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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 50 of 75

Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

On Friday, 16th August, before Messrs W. J. Storey and R. L. Wilson Js P. Albert Allen and Percy…

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Charged with Robbery at Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Edward Reginald Jones, 20, laborer, was charged in the Central Court to-day with having stolen £12/7/, a…

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Police Court Damage to Public Gate

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

At the Tumbarumba Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. E. J. Etherton, P.M., Douglas Burleton Peard, farmer, of Mannus,…

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Tennis. Quist Misses Hard Court Doubles

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Adrian Quist has withdrawn from the hard court championship doubles, but has left his entry for the singles…

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Police Court Wednesday, August 21 (Before Messrs. H. G. Cobley and E. J. V. Martin, J's.P.) Unlawful Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

Lawrence Clarence Eldridge (21) was charged with unlawfully assaulting Steve Anasta, at Narandera, on 20th August…

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Acquitted on Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

SAN DIEGO (California}, Thurs.: Lucy Malcolmson, wife of a business executive who is in Australia, was to-day acquitted on a theft charge…

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Rail Crash; Man Charged with Pulling Points

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday: A pensioner, Victor Edwards, 30, of Portland, was remanded to-day to next Thursday at Adelaide Police Court,…

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Police Cadet Gaoled

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A former police cadet, Edward Reginald Jones, 20, was assisted, sobbing bitterly, from the Central Court to-day after…

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Stealing at Batlow Young Men Fined on Three Charges

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

Before Messrs. R. L. Blakeney and P. Kennedy, Js.P., at the Tumut Police Court on Tuesday, Sidney Frederick Clark, and Ronald…

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Murder and Robbery Charges Against Youth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A 16-year-old messenger boy appeared before the Children's Court this afternoon charged with having…

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Cousens Case Record Played In Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A record of what is alleged to have been a bread-cast from Tokio by Major charles Hughes Cousens on August 12. 1942,…

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Cousens' Alleged Broadcast Heard in Court "Shown Kindness by Japanese"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A gramophone record telling of fair treatment of prisoners-of-war by the Japanese, was played at the Central Court to-day…

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Mother Charged with Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Edna Linda Martha Saltmarsh, 31, was charged at the Central Criminal court today with the murder of her nine months…

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Traitor Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 3

PRAGUE, Sunday (A.A.P.): For high treason, collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the Czecho-slovak nation, Otamar Kuberlk, a…

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More Police Urged to Combat Crime Wave

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Urging the requirement of more police to combat the present crime wave Professor A. K. Stout said to-night that…

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Fake Jap Murder Rumor

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1

An inquiry held at the Tumut Court House on Thursday last at which the presence of the Coroner, two doctors, an undertaker, the police and a…

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Man on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Dreadful wounds had been inflicted on Kenneth Hutchinson, 30, whose body was found in Moond street…

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Police Court Drunk and Language (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 4

James Stanley (53) was fined £2, in default four days' hard labour, on a charge of using indecent language within the hearing of persons passing…

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Youth on Many Charges Theft Alleged and Suicide Attempt

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2

A lad in military uniform, Leslie Allan Powell who stated that be had been in the cells for 14 days, answered to several charges before Mr. R…

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Wagga Court Cases

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2

There was only a small list of cases for trial by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M., in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, as far as…

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