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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 75

Son Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: "My son did not shoot me. We have always been the best of friends and we are on affectionate terms," said Vivena…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

At the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. E. J. Etherton, P.M., granted the application of JOhn Leo Packham for the transfer of the…

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Leeton Divorce Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 4

At the Leeton Court Home on Wednesday His Honor Judge Berne considered certain issues in connection with an application for divorce…

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Large Sums Allegedly Embezzled Former Junee Hospital Secretary Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

A former secretary of the Junee District Hospital, Albert Robert Gross, was brought before the Junee police court on Monday, and…

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Police Court Thursday, July 25 (Before Messrs. T. Henderson and S. H. Wright, J's.P.) Found in Dwelling House

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

George Wilfred Dickenson (22) was charged with having an unlawful purpose, to steal, was found in the dwelling house of Frederick Henry S…

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District Appeals Court Alleged Cruelty to Horses

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 4

Before Judge Berne in the District Court at Leeton on Wednesday, Leslie Walter Harrison, Leo Desmond McMahon and Muriel Balding,…

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Charged with Theft of Tobacco

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Two railway shunters were arrested to-day and charged with having stolen tobacco, valued at £1500, from the Enfield…

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Troops, Police, Crowds Clash in Kashmir

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sunday: It was reported from Srinagar that 60 troops, police and officials of the Kashmir State were injured last…

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Tobacco Theft Two Men Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Edwin Joseph Mobberley, 26, and Roland George Beaton Smith, 27, were remanded until August 23 at the Campsie Court…

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Charged with Murder of Two Women

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): Neville George Clevely Heath, 29, an ex-R.A.A.F. pilot, of Wimbledon, who was charged on July 22 with the…

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Alleged Theft of Shaving Outfit

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Colin Campbell Johnson aged 20, was charged at the Leeton police court on Friday, that on July 25, he stole a shaving outfit of the value of…

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Charged With Murdering His Daughter

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday. A father was arrested to-day and charged with murdering his 30 year old daughter…

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Police Court Saturday. July 27 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Alleged Indecent Language

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

Thomas Colin shouh (33) was charged with Using indecent language within the hearing of persons passing in a public street, namely,…

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Allegations Against Police Force Investigation Ordered

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Instructions forbidding the police to sell art union tickets were issued to-day by the Deputy Commissioner of Police…

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Harry Guinsberg Examined in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday: The examination began to-day of a well- known racing Identity, Harry Guinsberg, by the Deputy…

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Woman Causes Scene in Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Force had to be used by orderlies to-day to remove a screaming, struggling woman from the court after she had been…

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Court Ruling on Housie-housie

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2
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A decision given by Mr. Justice Fullagar in the Supreme Court ruled that the game or housie-housie was a lottery and not a raffle, and therefore it…

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Young Man on Charge of Murder Alleged Death Pact at Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday: At the conclusion of the inquest to-day into the death of Beryl May Newburn, 18, the coroner found that…

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Paths at Court House to Be Repaired

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

The Progress Association has been informed that the Attorney-General (Mr. C. Martin) has authorised tho repairing of the asphalt paths at the…

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