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Courts & crime, 1944

1,130 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 57

The Censorship Only for Security Purposes Not Meant As Police Weapon Parliamentary Committee's Report

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Parliamentary Committee on Censorship, in its interim report, recommended to the…

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Warden's Court Wednesday, June 14 (Before Mr. H. S. Sargeson. Warden) Application for Suspension of Labour Conditions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 2

Edward Ernest Osborne applied for suspension of labour conditions at P.L.2546. parish Fennel, for a period of six months…

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Murder Charge Follows Argument at Racecourse

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday: Following an argument with aborigines during the meeting at Victoria Park racecourse yesterday, the death…

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Police Court Today Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M. Clothing Coupons

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

Bessie Geraldeane Zanatta pleaded guilty to having illegally in her possession 24 clothing coupons. Detective-Constable Haskew said the…

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Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. Hodgson, P.M.) Incident at Narandera Railway Station

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

At the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Hodgson, P.M., conflicting evidence was given as to the actual circumstances of an…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, June 19, 1944 (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Hotelkeeper Heavily Fined

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Hr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M., William M'Masters, licensee of the Mangoplah Hotel. Mangoplah, was…

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"Pyjama Girl" Case Agostini Trial Opens Accused's Statement to Police Commissioner

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: The question of the admissibility of a statement alleged to have been made by Antonio Agostini to the…

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The Censorship Only For Security Purposes Not Meant As Police Weapon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 4

The Parliamentary Committee on Censorship, in its interim report, recommended to the Commonwealth Government that the post and…

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Application to Review Conscientious Objector's Registration Remarkable Evidence in Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 4

AN application for the review of an order for exemption from military service on the grounds of conscientious objection was…

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Mass Murder of 7000 Jews More German Crimes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): "The mass murder of 7000 Jews by the Germans is alleged in reports reaching London," says the…

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"Pyjama Girl" Murder Trial Crown Prosecutor On Agostini's Story

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Crown did not accept Antonio [?]ustini's statement that his wife did met her death accidentally,…

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Father Charged with Murder of Son

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed.: On a charge of having murdered his son, Arnold Edgar Fawcett, aged 51, on June 12, Alfred Fawcett,…

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Magistrate's Important Ruling

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

A decision upsetting State wide Police procedure in bringing in formation against persons under summary jurisdiction was recently made by Mr…

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Leeton Police Court Service Exemption Order Cancelled

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 4

An application for the review of an order for exemption from military service that had been granted on grounds of conscientious objection,…

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Narandera Police Court Unusual Charge Failure to Assist Police Alleged Ugly Scene En Street

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 4

An unusual caw mi heard at the Narandera police court during thr week, when Winton Thomas Watkins was charged with falling to aid a…

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Alleged Theft of Wheat Forbes Farmer Fined

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

The casual manner in which some farmers transact their business was made the defence in a case at the Forbes Police Court, when John…

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Youths Sentenced to . Long Imprisonment Entered Jugiong Building and Later Stole Gundagai Agent’s Car

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 4

The two youths who were recently involved in a determined attempt to escape from the Gundagai police, and were apprehended…

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Criminal Attack on Girl of 4 Police Seek Man Near Young

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 4

A four year old girl was criminally assaulted by a man while she Was in bed at her home at Bendick Murrell, near Young, on…

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In The Pumpkin Patch Farm Hand's Suspicions Aroused Man Charged at Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 3

PILES of pumpkins littering the police court "floor on Tuesday night of last week, gave the Impression that a sale of market…

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Tiny Girl Attacked Young Man Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 1

YOUNG, Friday: Claude Lionel Flynn' 30, laborer, who had been living at Bendick Murrell for three months, employed on railway…

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