Local People's References : Claimed Schoolgirls "Told Lies" Sydney

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

IN the dock of the, Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday afternoon, William Arthur James Weymouth, who until a short time ago operated as a painting contractor in Leeton, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at the conclusion' of evidence concerning a serious charge…

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Claims is Minister Would Not Swear on Bible Court Application for Exemption From Military Training

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

HE had a congregation of from half-a-dozen to a dozen in Leeton, and had depended on free-will offerings for subsistence during the past six years was stated by Daniel McNab when claimns exemption from milltary training at Leeton Court on Wednesday on the grounds that he…

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Wagga District Court (Before His Honor, Judge Stacey) Diverting a Water Course Plaintiff Awarded £15 DAMAGES

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 3

A verdict for the plaintiff was returned by His Honor, Judge Stacey, at the Wagga District Court yesterday at the conclusion of the hearing…

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Area Airman Tells of Threats After Attack With Revolver, Binding and Robbery Violence on Trip to Leeton After Chance Meeting With Soldiers A.I.F. Men Given Three Months for Gar-stealing : Committed on Major Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 3

SHAVEN head scarred, and clearly suffering pain from broken knuckles of his bandaged hands, M.I.A. Airforceman Charles Henry Hunt had an amazing story of the desperate fight he put up against two young members of the A.I.F., when attacked with a revolver and…

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Police Court Drunks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions, before Mr. J. S. Hurl. J.P., James Robert Bigger (47) pleaded guilty to a charge of being found…

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