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Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 75

Items of News Court Sitting To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

There will be a sitting of the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions to-morrow, when Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., of Albury, will preside. This…

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Cairns Bomb Outrage Man Charged With Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

CAIRNS, Wednesday: Police have arrested a man in connection with the Grafton-street bomb outrage on January 14 The blast resulted in…

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Man Who Started Many Fires Sent to Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Graham Charles Gourley, aged 34 years, married, with 10 children, admitted starting 22 fires in…

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High Japanese Officers Charged Celebese and Ambon Atrocities

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

MOROTAI, Wednesday: The five high-ranking military officers so far brought before the foreign military tribunal include Major General…

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Strengthening State Police Force

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: More than 260 men had been appointed constables in the New South Wales Police Force during the last few…

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Riverina District News Disturbance at Henty Man Fined at Albury Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

Fines totalling £17 were imposed on Joseph Alfred Gleeson, laborer, aged 30 years, when he was before the Albury Court on Tuesday…

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Wheat Stealing Charge Returned Man Fined In Cowra Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 8

Herbert Oswald Buckley, discharged from the Army a few weeks ago, after five years' service, was fined £3 in the Cowra police court on a charge of…

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Man Who Started Fires Sent to Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

Graham Charles Gourley, 34, married, with 10 children, admitted starting 22 fires in Braidwood in a year when he pleaded guilty to a charge…

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More Police Appointed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

During the past few months 260 men had been appointed as constables or enrolled for training prior to appointment, the Premier (Mr. McKell)…

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Wagga Police Court Thursday, January 31, 1946 (Before Mr. R. M. Sewart, P.m.) Negligent Driving Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

A story of how a motor car driven by an airman crashed into the Boom gates as they were being lowered at the Edward-street…

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Murder of 5O R.A.F. MEN Charge Against Germans

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Thurs.(A.A.P.):. Among the documents filed at the Nuremberg war trials is one relating to the murder of 50 British…

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New Police Uniform Means Passing Of Hunting Crop

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Hunting crops or riding whips carried by officers of the Police Force in Goulburn as an insignia of office have been replaced by gloves…

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Liberal Policy Tax Cuts No Strikes After Court Decisions

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: A programme of progressive taxation reductions, aiming at a total reduction of 40 per cent, of the present income tax within…

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Liberal Party's Policy Big Tax Cuts; Outlawing of Strikes After Court Decisions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA. Thursday: A programme of progressive taxation reductions, aiming at a total reduction of 40 per cent, of the present income tax within three years, is part of the draft Federal policy of the…

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Theft From Queen's Relative

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): Thieves stole a car in which there were two dressing cases containing £1500 worth of evening clothes and…

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Theft From Home at Carrathool

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 4

George M'Rae, aged 46 years, a returned soldier of World Was I, and James Brophy, aged 18 years, both of Sydney, were charged before…

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Criminal's Annual 'Celebration' Austrian Court's Sentence

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday, (A.A.P.) For the remainder of his life, Dr. Felix Neumayer, who was Finance Minister in the…

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Gundagai School- Children Win Prizes Police Essay Competition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

Three pupils of the Gundagai Central School have won prizes in the Slate-wide essay competition conducted by the NSW Police Department,…

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Wagga Police Court (Before Mr. R. E. Hardwicke, P.m.) Gaol for Wife Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. E. Hardwicke, P.M., Cecil John Carter, aged 32 years, poultry slaughterman, of Wagga, was sentenced to two months' gaol when he was convicted…

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Girl Found Dead at Water's Edge Man Charged With Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: Charged with the murder of Ethel Mavis Nyman, aged 17 years, of Coburg, at the Port Melbourne beach on…

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