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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Woman Tackles, Holds Italian Tied Up Waiting for Police After Alleged Assault on Sister

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 2

ALLEGED to have entered a home at Hanwood, near Griffith, on Sunday evening and to have attempted to assault a young girl,…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, February 10, 1941 (Before Mr. J. A. Hurls, P.m.) Goods in Possession

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 4

Raymond Mas, aged 20 yean, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having had a knife, fork and spoon in his possession, suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained…

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Remarkable Heelmark Near Stolen Poker Machine Robbery, Gaol-break Allegations Detailed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

AGAIN In custody in Leeton after being returned on warrant from Queensland, Jack Reidy faced formidable charges at…

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Comprehensive Language: Week-end Police Trawl

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

"His expressions covered the whole scope of indecent language," was the expression used by Sgt. Newland yesterday morning at Leeton…

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Death Sentence Quashed Gaol Term for Woman London, Monday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 1

The sentence of death which was passed on Dorothy Pamela O'Grady aged 42 years, at the Hampshire [?] sizes in December, after the had been…

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Victimisation of Employees U.S. Supreme Court Order Against Ford Company New York. Monday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

The Ford Company has been ordered to cease victimisation of employees for trade union activity. The Washington Supreme Court…

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Chile Sensation Yacht's Crew Charged with Supplying Nazi Ships

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 2

TALCAHUONO (Chile), Tuesday. The yacht Savtoy and the crew were recently arrested by the naval authorities and charged with supplying…

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Father Sues Son on Two Counts And Magistrate Dismisses Both Charges

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 1

Once again at the Young Police Court there was seen the unedifying spectacle of a father and son figureing as opponents in legal proceedings…

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Court Cannot Deal in Suppositions Solicitor Lectured in the Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 6

Ruling that there was no case to answer, due to lack of evidence, Mr Bromhead, P.M., in Cowra Police Court, dismissed a charge against H…

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Russian General's Death Murder Allegations Persist New York, Tuesday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 2

Concerning the mystery death of the Russian, General Krivitsky, the "Daily Mirror" in a copyright story quotes alexander Kerensky, who was the…

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Company Director Sues Police Was Mistaken for W00lcott Forbes Interesting London Case LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

Hyman Richard Diamond, an Australian company director, sued three police officers to-day for damages for alleged false imprisonment. Diamond…

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Alleged Assault Charge Against Italian Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 8

Guiseppe Catanzariti, aged 36 years, an Italian, was charged at the Griffith Police Court with entering a house at Hanwood and unlawfully as…

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Woolcott Forbes Case Claim for Damages Police Inspector's Evidence London, Thursday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 4

Inspector A. R. Minter, one of the three police officers who is being sued by H. R. Diamond for damages for alleged false imprisonment, said in the…

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Charged with Intenvt T0 Murder Morton in Court This Afternoon Bail Not Applied For

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

This afternoon Morton appeared before J. C. Carters and L.M. Boyton J’sP. and was charged with that on the 15th day of…

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Gundagai Police Reservists

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

The training of police reservists at Gundagai began last November, and since then classes have been held every Monday night, lectures being…

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Police Court (Today) Before Mr. F. Grugeon. P.M. Overloading of Sheep Trucks

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 4

Oscar Charles Petty, for whom Mr. Dawson (of Messrs. C. A. Vaughan, Sargent, and Dawson) appeared, pleaded guilty to a charge that sheep…

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"Sheer Murder" Attack on Convoy in Atlantic Six Ships [?]

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 1

FUNCHAL (Madeira), Saturday (A.A.P.).—Four English and two Greek ships have [?] rived here after escaping from an attack made by a…

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Sensation at Gundagai Armed Man Defies Police Fires Seven Shots

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 1

GUNDAGAI, Monday: Armed with a rifle, Reuben Morton, aged 46 years, a military pensioner, shut himself in his hut and defied the police for…

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Plot to Wreck Train Troops Ok Board Army and Police Investigating Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 4

A recent daring attempt to wreck a troop train near Albury has now been revealed. A shepherd dramatically warned the…

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Sensation at Gundagai Armed Man Defies Police Fires Seven Shots Overpowered After Three Hours

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

Armed with a rifle, Reuben Morton, aged 46 years, a military pensioner, shut himself in his hut and defied the police for almost three hours at…

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