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Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 42 of 61

Told on Tennis Court Of D.F.C. Award

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: As he was about to walk on to the tennis court at White City to-day to play a match in the services…

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Record Cargo Pillage Offence Huge Tobacco Theft Discovered

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wed.: The theft of tobacco from a ship anchored in Sydney Harbor has been described as being probably the largest…

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Tenants May Sublet Premises, Says Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: According to a decision reached in the State Full Court to-day, a tenant can sublet premises…

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Member of R.a.a.f. Charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 2

Lance Dudley Adams, aged 35 years, of the R.A.A.F., was charged yesterday at the Wagga police court with feloniously slaying Mr…

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Junee Police Court Thursday, August 30. 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 3

At the Junee Police Court yesterday, John Fyrland Payne, aged 42 years, former licensee of the Locomotive Hotel, Junee, was…

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Full Court Tenancy Case Probable Appeal Against Decision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The deci­sion by the State Pull Court that a tenant has the right to transfer his tenancy to another person…

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Sentenced For Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Two men were convicted at the Quarter Sessions to-day of manslaughter arising out of an incident in…

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Junee Police Court Friday, August 31, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m.) Ex-hotelkeeper Convicted

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 2

The sitting of the Junee Police Court was continued yesterday before Mr. M .S. Meagher P. [?]. The court sat throughout…

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Five Years For Assault and Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: At the Quarter Sessions to-day Edward Crockford Thompson, 45, of Newtown, was sentenced to five years…

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Amphibious Assault Capt. Frank Austin was "First Off"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

The eastern sky was paling when I went up on deck on the morning of 1st May. Light rain was falling as I stood in the dim light and took…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, September 3, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. Negligent Driving

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 5

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., John Gerard Hannard, soldier, Kapooka, pleaded not guilty…

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Full Court Tenancy Case

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

The decision of the State Full Court that a tenant has the right to transfer his tenancy to another person without consulting the landlord will probably…

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Murder Charge Against Soldier Shots Fired in Public Bar

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: In the central criminal court to-day Pte Francis Walls. 46 (A.M.F.) pleaded not guilty to the charge…

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Theft of Glory Box and Ring From Tumut Fiancee Oscar J. Lennox Arrested

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

At the Central Court, Sydney, on Saturday Oscar Joseph Lennox, '39, cabinetmaker, was charged with having stolen a glory-box and…

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Soldiers' Stew Alleged to Contain Maggots Evidence at Court Martial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Maggots in the stew was one of the complaints made to a court-martial to-day by a discharged soldier,…

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Buenos Aires Police Accused of Torture

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday: Just released from gaol 250 men and women have started a joint court action accusing the Buenos Aires…

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Court-Martial On Tamworth Walk-out

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.: Arising from events at Tamworth detention camp on May 28. when a number of men marched out, Frederick…

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Too Cold at Wagga Evidence in Divorce Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 2

CESSNOCK. Tues.: A miner told Mr. Justice Edwards in the Divorce Court today that his wife refused, to live with him at Evan's Head,…

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Court Lasts Five Minutes Easy Day For Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 6

Yesterday's sittings of the Gundagai monthly police court was the shortest for some years. It took the Relieving Magistrate,…

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Sensational Theft of Gold Consignment Replaced with Parcel of Nuts and Bolts

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA. Wednesday. In one of the most audacious thefts in years, a consignment of imported gold worth nearly £2000…

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