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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 75

District Court Decision Reserved

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

At the Gundagai District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Berne John Hilliker, of Gocup, sued W. W. Beavan. of Tumut. for the sum of…

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Year's Gaol for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: John Michael Ledwidge, aged 30, wharf laborer, who was convicted yesterday of having assaulted Eric Bergen at…

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Gaol for Big Theft of Sardines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Pleading guilty to a theft of £700 worth of sardines, the property of the Royal Navy. John Arthur Forbes, lorry…

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Organised Car Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: William John Holloway, aged 36 was sentenced to two years and four months' gaol by Judge Holden at the Quarter…

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Development In Newtown Murder Case

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: There was a new development in the cemetery murder case this morning when the police announced that they had…

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Murder Charge Attempted U.S. Seaman Held

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Gall Herald McFarlane, 19, an American merchant seaman, was charged in the Central Criminal Court with…

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"Dishonest and a Swindle" Bankruptcy Court Case Revelations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: "Shabby, dishonest end a swindle," was how Mr. Justice dyne described some of the dealings of Abraham Joseph…

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Murder of Grazier's Son Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: On a charge of murdering John Leonard Hudson. 27, the ton of a prominent Nyngan crater, William Jamer Morton, 37…

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Clue in Murder Inquiry Airman's Story

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Main developments yesterday in the Newtown child murder, investigation—which have now extended Interstate—were…

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Police for Traffic Work

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 3

Appointment of additional police for traffic work in busy areas, particularly in the Sydney metropolitan region, is urged by the NRMA in view…

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Ex-king Peter's A.D.C. CHARGED Alleged Part in Yugoslav Massacre

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Col. Kosta Mushicki (A.D.C. to the former King Peter), who is accused, with General Mikhailovitch of…

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40-Hour Week and Rural Industry F.S.A. and Court Representation

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Among matters discussed at Saturday night's meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was the refilling of [?]…

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Leeton Assault Case Another Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

In connection with the affray at Leeton, in which four men were stabbed, and Petro Accadia was remanded, on £200 ball, on a charge…

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Leeton Police Court Indecent Language

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 3

At the Leeton police court on Mon-day, before Mr. Rummery, J.P., Peter Paton was charged with using indecent language in the Cabaret Hall…

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Gaol for Begging in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a charge of begging cims at Wagga on June 17, Arthur Blackburn, aged 58 years, laborer, was yesterday sentenced to…

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Cigarette Theft at Leeton Man Fined at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

Bruce Murray, aged 24 years, soldier, pleaded guilty at the Wigga Police Court yesterday to charges of stealing 200 cigarettes, the…

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Police Court Monday, 24th JUNE (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Drunks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

Allan Russell Millard (19) was fined 10/ in default 24 hours hard-labour, on a charge of drunkenness. Percy Robert Wilson (25) Herbert…

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South Africa Charged Indian Complaint to United Nations

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday, (A.A.P.): The head of the Indian delegation to the United Nations (Sir Ramasvami Mudaliar) has filed a…

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Magistrate Warns Complainants Must Proceed or Tell Why in Witness-box

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

In future, persons who sign charges at the Wagga police station will be asked to go into the witness-box to state their reasons before they will be allowed to withdraw the charges…

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Extra Court Days at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

Te assist in cleaning up the accumulated court cases, a special sitting of the Wagga Police Court is to be held on Thursday and will be…

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