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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 71 of 75

Boy for Trial on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: At Campsie Court to-day Allan William Gould, 14, was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Colin Henry…

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Police Court Tuesday, December 3 (Before Messrs. H. c. Cobley and S. H. Wright, J's.P.) Driving Horse-drawn Vehicle While Under Influence

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 2

George Stansell (52) was charged with driving a horse-drawn vehicle, horse and waggonette, in a public street within the municipality, while…

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Found Not Guilty of 24-Year-Old Murder; Man Insane at Time

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with a murder committed 24 years ago, Richard Galbraigh Sindwell was found not guilty, on the ground that he was Insane at the time the offence was committed…

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Two Years for Assault on Woman

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: John Haynes 44, was sentenced to two years gaol at the Quarter Sessions to-day when he pleaded guilty to having…

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Committed for Trial on Murder Charge; Man's Alleged Statement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: "I told her to be quiet, and when she wouldn't, I put my hands around her throat and she struggled and went limp." These words were alleged to be in a statement that…

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Court Told of Japanese Massacre

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 1

TOKYO, Friday: A Dutch sallor, Joseph Van Amstel, told the War Crimes Tribunal that the Japanese in 1942 mutilated, drove into the sea…

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Police Think Man May Have Slept at Wheel

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: Police believe that John Ernest Martin, 35, of[?] Hunter's Hill, who was fatally injured when his motor car crashed [?]…

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Detective Slapped Her Face, Young Girl Tells Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday: When a 17-year-old girl appeared at the General Sessions this morning she alleged that a detective had slapped her face when she refused to sign a typewritten statement, and of keeping her…

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Assault at Matong

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

At the Coolamon police court last week. Conrad Henry Stephan, electrical contractor, working at Matong, proceeded against Wm. L. Turner,…

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£1 Fine at Wagga Court For Giving Police wrong name

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

For giving a false name to the police when found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, Brian Charles McCarthy, 28, clerk,…

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Further Remand In North Wagga Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

At the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Donald Clive Montgomery, 23, was further remanded, until next Monday, on a charge of…

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Police Court Friday, December 6 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

Francis Ross (60) was charged with being found drunk in East Street the previous day; and also with using indecent language…

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Charged with Living in Garage in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

Charles Ernest Hiller, Edward- street, Wagga, was proceeded against by the Wagga City Council, at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Charged with Killing Mother with Axe Youth's alleged Confession

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: An alleged confession by John Grant Songster, 17, a schoolboy, stating that the killed his mother with an…

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Wagga Police Chief Supports Boys' Clubs

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 5

Superintendent George Howard, of Wsgga, is a keen advocate for boys' clubs, and has been associated with Police and Citizens' Boys…

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Court Held at Lockhart Hospital

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

The Nurses' Association of N.S.W. having requested a variation of their award, Judge Kinsella and a retinue of solicitors and officials are…

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Police Court (Yesterday) Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, P.M. Evading Fare

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 4

Thomas Kevin Harmer, a soldier, was charged with travelling between Sydney and Kapooka without previously having paid his fare…

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Industrial Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 4

Thomas Laurence O'Toole was charged with failing to keep time-sheets and pay-sheets correctly written up in ink: and two charges of falling to give…

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Not Guilty of Murder or Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A Jury in the Criminal Court to-night acquitted John Grant Sangster, 17, of Vermont, on a charge of having…

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Defendant Ill at Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The trial of Sydney Grant, 28, and Keith Hope, 23, in the Criminal Court on a charge of murder, was interrupted…

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