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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 75

Alleged Assault in Train Young Man Committed For Trial

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

"I just prayed to God," said a frail 21-year-old Brisbane girl in Queanbeyan Police Court when she told in whispers a story that she…

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Police Raid King's Cross Flat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives swooped on a flat at King's Cross late to-night, arrested two men and one woman, and took possession of…

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Police Comb Sydney Week-end Outrages

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Sydney and suburbs were combed to-day by the police in a quest for the perpetrators of the week-end outrages…

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Inquiry Into Woman's Death Man On Murder Charge Present

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A witness in the City Coronet's Court alleged that a 55-year-old man to whom he had spoken at a hotel on June 8,…

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Police Officer Honored at Narandera Inspector Stinson's Retirement

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 4

Inspector Stinson, of the Narandera Police, has entered upon long service leave before retiring. On Tuesday last members of the Police…

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Bigamy Charge Man's Two Wives Appear in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday: Two wives of Leslie William Willcocks, 30, packer, faced each other in the police court to-day when both gave…

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Police Court (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 2

Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Offensive Behavior Patrick O'Shaughanessey and William Hanlon were charged with…

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Married Couple Involved in Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: On a charge of entering and stealing goods worth £100 at King's Cross Road yesterday a young married couple and a…

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Trial for Mass Murder of Children

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

VIENNA, Tuesday (A.A.P.): A doctor and two women assistants are on trial before the Austrian Court on a charge of the mass…

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Pepper Thrown In Woman's Eyes Robbery and Assault at Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Disturbed in a room of the Grand Hotel, Rockdale, to-night, a burglar assaulted a woman, threw pepper in her face,…

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Gunman's Escape From Appeals Court Room

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A guman whose attempt to escape from custody at Darlinghurst several months ago was toiled after he almost severed the…

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Police Claim City Bashings Are Provoked Result of Drunken Orgies, Says Official

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Of the 80 cases of bashings reported in Sydney during the past two months, less than one-third were…

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Gaol Imposed for Assaulting Police and Resisting Arrest

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

"A man's a mug to get around Canberra without a gun." muttered Vincent George Dixon. 23, of Westlake, as he left the Canberra Court on…

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Cootamundra Burglary Two Overcoats Recovered

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

Two overcoats stolen from the home of the Mayor (Ald. Des. Stratton) in Tuesday night's burglary were recoved by the Cootamundra police near…

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Theft of Mussolini's Body

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday: Twenty persons were arrested in Florence yesterday after inquiries into the disappearance of Mussolini's body from…

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Bail Refused in Assault Cases

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Three men were refuted bail when they were remanded in the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted…

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Year's Gaol and £100 Fine For Carrying Gun

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Lionel Stafford Joseph Hill, 20, laborer, was sentenced to 12 months' gaol and fined £100, in default an…

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Missing Gunman Police Baffled

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Every known haunt has been thoroughly combed by armed police squads hunting for Antonio Martini. 29, who…

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Arrest Made in N.Z. Murder Case

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z), Wednesday: After an intensive search throughout the Wharangarei district, the police have arrested Reginald…

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Chicago Murder Revelations "Truth Drug" to Obtain Confession

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

CHICAGO, Wed. (A.A.P.): An allegation that a "truth drug" was used to obtain a confession, is the latest sensation in the…

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