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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 61

Intent to Murder Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 2

When the case of James Frederick Carter, who has been charged with wounding with intent to murder Ethel Smith, came up for hearing at the…

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"LAURA" Thrilling Murder Drama

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 2

Twentieth-Century Fox, the studio responsible for more exciting film innovations than you could blink a delighted eye at, has done it again! This…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, October 1, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 3

TROUBLE OVER RACEHORSE At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher. P.M.. Arthur John Underhill,…

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Police Court Thursday, September 27 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Hotel Glass in Custody

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 3

Arthur Turner (24) was charged with drunkenness in East Street and fined 5/, in default 24 hours. Turner was also charged with…

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Railway Employee Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 2

A large quantity of Abdunan cigarettes had been stolen between Melbourne and Brisbane. At the Goulburn Police Court a railway…

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Gaol Threat for Defiant Father

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: John Eastwood Joyce, aged 62, of Redfern who had defied a court order giving the custody of his two…

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Wagga Doctor's Impressions of Changi Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 5

Dr. W. W. Martin, of Wagga, has received an interesting letter from Dr. A. S. Smith, who, prior to enlisting with the A.I.F., had…

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New Zealander Charged with Treachery Alleged to Have Joined Enemy

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON. Tuesday: A New Zealand soldier had told him that there were between 100,000 and 150,000 Nazi…

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General News Railway Employee Sentenced—

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 8

A .large quantity of Abdulla cigarettes cigarettes had been stolen between Mel. Melbourne and Brisbane. At the Goulburn Goulburn Police Court a railway…

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Gundagai Police Court Ejectment Orders—Straying Stock— Industrial Matter

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 4

Little time was necessary to dispense dispense with the business before the GUndagai Police Court on Wednesday. Mr Meagher, PM, presided…

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Unusual Case at Junee Hardship on Both Sides, Court Had To Decide

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 5

The Police Magistrate, Meagher had an unenviable task in Junee Court of Petty Sessions when Mrs Boxsell of Marrina, called on…

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Alleged Stealing of Owen Guns Third Soldier Charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Gibson, J.P., Leslie Albert Edwards, aged 24 years, soldier, was charged…

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Police Court Tuesday, October 1. (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 4

Cecil Roy Robinson (32) was charged with that on 29th September, at Narandera, he falsely pretended to Catherine Mildred Ryan that a…

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Police Court (Tuesday) Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. Pillion Riding

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 2

Jack William Paul was charged with carrying a pillion rider without having held a rider's license for at least 12 months…

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Japanese on Ocean Island Mass Murder of Natives

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

OCEAN ISLAND: The Japanese on Ocean Island used human beings to test the efficiency of the electrically-chargrd wire defences…

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Indonesian Seamen Before Melbourne Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Inetyseven Indonesian seamen from the Dutch ships Karait and Merak, were again remanded here…

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Laval's Trial Scene in the Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Friday: The first day of Pierre Laval's trial ended in uproar last night, with Judge Mongibeaux ordering Laval from the court, and…

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Court Has No Findings to Announce in N.z. Corporal's Case

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.: "If the court thinks I am a traitor to my country I hope it will impose the heaviest possible punishment,"…

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Child's Death Man and Woman Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Mrs. Alice Alma Milne, 34, traveller, of Chullora, and Cecil James Mercy Serey, 26, wharflaborer, of…

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Albury Supreme Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 2

A Sydney message says that steps are being taken for the issue of a proclamation rescinding the direction that sittings of the…

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