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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 75

"Squatters" Evicted by Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Three families who "squatted" into three Housing Commission homes at Granville at 2 p.m. yesterday [?]ad…

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Court Cases Adjourned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

Several cases listed for hearing at the Wagga Police Court yesterday were adjourned by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. A charge of…

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Elderly Woman's Death Police Investigating

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police are investigating the death of a 77-year-old widow. Mrs. B. A. Usher, who was found dead in her fashionable flat at…

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"Squatters" Evicted by Police At Herne Bay

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: There families who "squatted" into three Housing Commission homes at Granville at 2 p.m. on Sunday had a short-lived…

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Successful Claim For Damages in Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

A collision between A motor car, and a motor cycle which was carrying two young men, had its aftermath in a successful claim in the…

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Late Constable Johnston References in Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

Sympathetic reference was made by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M., at the opening of the Wagga Police court yesterday, to the death of…

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Woman Charged With Stealing Depositions

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Lorna May Hutton, 22, tailoress, denied in the Central Court to-day that she had stolen depositions given her to read…

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Girl's Death After Eating Chocolate Man Charged With Murder

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: A man has been charged with murder, following the death in Newcastle Hospital last night of Beryl May…

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Charged With Embezzlement

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the Central Court to-day Steven stanley Cauldwell Gardiner, 36, manager of the Haymarket branch of Bruce…

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"Bootleg" Cigarette Paper Manufacture Four Airmen Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Four members of the R.A.A.F., arrested last night, are alleged to have illegally manufactured nearly…

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Allegedly Gave Wrong Drug Doctor Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday: Dr. Alan John Grey was to-day committed for trial at the next Criminals Session on a charge of manslaughter of…

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Police Opinion On Thuggery In Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Black-marketing, gambling and sometimes domestic grievances were the root of many bashings and thug attacks at…

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Theft from Factory at Batlow Magistrate Warns Ex-serviceman

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 6

Defendants could not expect, magistrates to continue extending leniency to them on account of their war service, said Mr. R. A…

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Woman's Story Alleged Assault on Train

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 3

Statements by a woman passenger on the cooma Mail that she had been criminally assaulted while travelling on the train were followed by the…

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Gaol and Fine For Tax Evasion

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday: Judge-Kennedy sentenced Henry Lustig, president of the Longchamps Restaurant Chain, to four years'…

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Police Shortage at Young Station Staff Reduced To Five

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 2

Due to transfers and sickness, the staff at Young police station has been reduced to five officers. This means that there is a shortage of four…

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Wagga Court House Renovations to Start at Once

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

Work on the renovation of the Wagga Court House will begin immediately. The member for Wagga (Mr. E…

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Three Years' Gaol for Theft of Ketch

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Thursday: A man was sentenced to three years' goal, with hard labor, to-day, for having stolen a ketch valued at £2000. He…

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Alleged Assault on Train Woman's Story

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Statements by a woman passenger on the Carina Mail that she had been criminally assaulted while travelling by the train were followed…

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Police Court Wednesday, 10th JULY (Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, P.M.) Goods in Custody

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Anthony Couch (27) was charged with that on the 1st June he had in his custody 56 packets of cigarettes, 81 packets of cigarette papers, 48…

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