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Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 75

A Goulish Argument How Many Did Petiot Murder?

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday: Dr. Marcel Periot limped into a packed court room at the Palaise of Justice for the opening trial in which he is charged…

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Melbourne Murder Trial Material Witness Believed in U.S.

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: The absence of a material witness for the defence meant an indefinite adjournment of the trial of Frederick…

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Police Court Saturday, March 9 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley and Mr. S. H. Wright. J's.P.) Jumping the Rattler

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 4

John William Thompson (35) and Patrick John McMahon (29) were charged with travelling in a carriage employed on the railway, between…

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40-Hour Week Case Before Court In April?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1

The hearing of the 40-hour week application to the Court will probably begin in the first week in April, and probably will be completed by…

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Ex-Soldiers and Wives Invade Wade Cottage Police Take Action

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

THREE returned soldiers, with their wives and children, unable to obtain accommodation or shelter in Leeton from the…

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Murder Charge at Rabaul

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

RABAUL, Tuesday: A Chinese victim of Japanese torture was forced by a Japanese corporal to drink all the water he was capable…

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Police Warn Against Pickpockets

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 6

The Wagga police issue a warning to the public that reputed pickpockets and tipsters are in Wagga. They…

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Sensational French Trial Doctor Faces 27 Murder Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday (A.A.P.): A ghoulish argument concerning the number of murders with which Dr. Marcel Petiot was…

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Sensational Story at Murder Trial Dead Man Accused By Woman Witness

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The story of how another man-not the man ac-cused of the murder, Robert Bath-pate-had told her that1 he had shot Lulgi Orllga and Mrs. Ethel Wells In 1935, was told in the Cen-tra] Criminal Court to-day by Mr. Emma Thomas, widow of Welling-ton…

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Darwin Trials of Japanese Court President's Statement

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

DARWIN, Tuesday: The Military Court which tried the Japanese on charges of beating and torturing Australians in Timor was a legally…

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Stirring Scenes in French Court Doctor Charged With 27 Murders

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday (A.A.P.): A denial that he took part in any of the 27 murders with which he is charged was made by Dr. Marcel…

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Marriage License Found at Scene of Junee Burglary

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 5

After Messrs J. S. Taylor's Ply Ltd Broadway Stores, Junee, had been rifled on February 15, police investigating the incident made a…

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Police Court (Tuesday)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 4

Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Cigarettes Richard Herman Gurnow (37) pleaded guilty to having in his custody five…

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French Doctor On Trial on Many Murder Charges

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

PARIS, Thursday: The prosecuting counsel at the trial of Dr. Marcel Petiot admitted that at least three of the 27 killings charged against…

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Police Strikes At Old Delhi and Allahabad

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Friday: About a hundred policemen at Old Delhi went on a hunger strike yesterday, demanding increased salary and allowances…

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The Petiot Trial Violent Exchanges in The Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Friday: A violent between Public Prosecutor Duplin and Counsel Floriot, who appeared for Dr. Marcel Petiot, who, was…

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French Doctor On 27 Murder Charges

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 2

PARIS, Friday: Violent clashes between the Public Prosecutor (M. Dupin) and M. Floriot, who is counsel for Dr. Marcel Petiot…

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£52,000 Claim by Marchioness in Sydney Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Isabel Nellie Larnach Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny, of Eridge Castle, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, and the…

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World Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday: The "New York Times" learns that preliminary discussions of the Military Staff Committee of U.N.O. indicated the…

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“Got Drunk Because There Was No Beer” Novel Defence In Cowra Police Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

Reginald Cecil Walsh, charged in the Cowra Police Court on Wednesday Iast with having been found drunk, pleaded guilty…

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