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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

1,130 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 57

"Pyjama Girl" Inquest Police Commissioner's Evidence Statement by Accused "Wife Accidentally Shot During Struggle"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: Antonio Agostini had told him that his wife, Linda Agostini, had been accidentally shot in a struggle with him, the New South Wales Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) said at the "Pyjama Girl" inquest to-day. Mr…

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Found Guilty Ex-constables Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday: Found guilty at Lismore Quarter Session last week on a charge of conspiracy, former Police…

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Police Changes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

Constable L. A. R. Christop[?]erson, who has been a member of the staff of the Wagga police station for eight years, has been transferred to…

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Two U.s. Servicemen Recaptured 57 Charges of Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Two U.S. servicemen who escaped from the U.S. compound on Saturday night were recaptured by civil and…

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U.s. Murder Trial Third Degree Allegations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. (A.A.P.)—Continuing efforts to block the admission in evidence of Aircraftman Lonergan's alleged…

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Hotel Hours Order Contested in High Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A submission that the order made by the Premier (Mr. M'Kell) that hotels must remain open between the…

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"Pyjama Girl" Inquest More Police Evidence Alleged Story by Agostini Of Disposal of Wife's Body

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Police evidence at the "Pyjama Girl" inquest to-day included an allegation that Antonio Agostini, before his arrest on a charge of having murdered his wife. Linda Agostini (nee Platt), told the Victorian police that…

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Narandera Court Two Boys Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 5

A series of daring attempts at robbery were made by two boys aged 14 and 11 at Narandera last week as a result of which they…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

The State Government has approved the production of the following first class sergeants to acting-inspectors in the Police Force:…

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Wife Murder Alleged Against Airman

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday: A transcript of Aircraftman Lonergao's unsigned confession of the murder of his wealthy wife revealed that…

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Charged with Murder

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 2

Arrested in Newcastle last Sunday, Cecil Babbs, 37, metal worker, was charged in Melbourne City Court yesterday, with having at Fitzroy on…

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Ex-constables Found Guilty and Sentenced

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 5

Found guilty at Lismore Quarter Sessions on a charge of conspiracy, former Police Constables Harold Douglas Kenny, 44, and Ernest…

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Ex-officer Charged Alleged Borrowings

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.— During court martial proceedings to-day a former officer of the Army Salvage Corps, since invalided out of the Army,…

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Police Court (Tuesday) Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M. Wilful and Obscene Exposure

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 4

John Briggs, 49, a stranger, was charged with wilful and obscene exposure in a public place, to wit, the Literary Institute Park, Cootamundra…

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Murder Charge Against Young Woman Body Found in Park

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Alma Muriel Morgan, 23, a domestic, appeared in the police court charged with the wilful murder of Robert L. Norwood, a…

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"Pyjama Girl" Mrs. Routledge Gives Evidence Incorrect Statement to Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Fearing that she might be accused of having murdered the girl, Mrs. Jeanette Constance Routledge, of…

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Land Board Court Special Sitting at Leeton Determination of Rentals

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 7

No contentious matters were dealt with at the special sitting of the Land Board held at the Leeton Court House last Tuesday…

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Soldier Sentenced on Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

John Thomas M'Guire. a soldier who was A.W.L. was found guilty at the Cootamundra police court of stealing three pairs of…

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Assault Charge at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

Two railway construction workers figured at the Junee police court, in an assault case before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M. Wallace…

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Important Case in A[?] Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 4

In the Small Debts Com[?] week at Albury a case of of [?] interest was listed for [?] concerned a claim for £30 [?]…

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