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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 75

Girl Denies Part in Car Theft "More Foolish than Bad"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: Eighteen-year-old Mrs. Yvonne Beryl Boxall, of Lismore, who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for her part…

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Wagga Court House Renovations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 2

Following upon his personal representations to the Attorney-General, the member for Wagga, Mr. E. H. Graham, has now been…

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Japanese Plot to Murder Stalin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): The Japanese Ambassador to Berlin (General Oshima) early in 1939 secretly informed Hitler of a…

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Police Recapture Gunman

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 4

Early this morning, at North Sydney, following a gun duel, in which a policeman was shot, Antonio Martini, who recently…

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Secret Report On Gibraltar's Police System

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

GIBRALTAR, Sun. (A.A.P.): The text has not been released of Chief Justice Bacon's report on the Gibraltar police system, with special…

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Gunman Captured After Battle With Police

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: After a gun battle with police, Antonio Martini, who escaped from the cells at the Appeal Court in Queen's Square…

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Martini and Two Brothers Before Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 1

Two brothers, Royce John Garland (31) and Edward Garland (31), were handcuffed to Antonio Martini (32), when the latter appeared…

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Man Charged With Pitt Street Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A young man was arrested to-day on a charge of having assaulted William Henry Glarke. 29, in Pitt Street, on…

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Escapee Charged With Theft of His Handcuffs

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A 22-year-old man, who escaped in handcuffs from a police car after a brawl at Wynyard railway station on…

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Police Court Monday. 23rd SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley. J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 2

Ernest Albert Kemp (69) was charged with drunkenness. Constable Timmins stated that complaints had been made about…

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Narandera Police Ball

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 2

In this issue appears an advertisement for the Narandera Police Ball, which will be held in the spacious Airschool Ballroom on Saturday,…

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Clocks Stolen From Hotel Bedrooms Gaol Sentences Imposed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 5

The theft of clocks, one from the bedroom of Mrs. Maud Mary Frazer, wife of the licensee of the Hotel Leeton, and the other from the…

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Police Fire On Amsterdam Crowds

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 1

AMSTERDAM, Monday (A.A.P.): Police fired on a crowd which was demonstrating against troops And transports being sent to the Dutch…

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Spanish Police Swoop on Suspects

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 1

MADRID, Tuesday: Spanish authorities arrested a number of persons at Saragossa suspected of forming a military organisation connected with…

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Cement Paths at Court House

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 1

In this issue tenders are called for the laying of cement paths at Leeton Court House. Another notice invites tenders for…

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Historic Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 2

Hobart's century old, gaol is to be wrapped and new buildings erected. It is a reminder of the days of transportation. Criminals were housed…

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Albury Men Facing Theft Charges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 2

ALBURY, Tuesday: Several Albury men, alleged to have been concerned in a theft of goods—Including a large number of cigarette…

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Police Court (Yesterday.) Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. No Costs

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 2

In the case of Catherine Emily Keogh v. Clarence Baker, alleging assault, the P.M. refused an application for costs against the defendant…

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Cigarette Paper Theft Charges at Albury

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 1
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In the Albury court yesterday afternoon, at the end of the hearing which began on Tuesday morning, four Albury men were committed for trial…

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