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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 61

Argentine Students Fight Against Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES, Frid.: The unrest in Argentina deteriorated yesterday when the strike of university students flared into open…

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Dictation Test for Striking Indonesians Those Who Fail Will Be Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: Striking Indonesian seamen who failed to pass a dictation test to-day under the immigration laws will be…

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Charged with Murder of Girl

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 2

HOBART, Sunday: Frederick Henry Thompson, aged 32, wharf laborer, was charged on Saturday with the murder of Evelyn…

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Man Charged with Murder of Child

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 1

HOBART, Monday: Frederick Henry Thompson, 32, married, with two children, has been charged with the murder of…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 2

The following cases were heard before Mr. E. U. Harvey, P.M., at the Leeton Petty Sessions Court held on Friday last…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, October 8, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m.) Fined for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 6

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., Jonn Sellars, aged 23 years, soldier, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing…

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Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. E. Smythe. J.P. Alleged Rape

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 2

Patrick Neil Sullivan (22) was charged that at Cootamundra he did, without her consent, ravish and carnally know Laura Jean Witt…

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Army Discharges and Leave Unit Commanders Charged With Neglect

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The delays in services discharges were exceed through the neglect of Army unit commanders to send in…

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Man Killed in Fitzroy House Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mod.: A loaded revolver, with £229 in notes and a winning betting ticket for £200 were found on the body of…

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"The Murder Factory" Six German Men and Women for Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 1

WIESBADEN. Tuesday: When the trial was opened here of six German men and women charged with killing over 400 Russian and Polish slave…

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two Men in Pool Depot Caught by Police Sergeants

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 2

AT the Leeton Police Court on Friday last before Mr. E. R. Harvey, P.M., two men pleaded guilty to charges that on…

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Federal Free Medicine Act Challenged in High Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: The Full High Court to-day heard argument on a demurrer by the Commonwealth that the statement…

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Laval Trial Making France "Sick" Court Proceedings Bitterly Criticised

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.): There are increasing signs that the trial of Pierre Laval, on a charge of high treason, may…

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Sudden Death of Justice Halse Rogers Tribute in Supreme Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Chief Justice Sir Frederick Jordan with all the judges of the New South Wales Supreme Court assembled on the…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Dr. Soekarno Will Not Compromise with Dutch Indonesians Arrest Police in Bandoeng

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 3

BATAVIA, Mon. (A.A.P.): Broadcasting over the Indonesian-controlled Bandoeng radio, Dr. Soekarno repeated his Insistence that there should be no "whittled down" compromise with the Dutch…

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"Drove" Car Together While Under Influence Two Convicted in Unusual Case at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 2

A motor vehicle owner was convicted by Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., on an unusual charge at the Wagga Police Court…

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Remands on Stealing Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court on Monday, Allan Keith Sheather, aged 27 years, a former Junee resident, was charged with…

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Wagga Police Court Tuesday, October 9, 1945. (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher. P.m.) Alleged Theft of Guns

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 6

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meaner, P.M., Leslie Albert Edwards aged 24 years, soldier, was charged with…

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Murder Charge Againt Italians

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: In the City Court to-day two more Italians were charged with the murder of Guiseppe Vasace, whose…

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Magistrate's Roster

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 2

The following is the roster of the Stipendiary Magistrate,' Broken Hill as from 1st October, 1945:— Lake Cargelligo—Wednesday after 1st…

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