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Courts & crime, 1944

1,130 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 57

Murder Charge Accused Remanded

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 2

A remand to July 20 was granted at Liverpool Court yesterday when Victor Pressick, 18, labourer, of Granville, appeared on a charge of having…

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Alleged Murder of German Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: A correspondent with the Eighth Army says: "At Givitela, before its capture by the Eighth Army, the Germans were…

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Police Court Today Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M. Carrying Liquor Into Hall

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 2

Jack McBurney pleaded guilty to taking alcohol into the Cootamundra Town Hall, a public place. Constable Fraser: At 11.30 p.m. on…

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Murder Charge Men with Firearms on Train

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: A remand to Parramatta Court to July 20 was granted at the Liverpool Court when Victor Presslck, 18…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, July 17, 1944 (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 6

At the Wagga Police court yesterday, Stanley George College, aged 39 years, soldier, was committed for trial at the Narandera…

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Charges Against Seaman at Court Martial

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 2

A number of charges, including desertion, stealing, sabotage and writing anonymous threatening letters were preferred against Ordinary…

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Naval Court-martial Seaman on Twelve Charges

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.; Allegations that he had intended to injure his shipmates with hand-grenades was made at the court-martial of…

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In the Senate Government Charged Breach of Electoral Law

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday The Commonwealth Government had broken the electoral law by issuing "Yes" lapel badges for…

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Man Charged with Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

A young man was charged at the Wagga Police Station Yesterday by Detective Cloke with stealing a money inter to the value…

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12 Years' Gaol Seaman Convicted on Many Charges

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: Ordinary Seaman Andrew Gordon Kilpatrick. aged 25. was to-day sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude by an Australian…

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Former Gundagai Resident Retires Fr Police Force

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

A son of the late Mr and Mrs C. McLean, of Big Ben, South dagai, after 31 years service the NSW Police, Sergeant N…

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Higher Wages For Women Court Given New Power

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA. Wed.: Power to increase the minimum wages of women in Industry declared to be vital by the Governor-General, is given to the…

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Indecent Assault on Boy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

Harry Davids (25) pleaded guilty to a charge of committing an indecent assault on e boy at Griffith on May 18. A list of previous convictions…

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Alleged Assault and Grievous Bodily Harm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

Harry Lawrence Murphy was charged with assaulting William Joseph Lamprell at Yanco on April 26, occasioning him actual bodily harm. On…

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American Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE Friday: Valino Fernandez. an American paratrooper, was sentenced by a United States court-martial to-day to be hanged for the…

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Alleged Assault and Grievous Bodily Harm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

Harry Lawrence Murphy was charged with assaulting William Joseph Lamprell at Yanco on April 26, occasioning him actual bodily harm. On…

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Truck Driver Charged with Feloniously Slaying

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Robert Henry Forland, 29, of Granville. appeared at 'he Liverpool Court to-day on two charges of…

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Murder Charge Shooting in Railway Carriage Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Victor Pressick, 18, laborer, of Granville, was committed for trial on a charge of murder by the…

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Alleged Refusal to Assist Police

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

Winton Thomas Watkins was charged that on 24th December, 1943, he refused to aid Constable Anderton when called upon while he was in the…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, July 21, 1944 (Before Mr. K. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Fined for Excessive Speed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M., Thomas Charles Simmons, soldier, was charged with exceeding 30 miles per…

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