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Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 61

Stole Tumut Girl's Ring, Trousseau Six Years' Gaol For French Polisher

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: For having robbed a Tumut girl whom he had promised to marry, although he was…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, December 17. 1945 (Before Biz. Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.m.) Soldier's Expensive Drive

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 4

When a 27 year-old soldier, Frederick Edward Thompson, pleaded guilty to four emarges arising from an allegedly wild drive in a motor vehicle at…

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Husband and Wife Pull Court Ruling

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 1

The Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan) laid it down in the State Full Court on Thursday that a man was justified if his wife had left him and…

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Accountant and Clerk Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Jovce Walsh, aged 19 years, clerk, and a former employee of Carlton Hotel, Sydney, was charged at the Central…

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Station Manager Charged Alleged Brutality Against Aborigines

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 4

OODNADATTA, Tuesday: The hearing of seven charges against a station manager, Rex Lowe, of Mt. Dare, Central Australia, began…

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Alleqed Murder of Father-in-law

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: James Watson Simpson aged 45 years, was committed for trial at Parramatta court to-day on a charge of…

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Nazi Murder of Jews Evidence at Nuremberg

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Tues. (A.A.P.): When the war crimes trial was resumed to-day, documents discovered by an American…

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Murder of Chinese Gardener; Half-caste Charged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 4

CONDOBOLIN, Wed.: Charles Owen, aged 20 years, a half-caste, was committed for trial by the coroner to-day on a charge…

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Hungarian Court in Uproar

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 1

BUDAPEST, Wednesday (AAP): There were shouts of "Hang him" from the public section of the court when Andor Jaross, former…

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Woman Killed By Police Patrol Car

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Struck by a police patrol car at the corner of St. Kilda road and Domain road last night, Clara Atkins, 46, of…

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Atrocity Trials Open in Tokyo Prison Guard Charged With Torturing and Killing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 1

TOKYO, Wednesday. (A.A.P.): Highlights of the first session of the trial in Tokyo to-day of alleged Japanese war criminals were the not-guilty plea by Tatsuo Tsuchiva, a prison guard, accused…

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New Zealand Murder Case May Be Reopened After Nine Years

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 3

AUCKLAND (NZ.). Wednesday.—There is every possibility that the case involving Eric Mareo, aged 53 years, musician,…

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Crime at Minimum in Melbourne Police Figures Show Good Year

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Although crime waves were prevalent oversea and in other Australian States, Melbourne was experiencing one of the quietest…

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Inquiries for Mrs Livesey Mav Helo Police in Missing Woman Case

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: The Adelaide branch of the C.I.B. asked the police of all States to combine in the search for Mrs…

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Countess Ciano Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 2

ROME, Thursday: A provincial commission sentenced Countess Edda Clano to two years' confinement for her efforts on behalf of…

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French Official Charged in China

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Thursday: Despite the French consul-general's vigorous protest Roland Sarley, a former director of the French…

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Six Years' Gaol For French Polisher

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 2

For having robbed a Tumut girl whom he had promised to marry, although he was already married, Oscar Joseph Lennox, aged 39…

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Police Court Wednesday. December 19. (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Drunk "

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 3

Charles Henry Edwards (54) was charged with being drunk and [?] in Bolton Street the previous evening…

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Airman Charged; Victim of Attack When Over Tunis

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Charged with having twice been drunk between October 11 and November 20. escaping from lawful…

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Illegal Immigrants in Palestine Police Patrol Frontiers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 2

TEL AVIV, Thurs.: The poll Tuesday halted all wheeled in Chula district. in Northern [?]estine. near the Syrian-Let[?]…

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