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Courts & crime, 1942

1,110 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 56

Police Court Wagga, Thursday, August 6, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, F.m.) Malicious Damage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

Jack Wilson, laborer, who pleaded guilty, was charged with having maliciously damaged four cell blankets, the property of the…

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Search for Liquor Police Power Withdrawn SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

Bowing to a wave of public indignation which followed the announcement that the police were to be given power to enter the homes of private…

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W.A. Basic Wage Court Opposes Immediate Increase

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday. — By a majority decision, the State Arbitration Court to-day refused to make any immediate order or adjustment increasing the…

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Licensing Court Wagga, August 6, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

An application was heard for the transfer of the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel from John William Theophilus Ray to Reginald Arthur…

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Whitton Police Court Protected Birds in Possession

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 5

Stanley Samuel Southgate, of Farm 817, Gogeldrie, pleaded guilty at the Whitton police court, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., to…

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Porter Gaoled for Theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Pleading guilty to 13 charges of stealing about £1000 worth of luggage and goods from stations at which…

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Conspiracy Against Defence Act Miller Again Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Already twice sentenced this week on charges relating to conspiracy to defeat the enforcement of the…

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Brownout Toll Police Efforts to Reduce Fatalities

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—In an effort to reduce the death toll in brownouts the police will intensify their campaign against…

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Court Penalties Minimum Suggested for Profiteers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.—A suggestion that a minimum penalty should be provided for profiteers is among proposals being examined…

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Police Swoop in India Sensational Arrests Gandhi, Nehru and Other Congress Leaders

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—Gandhi, Dr. Azad (president), Pandit Nehru and other Congress leaders have been arrested. Others…

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Bamblett Sentenced To 12 Months on Assault Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

AT the Narandera Quarter Sessions, before His Honour Judge Stacey, Ronald R. Bamblett was charged with that he did at…

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Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Guilty to Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

Lewis Grant pleaded guilty to stealing £1, the property of Sidney Chambers Cootamundra. Police evidence disclosed that…

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Alleged Theft of Pine Posts at Whitton

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

At the Whitton police court John Hoskin Rowe pleaded guilty to stealing 30 pine posts, the property af Horace Phillip Barton, of Farm…

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Gaol Without the Option Suggested for Profiteers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Profiteering penalties are being examined by Ministers with a view of making them more drastic. It has…

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Police Court Wagga, Monday, August 10, 1942 (Before Mr. J. Byrne, J.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

John Hayes and John Newton, aged 48 years and 53 years respectively, were each fined £1 for having behaved in an offensive manner…

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Angoplah Man Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 2

Norman Troster Aylett, aged 19 years, of Mangoplah, who last April unsuccessfully applied for exemption from military service on the…

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Search for Liquor Police Power Withdrawn

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 1

Bowing to a wave of public indignation which followed the announcement that the police were to be given power to…

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Police Spitfire Fund Letters of Appreciation

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 2

The Wagga Sub-district Police and Citizens' Spitfire Fund committee has received a letter from the Commissioner of Police, Sydney, which reads…

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Sittings of 13 MINUTES Griffith District Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 2

"It is nice to see peace somewhere in the world," His Honour Judge Stacey said this when the sittings of the District Court, Griffith, on…

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Rioting and Violence in India Police Fire on Large Crowd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 3

BOMBAY, Monday.—Police in the Dadar area in Bombay this morning were forced to fire on a large and violent crowd which refused to…

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