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Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 75

Youth Charged With Attempted Murder of Infant

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. Doctors to-night were striving to save the life of five-year-old Allen Cooper, who was found under a house at North…

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Hesse Jewel Theft Sensation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Captain Kathleen B. Nash Durrant, of the Women's Army Corps, former managerees of the Kronberg Castle…

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British Army Rioters Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Nine soldiers have been sentenced to penal servitude ranging from three to 51 years on charges arising out of…

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Murder Allegations Against Youth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A youth enticed a boy of live into a house where he kicked and bashed him fatally. It was alleged at Central…

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Late News Murder of Detective

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, To-day: The police and military continued their search for the murderers of Detective - Constable Ahearn,…

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Nurse Charged With Murder of Infant

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday At a bedside court at Crown Street Women's Hospital today Veronica Iris Gollan, 25 nurse, was remanded to Central…

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Junee Burglary

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

Burglars Look the terrific risk of bashing in the front door of the "Shrine of Fashion" in Main street. Junee, during the early Lours of the…

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Charged with Murder of Detective Man Arrested at Breakfast

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Arrested by armed police while he was breakfasting at a guesthouse in North Sydney to-day, Sidney Grant, 28, alias Greenap, was later charged with the…

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Eight Charged Over Alabama Race Riots

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

ATHENS (ALABAMA), Monday: Nine persons, eight of whom are in their teens, are in gaol on charges of unlawful assembly, as a result…

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Stores Charged With Holding Stocks from Sale

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Before the Industrial Commission to-day, A. E. Greenup, president of the New South Wales Shop Assistants'…

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Police Court Monday, 5th AUGUST (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Drunks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

Ernest William Victor Fletcher (51) was charged with being found drunk in East Street on 3rd August. As there was no appearance of…

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Police Court (Today) Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Weight of Bullock

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

Harold Steveson, Jimmy Stevenson, William Stevenson, carrying on business as Stevenson Brothers, of Harden, pleaded failing to frilling to…

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Police Commissioner's Plane Tour

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: The police Avro Anson plane is being used by the Commissioner of Police (W. McKay) on his tour of the…

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Police Guard at Nurse's Bed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Monday: Following the discovery of a baby in a cupboard in a nurse's room, a police guard has been placed at the bedside of a…

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Many Cases Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 2

A long list of minor cases came before Mr. Hardwicke, S.M,, at the Wagga Court House yesterday…

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State Police Cordon For Missing Gunman

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police have thrown a cordon practically round the whole of the state in their efforts to catch Keith George Hope, 23, who is…

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Temora Police Investigating Attack On Girl

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

Temora police are investigating the alleged attack on a 17-year-old girl while on her way home at night. She lives past the golf links. According…

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No Power to Search Gaol Visitors Beer at Prague for La Guardia May Mean Less Wheat for Czechs

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: There was no power under the law to search any person, whether visiting a gaol, a police court or any other LONDON, Monday: When the Director-General of U.N.R.R.A. (Mr. La Guardia) arrived at Prague, he was offered as he alighted from the…

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Gaol For Assault On Father

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Alexander Francis Fraser, 24, was given the maximum sentence of three months' gaol at Paddington Court to-day for…

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Nurse On Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Veronica Iris Gollan, 25, nurse, was charged with murder at a special court set [?]o in a ward at Crown-street…

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