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Courts & crime, 1941

994 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 50

Alleged Indecent Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 2

Joseph Callan was charged with committing an indecent assault on a female under the age of 16 years at Leeton, to wit a child about 81 years…

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Gaol for Trautwein

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Holding that the respondent in the examination of his affairs had been guilty of prevarication and evasion when called…

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Police Court Tuesday, 18th NOVEMBER Possession of Alleged Stolen Mutton

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 5

At the Narandera police court, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., William George Bolton (33) was charged with having in his possession on 30th…

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Charge of Murder on Honeymoon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

Doctor S. Torrante, the well-known explorer, who formerly lived at Blackpool (England), but is at present practising in Mexico, has been charged with the murder…

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Theft of Petrol Alleged Against Men at Point [?]Cook

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—As a sequel to the disappearance of quantities of petrol, seven members of the R.A.A.F. at Point Cook to-day appeared…

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Charge Against Groom Alleged Attempt to Murder Five Persons

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

EMMAVILLE, Thursday. - Darrell Raymond Myers, aged 27 years, hotel groom, was charged to-day with having attempted to murder five persons…

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M.h.r.'s Son Shot Murder Charge at Greta

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

MAITLAND, Thursday. - William Thomas James, of West Maitland, son of Mr. Roley James, M.H.R., was shot dead near South Maitland railway…

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Police Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 4

The police superintendent's office. Wagga, announces the following transfers: Constable first-class H. H. Strickland from Leeton to Corowa; Constable first-class F…

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Trautwein Applies to High Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The High Court to-day stood over the application on behalf of Theodore Charles Trautwein, farmer M.L.C. and bankrupt, for his…

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Widow on Murder Charge Wyalong Woman Who Managed Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday. — A climax to police investigations which extended over 2000 miles in the Never Never country out from Cunnamulla, Queensland, was the…

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Police Transfers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 1

The police superintendent's office, Wagga, announces the following transfers: Constable first-class H. H. Strickland from Leeton to Corowa…

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Police Court MONDAY,, 24th NOVEMBER (Before Mr. J. S. Hart, J P.) Drunks and Language

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 3

Edmund J. Stanley (60) was charged with being found drunk in Crown Street; and also with using indecent language…

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Police Court Tuesday, 18th NOVEMBER Possession of Alleged Stolen Mutton "Case Adjourned Until 2nd DECEMBER

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 4

William George Bolton was charged with having in his possession mutton being portions of a sheep reasonably suspected to have…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, November 24, 1941 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Detention Charge Fails

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., Walter Clarence Guy, dairy farmer, of "Allambie," Ladysmith, proceeded…

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Papuan Natives Win High Court Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The High Court to-day unanimously allowed the appeal by a number of Papuan natives against toe award of £454 by the Supreme…

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District Court THURSDAY, 20th NOVEMBER Alleged Detention of Ripper

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 1

Stanley Russell Livingstone, of May Road, Sandringham v. Wallace D. Livingstone, of Boree Creek, claim £150, alleged conversion to his own…

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Police Allege That Young Airmen Lifted £14 from P. O. Counter Quick Arrests on

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 1

SPEEDY investigation by the Leeton police of a theft of a large sum of money in the wallet of a man doing business at…

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Jehovah Witness's Appeal Against Refusal of Exemption From Military Trarningg Court Has No Jurisdiction

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 1

Daniel McNab, a young man, appealed against an aider of the Police Magistrate dismissing his application for exemption from military training…

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Consternation In Kurrajong Avenue As Combined Police Swoop On Club Leeton-Narandera Force Seize 21 Men, Machines Premises Allegedly Used As Common Gaming House

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 2

TAKING 21 men by complete surprise, police officers drawn from the Narandera and Leeton stations simultaneously entered three doors of a Leeton club, alleged to have been used as a common gaming house, fate on Saturday night. When the raiders later shepherded their…

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N.z. Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 November 1941 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday: The police are investigating the death of the wife of Frederick: Speight, commercial traveller, at her home in…

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