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Courts & crime, 1942

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

Owner's Right to Premises Magistrate's Ruling

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1942 · page 4

Mr. M'Culloch, S.M., gave a reserved judgment at Paddington Court last week regarding the rights of an owner to recover…

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Whisky and Beer Confiscated by Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1942 · page 4

Sydney police confiscated whisky and beer worth £1000 in a Christmas night raid st Lansdown-street, Surry Hills. The premises…

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Girl Shot Dead Police Satisfied It Was Accidental

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — After making extensive inquiries to-day, detectives who were investigating the shooting of Miss Mavis Hagan,…

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Wagga Police Court Tuesday, December 29, 1942 (Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m.) Gaol for Evading Military Call-up

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1942 · page 3

When he pleaded guilty at the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. A. Harris. P.M., to a charge of failing to attend a call-up to serve in the…

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Road Fatality Car Driver Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Following the death of Thomas Francis Ball, aged 73 years, this morning. William Cyril Moffatt, aged 35…

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Leeton Police Court Defendant Threatens Bench and Struggles with Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 4

EXTRAORDINARY scenes were witnessed at the Leeton police court on Tuesday morning when a prisoner, convicted of false…

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Trouble At Cafe Two Hen Charged at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 4

LEETON. Wednesday. - At the Leeton police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. Wright and G. L. Williams, J.P.s. Joseph Leo Davis and…

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Ministers Concern Following Report by Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said to-day that a very important report had reached him from the police on dog…

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PETROL and Ammunition Hours at Police Station

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 3

The public are informed that the times for issuing of petrol and ammunition at the Leeton Police Station are as follows:—…

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Riot in South Africa 15 Killed: Many Police Injured Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 3

Fourteen natives and one European soldier were killed in a riot which got beyond the control of the police, many of whom were…

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Violent Struggle in Court Cheque Charge at Leeton Prisoner Threatens Magistrates

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 4

LEETON. Wednesday—Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at the Leeton police court yesterday morning, when a prisoner convicted of false pretences…

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