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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Nine Months' Gaol For Blackmarketeer

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: In a Special Federal Court to-day, Vincent Guillano, aged 53 years, car dealer, was sentenced to nine…

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Police Seeking Handbag and Money

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

On Wednesday last, Mrs. B. Wilcox, of Leeton, was travelling through Wagga when she had the misfortune to lose a handbag from…

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Robbery Motive in Kiosk Murder 15 Detectives in Man-hunt

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Fifteen detectives are concentrating on the hunt for the murderer of Mrs. Jean Wicks, who was battered and…

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Fined for Assault on Woman

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

Frederick LocKyer, aged 37 years, was fined £20 and ordered to pay £9/9/ compensation to Mrs. Valerie Marie Britten by Mr. M…

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New Clue in Kiosk Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Sunday: A new line of inquiry is expected to lead to a solution of the mystery now known as the Kiosk Murder,…

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Wagga Police Court (Before M. R. A. Hardwicks, P.m.) Gaol for Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. A. Hardwtcke. P.M., Lynden Russell Kirkwood, aged 28 years, laborer, pleaded…

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Wagga Welcomes New Magistrate

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Before the commencement of business at the Wagga Police Court yesterday a welcome was extended to Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, who has…

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Theft at Aria[?] Park

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Over the week-end a store at Ariah Park owned by Mrs. Fortuna Alice Taylor was entered and £34 stolen. Inquiries by…

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Wagga Police Recover Money Portion Found in River

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Wagga police yesterday recovered more than £100 which is portion of a large sum of money reported lost in Wagga on January 2. An…

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"Lord Haw Haw's" Wife in Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

lONDON, Tuesday: Mrs. Wil liam Joyce, who is imprisoned Holloway Gaol, will remain in England, said the "Evening…

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Murder and Wounding Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: James White, aged 65 years, laborer, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having murdered Elizabeth Rose…

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Kiosk Murder Man Arrested at Holiday Resort

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: The police who have been investigating the finding of a woman's body in a…

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Discontent in State Police Force Resignations By Officers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Because of serious discontent to the New South Wales police force over pay conditions, and…

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N.S.W. Counsel Barred in S.A. COURT Mrs. Ethel Livesey's Case Affected

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: An official o the Supreme Court said to-day that, under the South Australian law, N.S.W. counsel could not…

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Father Charged With Attempted Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Charles Alfred Jones, aged 24 years, laborer, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Court on a charge…

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Attendants Charged With Murder of 369 Patients

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Austrian State police have arrested a doctor and eight nurses of a mental home on the outskirts of Vienna…

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Russians Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

BERLIN, Wed. A Red Army court martial sentenced to death 11 members of a gang, which terrorised the neighborhood at Everswalde. The…

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Fined £20 for Stealing Bicycles

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

Eric Anderson Todd, a visitor to Goulburn, was fined £20 and order[?] to repay £2 in connection with the theft of two bicycles Evidence…

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More Police Resign

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: Two more detectives have resigned from the N.S.W. police force, making seven in a week, while members of the…

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"Gundagai and District Hotels Deserve Congratulations" Says Licensing Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

When perusing- the Inspector's quarterly report in the Licensing Court yesterday, the Magistrate said that it was pleasing to note…

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