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Courts & crime, 1943

1,135 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 57

Fined for Using Rooms for Betting Sequel to Police Raid

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 September 1943 · page 3

THE sequel to raids carried out by the police on certain premises in Leeton on September 18th was the appearance of a…

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Murder Alleged Boys Committed for Tr[?]

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Douglas Percy Carpenter, 15. of East Malvern. and Eric Matthew Mattson, 10, of Malvern were…

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Huge Coal Fraud Alleged Colliery Proprietor and Others Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Prolonged inquiries by the police indicated that the Government had been defrauded of between £30.000 and £40,000. said…

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Wagga Police Court Tuesday, September 28, 1943 (Before Mr. K. Solling, P.m.) Negligent Driving Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 3

Henry Roy M'Farland, taxi-driver of 116 Tarcutta-street, Wagga, was charged with negligent driving on the Wagga-Urana road on August 13…

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Five Years Gaol for Clothing Factory Proprietor False Information Given

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Israel Golovsky. public accountant and proprietor of South Australia's largest clothing manufacturing…

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Leeton Police Court Alleged Assault at Yanco

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 4

A tornadic struggle in a house at Yanco when bottles allegedly flew and an iron bar was wielded after a soldier returned…

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Two Spies Sentenced to 30 Years' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Federal Judge Byres sentenced two former Staten Island air raid wardens, Ernest Lehmitz and Erwin…

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Land Board Court Claim for Improvements on Farm Property Furcell v. CORNELIUSEN

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 4

Considerable time was occupied on Tuesday by the Land Board Court in the bearing of an application by John Patrick…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 2

Police promotions just announced include: Sergeants, third class, to be sergeants second class; A. J. Steel. Tocumwal; Constable first class to be…

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One Month's Hard Labor for Failure to Enrol Police Magistrate Cannot Accept Stories of Two Men

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 1

Failure to enrol for military service yesterday resulted in two young men being sentenced to one month's gaol in the Junee Court…

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Six Months' Gaol for Unlawful Removal of Ration Book Leaves

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday:—Charged with having unlawfully removed leaves from a ration book, and with having ration documents unlawfully in his…

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Clubs and Land Tax Important Court Ruling

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday: An important decision to golf clubs was given by the Full High Court of Australia to-day when it dismiss with…

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A.w.c. Powers Application in Arbitration Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Federal Court to-day Judge O'Mara said he had no jurisdiction to vest judicial powers in the Director-General of the…

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Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE Monday.- When Kenneth Harris, 30. was charged in the Criminal Court today with having murdered. Edward Leo Phillips It was…

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Assault and Robbery Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. - On a charge of having on Saturday, while armed with a revolver, assaulted Ellem Thlel and robbed…

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Police Court Before Mr. Solling, P.M. On Three Charges

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 3

Cyril McGuinness pleaded guilty to using Indecent language in Parker street; to resisting arrest; to using insulting words to Constable Haskew…

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Police Court Thursday, 30th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. A. R Raschke, J.P.) Drunks, etc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 1

At the court of petty sessions on Thursday James Stanley (48) failed to appear on a charge of drunkenness, and his…

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Theft From Husband Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: Charged with having stolen £334/17/10, the property of her husband, Edna Amealia le Francois was remanded until Friday…

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Police Court Wagga, Tuesday, October 5, 1943 (Before Mr. R. Soiling. P.m.) Negligent Driving Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. Soiling. P.M. Joseph Mulcahy, shearer, of Kerang (V.), was charted, with driving a…

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Fifteen Year Boy Admits to Murder of Woman. Auckland (N. Z.)

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 1

Entering the post office at Ward, near Blenheim yesterday, a fifteen year old boy told the postmistress he had murdered the…

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