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Courts & crime, 1942

1,110 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 56

Railway Porter Charged at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 1

LEBTON, Friday.—Reginald William Crowe, railway porter, aged 25 years, was charged at the Leeton police court with embezzling £138 from the Railway…

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Wagga Police Court Friday, March 6, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doo[?]an, P.m.) Evading Military Enrolment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 7

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., three brothers, James Gordon Murray aged 33 years, Herbert Leo Murray, aged 27…

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Charged With Murder Of Wife

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Doris Ada Watson, aged 42 years, a domestic, was shot dead outside her mother's home at Sarina, 22 miles south of Mackay, this afternoon. Her…

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Police Court (Today) Before Mr. F. Grugeon. P.M. Indecent Language

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

Jack MeGuinness, 21, pleaded gullty to using indecent language in parker street, on 7th March, and was fined £ 1, or 48 hours…

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Police and Night Club

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Regulation giving the police wide powers to en night clubs or other establishment suspected of illegally selling liquor was…

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A Magistrate's Memory

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 4

"Didn't you assault your sister in Redfern or somewhere " asked Mr. T. A. Doolan. P.M., as he looked across the Junee court room last…

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Police Court Monday, 9th MARCH Drunk and Language

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 1

Alexander Christian (24) was fined 10/, in default one day, on a charge of drunkenness, and £8, in default six days, on a charge of using indecent…

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Von Papen Incident Two Men Handed Over to Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

ANKARA. Sunday. - The police cordon around the Russian consulate at Istanbul was lifted yesterday after two men had been handed over to the…

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Forged Petrol Tickets Dealer Fined and Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Herbert Joseph Bolton, garage proprietor, of Sandringham, was fined £75 and sentenced to four months' hard labor at…

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Midnight Scuffle on Yacht. Inquiry Into Harbor Murder Mystery Men Straggled With Knives Stye Girl. SYDNEY

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 1

The story of a midnight scuffle on board a yacht at Rushcutters' Bay, during which a knife was allegedly drawn, was given at the City…

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Body in Harbor Man Charged with Murder Evidence at Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—That a man who is now charged with murder had been threatened with a carving knife during a midnight struggle on board…

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Police Constable's Position

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 4

Constable O. Watts, who recently tendered his resignation from the. police force, was to have left Young for Sydney on Friday night, says the…

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Theft of Military Motor Cycle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

Erie Charles Mitchell and Leslie Gordon Rose were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Wodonga (V.) Court yesterday when…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 4

The following promotions were announced by the Police Department yesterday: Sgt. (second-class) to be Sgt. third-class. T. J. Ellis, Griffith;…

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Woman Charged Alleged Murder of Man Who Shot Himself

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Catnefine Mary Thompson, aged 41 years, charged with having murdered her husband, Horace Lee Thompson, admitted in the…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 16, 1042 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Enemy Alien Fined

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 4

Pleading guilty at the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M. Paul Julius Bauer, aged 30 years, laborer, was fined £2 on a charge of being…

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Attack on Child Uncle on Murder Charge Mother's Evidence at Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — Giving evi-dence at the City Coroner's Court to—day at the inquest into the death of June Florence Peisley, aged 12 years,…

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Child Murder Charge Dramatic Scene in Court Father's Dash Towards Accused

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—William Ernest MacDonald, aged 40 years, who has been charged with the murder of his niece, June Florence Piesley, aged 12…

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Seven Days' Gaol for Refusal to Take Oath of Allegiance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Campsie Police Court to-day, Eric John Stein was sent to gaol for seven days for refusing to take the oath of…

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Sentenced to Death Woman Whose Husband Shot Himself Strong Recommendation to Mercy

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Central Criminal Court to-day Catherine Mary Thompson, aged 41 years, was found guilty by the jury of murder in the…

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