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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

1,110 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 56

In the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 3

In the matter of the National Security (industrial Peace) Regulations, and in the matter of an industrial dispute between THE…

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Belfast Execution Followed by Clash Between Police and Armed Men

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—Clashes between members of the Northern Ireland police force, and armed men who crossed the border from…

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Indian Gaol Mutiny Thirty Killed and Many Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1942 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Friday.—Twenty-nine prisoners and a warder were killed and 136 injured in Dacca gaol on Sunday when a number of security…

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I.r.a. Round-up Time Bomb Injures Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—The police interrogated about 500 people outside Belfast. There was much activity along the border, where…

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In India Attacks on Police

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Saturday.—Three thousand rioters armed with lathis attacked the police at Cuttock, on August 26, it was stated to-day…

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Historic Berrima Gaol Convict Days Recalled

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 4

Berrima Gaol, one of the most historic structures, in the Commonwealth and through whose portals there passed many of Australia's most…

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Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Drunk and Language

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 4

Arthur McGuinness pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and using indecent language. Sgt. Gilford said that at 1.5 p.m…

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Six Months' Gaol Selling Liquor Without License

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Licensing Court to-day, Kathleen Barry, known as Kate Leigh, was sentenced to six months' gaol and…

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Refusal to Work Construction Corps Men Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Charged with having refused to continue work at Seymour on August 28, five members of the Civil Construction Corps…

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Police Court Monday, September 7. (Before Mr. J. S. Hart, J.P.) Drunk, etc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 1

Newark Longstaff (53) was charged with being found drunk in East Street on Saturday last Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Theft at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

The sum of £7 was stolen, also a small quantity of mixed goods from the premises of Mrs. Moulder, shopkeeper in Kiewa-street…

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Theft From Bank

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Quarter Sessions to-day John Milton Cardow, aged 25 yean, bank clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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Roundabout Notes Gaol without the Option

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 4

Gaol without the option of a fine for profiteering or trafficking in cation tickets, in proposed by the Federal Government. A minimum of three…

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Life Imprisonment for Murder of Wife

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Found guilty in the Circuit Court at Ipswich to-day of having wilfully murdered his wife at Moore on March 24, 1940…

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High Treason Twelve Years' Gaol for Woman Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 1

Mrs. Kathrina Hennig, aged 55 years, who was charged with high treason last April, has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment…

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Gundagai Brothers Bought a Bike But Later the Police Took Possession ! Stranger on False Pretences Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 2

Way back in October 1938, Kenneth and Norman Collien, brothers in business in Gundagai, purchased a motor cycle from a…

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Tumut Police Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court, before Mr. F. Grugeou, P.M., Frank Coughian was fined 46 with court costs 56 on each charge of…

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Coolamon Police Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

Following investigations by the Coolamon police and detectives from Wagga, William Eric Young, aged 28 years, school teacher, of Methul, appeared…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

The following promotions in the police force have been notified: Sgt. second-class to sergeant first-class. V. B. Hyde, Deniliquin and B. G. Luther…

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Wagga Police Court Thursday, September 10, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Case Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday Herbert Leo Murray, of 258 Kincaid street, Wagga, pleaded not guilty to charge of failing to…

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