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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,130 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 57

Urana Arson Cases Youth Sentenced Younger Brother on Bond Judge Opposes Leniency

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 6

Outspoken comments were made by His Honor Judge Berne on what he termed sentimentality and undue leniency wasted on…

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Pyjama Girl Murder Case Principals at the Melbourne Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 6

Scene at the City Court as Antonio Agostini, 41, Italian waiter, who has been charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Linda Agostini, an Englishwoman, was leaving the court house on his way to the watch house. The police say Mrs. Agostini was the victim of the Pyjama Girl mysery…

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France Ready to Erupt Air Charged with Menace Graphic Description by U.S. Woman

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. (A.A.P.) —"Paris is a city of hunger black markets, lawlessness and false gaiety, and the whole of France…

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The Latest Second Edition New Zealanders Lead Cassino Assault Fierce Resistance Continues In One Corner of Town

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—The Advanced Headquarters communique to-day reports: "The Fifth Army's New Zealand troops have been the spearhead of the assault against Cassino. They fought their way through the town to its southwestern…

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Invalid A.w.u. Rules Arbitration Court Judgment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Judge O'Mara, in a reserved judgment, said he would give the…

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Police Raid at Tumut Over Forty Persons Arrested

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 6

Saturday last saw big things happening at Tumut, Police from Gundagai and Cootamundra visited the town, and as a…

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Juvenile Crime Due to Leniency and Sentimentality—Declares Judge Boy Sentenced to Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

OUTSPOKEN comments were made by His Honor Judge Berne on what he termed sentimentality and undue leniency…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 20, 1944 (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Harness Stealing Charges

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

Allegations that a police official had struck him at the Wagga police station while being questioned was made by a defendant…

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Distillation Act Four Men Charged with Breaches

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Allegedly seized when customs inspectors entered two shops at Milson's Point in December, about 900…

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Police Raid at Tumut

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

Saturday last, saw big things happening at Tumut. Police officers from Gundagal and Cootamundra visited tho town, and as a result of…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Quarrel Over Woman

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.— A sequel to the death of Francis Reynolds at Leichhardt last Friday was the appearance in Central Police Court…

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Man Gaoled for Brutal Assault Case Before Narandera Quarter Sessions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

THE story of a scuffle with a hotel licensee's daughter and a brutal assault upon her 78 years old father when he went to her…

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Police Raid Alleged Gaming House

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last Cootamundra and Gundagai police under Sergeant Black-man, of Cootamundra—all in…

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Disappearance of Money From Lady's Hand Bag Cannery Employee Charged

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

THE mysterious disappearance of the sum of £31 from a woman's handbag which had been left in a passage way of a…

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Alleged Breaking, Entering and STEALING Solicitor-General Refuses To File A Bill

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

On February 22, at the Leeton police court, before Messrs G. Williams and R. L. Black, J's.P., William Lane was committed to stand his…

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Police Court Monday, 20th MARCH (Before Messrs. A. Raschke and T. M. Woolnough, Js.P.) Trouble at Railway Station

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Charles Frederick Vincent (34) was charged with behaving in on offensive manner in a railway carriage at Narandera platform…

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Use of Horse Meat Investigation by Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: The Health Minister (Mr. Kelly) said to-day that detectives were investigating the alleged use of horse meat for…

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Man Acquitted on Attempted Murder Charge Woman's Ordeal in Hut

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: After Edward John Oswald, [?] had been found not guilty in the Central Criminal Court to-day on a…

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Cured Wrist in Manure Heap Pastrycook's Story in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 6

Evidence that a man had cured a wrist, which a doctor had said would be permanently stiff, by placing it for an hour a day in…

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Leeton Resident Injured in Disturbance on Narandera Station Incident Not Witnessed by Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

A SERIOUS disturbance occurred on the railway station at Narandera on Saturday evening while a number of people…

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