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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 61

Case Settled Out of Court Tenancy of a Gundagai Garage

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

It was announced at the Gundagai Police Court yesterday that the tenancy matters, Len Adams versus C.P. donovan & Co. had been…

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Police Court (Tuesday) Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. Unlawful Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

Ernest John Lambert pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting Pearl Joyce Lambert, his wife. Constable Clifton said that at 6.30…

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Cunning Cold theft Puzzles Detectives

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, "Thurs.: Detectives have been set a problem in the solution of the theft of gold bullion despatched by plane from…

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Intent to Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

PEAK HILL, Thursday: Charged at Peak Hill police court yesterday with having on August 5 shot at his wife with Intent to…

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Police Court Monday, 3rd SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Drunks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 1

John Valentine Hillis (50) was charged with drunkenness, but did not appear. His recognisance was forfeited…

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A Burglar's Haul Tobacco, Ham and Pennies Early Morning Theft

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

IN the early hours of Tuesday morning a thief broke into the shop of Mr. Neil Jones in Pine Avenue and stole about £85…

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

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

In one of the most audacious thefts in year a consignment of imported gold worth nearly £2000 was stolen on Monday somewhere in transit…

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Husband and Wife Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, Bertram Arthur Jones aged 37 years, laborer, was charged with breaking and entering…

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Murder Will Out

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 4

From time to time there is published in England a book, in the series dealing with famous trials at the Old Bailey, in London, setting out in the most complete detail the record of the sheeting home of some very serious charge. As would be expected,…

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Ex-Mayor of Prague Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 6

PRAGUE, Friday: The first war criminal to be tried, Josef Pfitzner, Mayor of Prague from 1939 to 1945. was sentenced to…

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Important Court Ruling No Forfeiture in Overcharging Cases

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 7

The forfeiture to the Crown of money paid in excess of priese fixed by regulation was held by the State Full Court, sitting in…

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Police Want Heavy Penalties for Speeding Road Casualties Exceed War Losses

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 1

So alarmed have the traffic authorities become at the tragic toll of the road that, in future, the N.S.W. Police Traffic…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Lady Thomas Tells of Singapore Gaol Horrors Men Repeatedly Taken Away; Later Brought Back Dying

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Frid.: (A.A.P): "Every now and then the Japanese secret police took away male internees, and almost without exception they came back dying, while one victim was brought back dead." said Lady Shenton Thomas to Reuter's…

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Pathetic Case of Sick Baby Court Charge to Get Treatment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY: For almost a the Sydney police have been endeavoring to get a sick eight months old baby into a hospital…

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Intent to Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court Esme Pettitt, aged 40 years, station hand, was charged with feloniously wounding Mary Boyd,…

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Junee Tenant Caused Annoyance Told By Magistrate To Quit Premises

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 4

Because she was able to prove that John Boyd had been an annoyance to her, Miss E. M. Young was able to secure an ejectment…

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Police Court (Today)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 2

Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. No Tail Light Milton Hector Webb was fined 15/- court costs 5/6, for driving a car at…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, September 10, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m.) Gaol for Imposition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 4

At the Wagga police court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., David Raymond M'Clure, aged 46 years, traveller, was…

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Quisling Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 4

OSLO, Monday. (A.A.P.): Quisling was to-day sentenced to death. The presiding judge announced that seven other judges…

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Adelaide Stockbroker Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Mon.: The bankrupt city stockbroker. Henry Warburton Hodgetts, was sentenced in the criminal court…

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