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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 61

"Resisting" And "Assaulting" the Police and Offensive Behavior Two Men Remanded Until Next Tumut Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 2

As the result of arrests made in Tumut on Saturday, December 23, Henry Edward Coe, an aborigine, of Bombowlee, and Mr. Sidney Abraham…

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South Australian Fires Boy to Be Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday: A 15-year-old boy will appear in court on a charge under the Bush Fires Act. It is believed that…

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Murder Charge Negro Attacked and Thrown Into Yarra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: At the City Court to-day, Leo Clinton Cartledge (23). laborer, of Fitzroy was charged with having…

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Murder in Sydney Residential Man's Body Riddled with Bullets

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday: Edward Frederick Weyman, 34, was murdered in a house in Mary-street, Surry Hills, this morning. His…

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Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: John Frederick Hayes, 31, laborer, was charged at Central Court to-day with having murdered Edward…

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Gaol for Taking Car

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, John Cyril Hill, laborer, aged is years, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with…

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Police Demand Higher Pay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

HOBART, Tues.: Drastic action is threatened by the Tasmanian police unless their demands for higher pay, shorter…

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Arbitration Court Bottleneck Problem

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday The establishment of conciliation committees was suggested to-day as the only practical solution to the…

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Policeman Charged with Stealing From Sailor

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: In the Central Police Court to-day Constable Rupert Kenneth Bod[?], 41, was charged with robbing a drunken…

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Theft of Jewellery Worth £500

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Jewellery valued at £500 has been stolen from the home of Mrs Jim Gerald, wife of the Tivoli…

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Tumut Tobacco Mentioned in Court Case

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 4

The curtain raiser to what will probably be the biggest and most widely discussed case in the Riverina was heard at Cootamundra recently…

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Brawl at Tumut Two Men Remanded Until Next Tumut Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 2

As the result of arrests made in Tumut on December 23, Henry Edward Coe, an aborigine, of Bombowlee and Mr Sidney Abraham Hughes…

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U.s. Bookmakers Out of Job Mat Enter Black Marketing, Say Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): As the American race tracks closed down In compliance with the Government direction, a national…

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Railway Worker Charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Because he could not gel a release from the Railways Department to take another job Charles Wilson, 24,…

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Tokyo Raid Made From Guam Heavy Bomb Load for First Assault

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The Associated Press correspondent in Guam reports that Brigadier-General Hansell, commander of the 21st Bomber…

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Rent Racket Court's Reduction From 17 Guineas to Three

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The rent of a furnished flat, alleged to have been let at £17/17/ to a U.S. serviceman was fixed at £3/3/ a week…

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Gaoled for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

Clarence Theodore William Witt, aged 29 years, laborer, of Happy Valley. Albury, was found guilty on two charges of stealing in the Albury…

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Burglary!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 2

At lunch me last Friday an entry was made tough the back of Messrs. Cerby Bros. [?]cher's shop, and £5 was stolen from the till. A bag…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, January 8, 1945 (Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.m.) Fined £10 for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 6

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M., James Royal Parry, aged 25 years, soldier, pleaded guilty to a…

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Police Court Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M. Stranger Arrested

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 4

James Delaney (18) was charged with having in his possession a food ration book and one clothing ration card which was reasonably suspccted…

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