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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 61

Police Court Monday, 10th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 2

Henry Francis Bennett (54) was charged with drunkenness. As he did not appear his recognisance was forfeited…

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Double Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

FORBES, Tues: An Italian shot dead 10 years ago was of violent disposition and, on one occasion, had fired at grasshoppers that [?]…

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Japanese Officers Arrested Charged as War Criminals

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Tues (A.A.P.): Major-General Saito, commander of prisoner of war camps, and all other Japanese officers classed as…

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Bunnerong Dispute Arbitration Court Application

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Judgment was reserved to-day in the application before the Arbitration Court that 150,000 employees of…

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Police Appeal for U.n.r.r.a

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

The police throughout New South Wales have conducted a house-to-house canvas to assist the appeal by U.N.R.R.A. for…

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Fined Total of £15 at Leeton Driving Under Influence: Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 4

Lionel Russell Reberger pleaded guilty at the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday to a charge of driving a motor lorry at Yanco…

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Double Murder Charge at Forbes Alleged Request to "Pot Off" Woman

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

FORBES, Wed.: At the hearing of the double murder charge against William Robert Bathgate, a farmer, to-day. Walter…

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Hold-up a Fake, Say Police Manslaughter and Conspiracy Charges

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Charles Henry Parker, aged 24, a funeral director, was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court to-day on a…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Surrender Signed at Singapore Admiral Mountbatten Orders Arrest of all Secret Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Wed.: The Japanese forces in Southeast Asia officially surrendered to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to-day. There were no untoward incidents. General Itagaki headed the seven Japanese delegates who signed the…

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Gen. MacArthur Moves to End Korean Unrest; Japs Must be Displaced Japanese General Promises to Disband Secret Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

TOKYO, Wed. (A.A.P.): General MacArthur has ordered the commander in Korea (General Hodge) to replace all Japanese now in administrative positions with Koreans as soon as possible, consistent with the…

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Gaol For Imposition

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday, before Mr. M- S- Meagher, "P.M., David Raymond M'Clure. aged 46 yeats, traveller, was sent…

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Four Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Francis Alexander Walls (46), an Army cook, was today sentenced in the Central Criminal Court to four years'…

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Police Court Wednesday, September 12 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M.) Several Charges Withdrawn

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 1

Charges against Nathaniel Thomas Smith, Francis O'Neil smith (21). Horace James Jackson ,(24), Thomas Daniel Cottom (28), and Alfred…

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Young Bandits Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Sentence of 10 years was imposed at the Quarter Sessions to-day on John Henry Hilton, 18, of Blackheath,…

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Federal Government Charged with Deliberate Inflation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: Secret reserves of money were being built up by the Government to cover the drastic pre-election cut in taxation next year, said the leader of the Australian Country Party (Mr. Fadden)…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, Sept. 17, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m) Trouble Over Racehorse

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher. P.M., Arthur John Underbill, bone trainer, formerly of Melbourne, and now with…

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Double Murder Alleged Two Men Killed and Two Wounded

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: With his head heavily bandaged Arthur Joseph O'keefe (221, wharf-laborer, appeared in the Central…

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Important Ruling in Compensation Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Although a man had resigned his job when he was injured on his way home, he was still entitled to…

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Police Court (Tuesday)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 2

Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. Stealing Arthur Edward Gill pleaded guilty to stealing, at Goulburn, two blankets,…

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Gaol Sentence at Wodonga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 5

At Wodonga Police Court yesterday. David Osmond Sommers, aged 20 years, of Adelaide, was sentenced to six months gaol…

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