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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 75

"Plain Rogue" Bankruptcy Court Judge's Comment

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed: Mr. Justice dyne called Duncan Cameron, former managing clerk, "a plain, downright rogue" in the Central…

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Court Ruling on Title to Air Space

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The Supreme Court recognised the present of flight by creating a new precedent of extending property rights…

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Sitting in Car No Offence Unusual Case at wagga Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 1

In the Wagga Police Court on Monday, Mr Hardwicke, SM, ruled that a person may use a car by sitting in it, but he cannot be…

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Against Shorter Working Week Statement by Judge in Arbitration Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: "I am against the case for a shorter working week," said Judge Drake-Brockman at the 40-hour week inquiry in the Full Arbitration Court to-day. "I have spent most of my…

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Police Court (Tuesday)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 6

Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Escaping From Custody Paul Brian Matthews (19) was charged with escaping from custody…

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10 Years' Gaol For Attempt to Rob Bank

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Harry Ross refrigeration engineer, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years' gaol for attempting, while armed, to rob the…

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"Will Go to Gaol" Dramatic Outburst In Rabbit Case

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 4

"I will not pay the fine; on principle I cannot, I will go to gaol rather than pay up." This dramatic outburst, behind which…

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Rumanian Police Raid U.S.A. Mission

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

BUDAPEST, Thursday: The U.S. military authorities arc said to hare been notified by telephone from Bucharest that the Rumanian…

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Police Force Strengh[?]

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Nine hundred recruits had been enrolled in the police force during the last five months and, numerically, the for[?]…

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Theft of £1350 Youths Arrested

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The police today recovered bank notes and war savings certificates worth £1352 and a loaded 32 calibre revolver…

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Sentences for Murder of British Girl Parachutists

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.): Dr. Werne Rhode, camp doctor, who admitted injecting four British women…

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Charged with Stabbing Boy

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: William Sebbens, aged 20, s tram conductor, was remanded on £60 ball at Paddington Court to-day on a charge…

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Two Men in Zig-zagging Motor Lorry Traffic Prosecutions at Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

Some interesting motor cases came before the Wagga Police Court yesterday. Both the driver and the owner of a motor lorry, who were sitting alongside each other in the front…

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Police Court Friday, May 31 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.p.) Begging Alms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

Newark Longstaff (56) and William William (69) were charged with wandering abroad in a public street, to beg alms…

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Golf Club Liquor Licence Application Magistrate Rules No Jurisdiction

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 4

The application by the Temora Golf Club tor a liquor licence under the proposed new amendment to the Liquor Act came, before the…

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Shooting Practice for Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Metropolitan policeman will have regular shooting practice, probably once a month at Bourke-street Police Depot…

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Wagga Court Fixtures

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

Owing to public holidays being observed on June 10 and June 17 there will not be the usual court sittings at Wagga on the next two…

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First To Court Wins Home

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

The first person making application to the court would get preference, despite the fact that the landlord might have given another…

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Statement by Judge in Arbitration Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 4

"I am against the case for a shorter working week," said Judge Drake-Brockman at the 40-hour week inquiry in the Fun Arbitration Court…

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When Children Are Lost or Found Ring the Police Office

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 2

The police mentioned to us cases of lest Cootamundra children reported and located through their office. Only the other day they…

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