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Courts & crime, 1942

1,110 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 56

Unlawful Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

Scott was also charged with unlawfully asaulting George Rose. Mr. O. O. H Danger appeared for the complainant…

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Police Court Tuesday, January 20. (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Falsely Representing Himself As a Traveller

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

Charles Edward Millard was charged with falsely representing himself as a traveller and obtaining liquor. Mr. O. O. H. Danger appeared for…

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Stole One and Fourpence Fish and Chips Blowout Follows . Youth Sent to Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

FREDERICK John Kennedy (20) was charged at the Leeton police court on Thursday with breaking, entering and stealing 1/7 from…

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Court House Statistics For Year Ended 31st December

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

The following statistics with regard to business transacted at the Narandera Court of Petty Sessions Office for the year ended 3lst December,…

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400 Police Arrested in South Africa Members of Pro-nazi Body

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

CAPETOWN Wednesday (A.A.P.). Four hundred police have now been detained for alleged subversive activities. Mass arrests followed the…

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Unlicensed Pistols Exhibits in Leeton Court Yanoo Man on Two Charges

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

When Constable Pratt produced a rifle, two pistols, and over l000 rounds of revolver ammunition at the Leeton Police Court on Wednesday and placed…

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Court Like An Arsenal Pistols Rifle and Ammunition Displayed During Charge Against Yanco Man

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

WHEN Constable Pratt, produced a rifle, two pistols, and over a thousand rounds of ammunition at the Leeton court on…

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Charged With Murder of Woman

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Clement Michael Waddell aged 44 years, a farmer, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered his…

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Remand on Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Byrne. J.P., Alfred Rudolph Gray, aged 48 sears, laborer, was remanded until Tuesday next on…

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Ex-Railway Employee Convicted on Stealing Charges "Gaol Next Time," Says Bench

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 4

Convicted on two charges of stealing, and fined £10 sit the Leeton Police Court on Wednesday, William Edward Bede Burton informed the…

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Police Protect Carters Melbourne [?]S Get Milk

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A strong force of police in cars, on motor cycles, and on foot, protected more than 500 carters who delivered milk in the…

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Payroll Train Murderers Police Seek Letter Writer

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

Though detectives have worked night and day they have so far been unable to obtain any definite clue that might lead to the identity of the two…

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Payroll Train Murders Police Seek Letter Writer

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

Though detectives have worked night and day they have so far been unable to obtain any definite clue that might lead to the identity of the two men…

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Wagga Police Court Tuesday, January 27, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Imprisoned for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 4

Alfred Rudolph Gray, aged 48 years, laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a lady's handbag containing a gold wedding ring, a pair of spectacles…

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Woman’s Outburst Disturbs Court’s Serenity Rowdy Disturbance In Junee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

A burst of emotion followed by noisy scenes marked the sitting of the Junee Court of Pett[?] Sessions when a woman left the building and…

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Man Questioned with 72 Quarts of Beer Court Case May Be Sequel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

Police are alleged to have “interfered” at Bethungra with the initiative of an enterprising Cootamundra publican…

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Police Court Thursday, 29th JANUARY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 5

Reginald Edward Arnold (43) was fined 5/, in default the rising of the court, on a charge of drunkenness; and £1, in default 48 hours, on a…

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Scene in Junee Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

At the June Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Deolan, P.M. a man named Doyle, who with his wife: resides in a teat on the roadside…

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Three Months Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

Recently a passenger on a mall train at Junee was apprehended on two charges of breaches of the Railways Act, but es-caped whilst under arrest. Later he was…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into Death Of Noreen Grace Police Sergeant Declared Evidence Greatest Tangle Ever Heard Sittings Lasted Two Days

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

ON WEDNESDAY and Thursday, Mr. W. C. Barker, coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of Noreen Mary Grace, who was electrocuted at her home on Tuesday evening, January 20, 1942. Sergeant Newland declared that they had got one of the greatest…

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