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Courts & crime, 1945

1,204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 61

Gaol Shooting Note Found in Thompsons Cell

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Officials inquiring into the wounding of Clifford Jasman Thompson have little doubt that the wound was…

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Shooting of Donald Day Widow and Others Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ball was refused by Mr. Goldie, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day when the remanded Irene Morly Day, [?],…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Berlin Police Fire on Rioting Women Famished Refugees Throng City

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): A Swiss newspaper publishes a Berlin dispatch stating that hunger and severe cold are ex-acting a heavy toll on hundreds of thousands of refugees driven towards Berlin by the Russian advance…

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Jewellery Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY Wed.: Nelly Suzanne Grant, 57, domestic duties, was charged at the Paddington Court today with stealing a sapphire…

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Murder Charge Wife Tells of Finding Husband's Body

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, wed.: At the City Coroner's Court to-day Edna Wilhelmina Weyman said when she returned from a New Year's…

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Police Revolver Found on Hospital Patient

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: As the result of a nurse's discovery of a police revolver among the possessions of a man who sought attention at…

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Poker Machines Seized in Tumut Police Raid Cafe and Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

Plain-clothes police from goulburn and Cootamundra raided the Majestic Cafe in Tumut, and the Oriental Hobei, Tumut, on…

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Prisoner Shot in Long Bay Gaol

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

Clifford Tasman Thompson, 32, was found wounded in the chest in his cell fit Long Bay goal on Monday. Thompson, who is expected to recover, is one…

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Police Court Tuesday, January 30 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Matthew Michael Nolen (64) pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk on the Narandera railway station the previous day…

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Shooting of Donald Day Widow and Others Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

Bail was refused by Mr. Goldie, S.M., at the Central Police Court on Tuesday when he remanded Irene Molly Day, 39, Daphne Irene Kinney,…

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Robbing the Soldiers Theft of Beer Food and Tobacco

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The pillage of beer, tobacco and foodstuffs intended for Australian troops in forward areas continues on a…

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Police Revolver on Hospital Patient

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

As the result of a nurse's discovery of a police revolver among the possessions of a man who sought attention at Berrima. District Hospital…

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Young Wife On Trial Alleged Murder of Husband

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

LAUCESTON, Thurs: Mrs. Ivy Mav Stokes, aged 22, wife of three children, the eldest being four, is being tried here to-day…

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Prominent Footballer Involved in Court Case

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

BATHURST, Friday: James Scoular, 22, well-known Rugby League footballer, was today bound over on a charge or having inflicted grievous…

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13-Year-old Boy's Attitude Stuns Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

A 13-year-old, boy, called as a witness in a negligent driving case, temporarily disrupted the equanimity of the bathurst Police Court. After…

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Wharf Pillaging Insufficient Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday: Although millions of pounds worth of goods passed yearly through 64 cargo wharves extending along the…

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Greek Unrest Three More Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P): A Greek military court has sentenced to death three more E.L.A.S. (Left wing) supporters,…

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Mass Murder of Poles on Conveyor Belts

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.):— Hundreds of thousands of Poles were electrocuted on metal conveyor belts which led to…

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Undersaffi[?]g of Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Protesting that the N.S.W. Police Force was too much understaffed, the Secretary of to N.S.W. Police…

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"Housie" Games Police to Stop Awards of Cash Prizes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.: Gaming police will take prompt action to suppress distribution of cash prizes to winners in "housie" games. This is a sequel to…

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