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Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 75

Road Safety Committee Keys Left In Cars Police Warning to End Dangerous Practice

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 1

SERGT. Heffernan, officer incharge of local police, stated at the meeting of the local Road Safety Committee on…

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New Clues in Cooper Park Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Detectives working on the Cooper Park inquiry this week discovered new dues which they state have given a…

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Police Break-Up Communists' Meeting in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Police broke up a meeting convened by Communists to form a deputation to the Prices Commission during the lunch…

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Conciliation Court Urged For Divorce Cases

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: It should be compulsory tor all parties in a divorce suit to submit the matter to a Conciliation Court, said the Bishop…

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Court Action on Willed Gifts to School Teachers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Justice Roper has been asked in the Equity court to decide if money gifts from the income from a £12,788 estate to…

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Police at Funeral of Man Shot In Lismore Chase

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: William Edward Brice, 31, of Brunswick (Vic), who was fatally wounded when police fired on him at Lismore…

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Street Fight Brings Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 2

Gross actions alleging assault were heard by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. P.M., at the Wagga Court of Petty Two residents of North Wagga…

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Five Years' Gaol For Espionage

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 1

OTTWAY, Tuesday: Convicted of conspiring to communicate secret information to Russia. David Gordon Luran was sentenced to five years'…

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Theft of Cream From Glenrock Dairy

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 2

Kenneth Carl Walters pleaded guilty at the Leeton police court to stealing a bottle of cream valued at 2/8, the property of Clive Donald Terry…

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"Japan Occupied On Beach Assault System"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Troops of the British Occupation Forces regarded themselves as ill-equipped, ignored…

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Police Court Wednesday, November 13 (Before Mr. Hardwicke, P.M.) Charges of Taking and Using R.A.A.F. Lorry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 4

Alan George Headlam (31) pleaded guilty to a charge of taking and using a Ford motor lorry, the property of the R.A.A.F., without the consent…

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Murder Scenes and Seamy Side of Life at Picture Shows Councllors Fear Effect on Youthful Minds

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 4

CR. McClellan stated at the Council meeting on Thursday night that everybody had been shocked lately by the tragedies…

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Grant and Hope Plead Not Guilty to Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An adjournment to a dale to be fixed was granted at the Central Criminal Court today, when Sidney Grant (28) and Keith…

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Man and Wife Convicted of Murder Death Sentence Against Husband

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday: Sentence of death was pronounced to-day by the Chief Justice, Sir John Dwyer, on Sydney Hammond 28…

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Our State Member His Speeches in the House Police Protection in Country Districts

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 2

I want to refer once again to the matter of police protection in country districts. This is the third time that I have made reference to it without…

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Police Court Unlawful Assault Charge Dismissed

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 4

At the monthly sitting: of the Turnbarumba Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. E. J. Etherton, P.M., Roebling Heinecke…

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Youths Believed Responsible For Adelaide Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: Police believe that three youths, aged from 14 to 18, were responsible for the murder of William Robert Walker,…

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Compensation Court Award for Dermatitis

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 2

Judge Moffitt, in the Workers' Compensation Court at Wagga yesterday, made an award for a woman who had contracted dermatitis…

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Woman May Face Special Court in Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A special court may have to be set up in hospital to hear evidence in a case in which a woman is. charged with…

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Boys Charged with Murder of Aged Man

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday: In the Adelaide Juvenile Court to-day, four youths, aged from 14 to 16, were charged with the murder of…

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