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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 61

Sensational Double Murder Two Men Shot In City Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Two men were shot dead by a soldier in the bar of the Sunbeam Hotel, at the…

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Conscription of Aliens High Court Judgement in Greek Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Foreign countries whose nationals were conscripted for military service by Australia might retaliate against the Commonwealth…

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Leeton Police Court (Before Mr. Kelly, P.m.) an Unlicensed Revolver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 7

At the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. Kelly, P.M., Joseph Patrick Cahill was charged with having an unlicensed…

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Surry Hills Murders Soldier Charged and Remanded

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Ball was refused when Francis Alexander Walls, 46, soldier, was remanded to April 19, at the Central Police…

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Court House Grounds (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 6

Dear Sir— Please allow 'me space in your paper to convey a request to citizens of Gundagai and district,…

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Arbitration Court Summons Issued Against Manpower and Union Officials

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Judge O'Mara to-day issued a summons out of the Arbitration Court calling on the Director-General of…

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Police Man Hunt at Temora Walks Into Policeman’s .k c Arms

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 7

Police from West Whaling, Barmedman and Ardlethan were called to assist the Temora Police in combing the district for a man…

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Coolamon Police Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

At. the Coolamon Police Court, on Wednesday, March 28 last before Mr. M.S Meagher relieving police Maglt, trate, the following [?] dealt…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 11 (Before Mr. Meagher, P.M.) Unlawful Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Christopher Robert Turner (41) pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Chris John Kontas, at Narandera, on 31st March…

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Fined for Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Frederick James Francis was charged with stealing, on or about 7th March, at Leeton, two 2oz packets of tobacco, a tin containing an ounce of…

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French Traitor Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

PARIS, Thurs.: A special court has sentenced to death Lucien Rottee, chief of the special branch of the French C.I.D. under…

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Chemist Shop Window Broken Man. Sent to Gaol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

Patrick Thomas Goulding was sentenced to three months hard labour for maliciously damaging a plate glass window in Watts' Pharmacy,…

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Murder Charge Against Father and Son

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Thomas Henry Kirwin. 55, and his son, Henry Thomas Kirwin 24, of Koowecrup were charged with…

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Gaol Sentences for Window Smashers Many Guests in Local Lock-up

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Two plate glass windows, one at roadway Cafe, and the other one at Watts' Pharmacy in the Roxy. Buildings, were smashed deliberately and…

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Receiver Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: Convicted on a charge of receiving in the Quarter Sessions today a former bookmaker, James Taylor, 34, of…

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Disturbance in Cafe Three Months' Gaol for Malicious Damage

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 7

A disturbance at the Broadway Cafe, Pine-avenue, Leeton, on the night of APril 7, when the proprietor was assaulted after…

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Father and Son Acquitted on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: Thomas Henry Kirwin, 55, and his son. Henry Thomas Kirwin, 24, of Kooweerup, were acquitted of…

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Court Mourning Extends to Australia

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: The Royal Court mourning on the death of President Roosevelt will extend to Australia. The Duke of Gloucester…

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Six Months' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

Kenneth Roy Dean, a young Junee railway construction worker, was sentenced to six months' gaol on a charge of having…

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"French Himmler" Sentenced to Death in Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Sunday (A.A.P.). — A court has sentenced to death, Farand David, former Vichy police chief in Paris. The prosecutor…

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