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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 61

Aboriginal Acquitted On Murder Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Criminal Court late yesterday Herbert Braun, 37. coloured bush worker and jockey was acquitted on a charge of…

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Bikes at Police Station

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 2

Residents who have lost bikes are asked to go along to the police station and see if any of the machines are their property…

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Ex-servicemen Join Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: Ex-servicemen with fighting experience in the war just ended made up nearly half of the 52 recruits to…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, November 19, 1945 (Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m.) Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Meagher. P.M.. Athol James Enks. aged 21. soldier, was committed for trial on a charge…

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Small Debts Court Claim for £16/2/3

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 3

S. Richards and Co., sued William Cecil D. Taylor in the Small Debts Court at Leeton on Tuesday for the sum of £16/2/3 allegedly due for the…

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Sheep Stealing at Hillston

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 4

At Hillston [?] court recently James Mark Flood was charged with stealing 142 sheep last August, the property of Reginald…

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Gaol for Thefts From Presbytery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 2

Frank O'Donnell, a stranger to the town, was sentenced to three months' hard labor when he appeared before the Gundagai police…

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Death Sentence for Assault on Woman

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday: Frank Hansen, 18-year-old Royal Navy rating, who was alleged to have criminally assaulted Mrs. Grace…

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Acquitted on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the Central Criminal Court to-day Herbert Brown, aged 37, a colored bush worker and Jockey was found…

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Murder Charge Against Woman Found Not Guilty

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A nother of six children was charged at Bendigo Supreme Court [?] with the murder of her…

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Youth Breaks Into Police Station Cigarettes and Money Stolen

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday: A 17-year-old Brisbane youth. Duncan Campbell Yule—broke into the Bardon police station and stole…

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Murder-Suicide Finding at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 2

At the adjourned inquiry at Leeton into the deaths of Catherine Willchams and her husband. Peter Ernest Willchams, from gunshot wounds on…

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Man Fined For Theft of Jam Wharf Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday Although a lot of wharf pilfering was done by wharfies members of ship's crews also did their Share,…

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Serious Charge Reduced to Common Assault Woman Drover Bound Over At Albury

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 4
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A woman drover from Lankey's Creek, near Holbrook—Esme Pettit aged 40 years, who was previously committed for a trial on a charge…

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Alleged Theft by Railway Porter

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

Thomas Bay Dalliston, aged 49 years , railway porter at the Young goods shed, was sentenced to three months' hard labor on a…

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Acquitted of Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

Gregory Haar pleaded not guilty at the Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday to a charge of assault and robbery, and was…

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Sensational Story of Assault Allegations Against Women

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: While alone in a two-storey house in East Sydney to-day a young woman and a 14-year-old boy were…

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Police Court (Tuesday) Before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M. Tote Betting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

Alfred Broughton (33) pleaded guilty to a charge of tote betting. Sgt. Blackman: Defendant had in his possession a note book showing 22…

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Temora Man Fined £10 Theft of Motor Tubes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

At the Temora Police Court on Wednesday,, before Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., Alphonsus Wallace, aged 20 years, of Temora…

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