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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,494 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 75

Police Court (Tuesday) Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 7

Goods in Custody Salem Andrew Batros (68) was charged with having in a house in Murray street 56 clothing coupons. 1…

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Fourteen Days Gaol on Vagrancy Charge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

AT the Leeton police court on Wednesday, Charles Henry Edwards, aged 54, was charged that on February 5, at Leeton, he was…

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Mr. R. Windeyer on Gaol Releases

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: A public inquiry should be held before there tu any Interference with sentences of the courts, said Mr. R. Windeyer…

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Murder of Boy; Fourth Arrest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Charles Patrick Hamilton, aged 31, motordriver, was charged with the murder of Charles Greeney, the lad…

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Police Force S[?]ill Needs Recruits

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 1

Although the response to the Police Force recruiting campaign has been satisfactory, more recruits arc required urgently to bring the force up…

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New Police Uniform Means Passing of Hunting Crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 4

HUNTING crops or riding whips carried by officers of the police force as an insignia of office, have been replaced by gloves…

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Daring Bank Note Theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

PARIS, Friday: One of six tandits who yesterday got away with the equivalent of £12.000 hi French bank notes, posted himself in the entrance to the police…

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Cruelty to P.O.W. Japanese Gets One Day Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Friday: guilty, with six others, of cruelty and causing the death of two British prisoners of war, who worked…

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Plane Purchased for Police Use

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

An R.A.A.F. Avro-Anson, equipped with latest wireless systems, which has been purchased by the Police Department for transporting detectives and scientific experts to the scenes of crime, landing at Mascot after a flight from Narandera…

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Royal Court Concerto Popular Randwick Double

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday: Consensus of opinion in racing circles to-day, favor a "walk-in" start for backers' at Randwick to-morrow, with Royal…

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Evidence of Mass Murder

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 1

BATAVIA Sunday: The bodies of 26 European adults and one baby, all murdered, have been found in the Amtol Canal, between…

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Stir in Wagga Court Magistrate's Order Disobeyed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

There was a clash between the police prosector (Sgt. M. R. sherwood) and Mr. E. Fenn Lusher, solicitor, in the Wagga court…

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Murder Charge at Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: The Crown alleged that Mrs. Freda Bevan, whose body was found in a slde-street on Saturday morning, died…

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Murder Plot in Finland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

HELSINKI, Monday (A.A.P.): The Minister for the Interior announced to-day that arrests had followed the discovery of a plot to…

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Tumut Fair Rents Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

At the Tumut Fair Uvula Court last week before Mr. Hardwick, P.M., Alan Arthur Jones, master choicer of Wynyard-Street, Tumut…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, February 11, 1946 (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.m.) Committed for Trial

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M., committed Thomas Henry Sutton, agent, of Wagga, for trial on a charge of uttering an order of exchange for £27/10/ with intent to defraud…

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Demonstration in Egypt Police Open Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

CAIRO, Monday (A.A.P.): Police fired over workers and students demonstrating in Alexandria yesterday. About 50 were wounded. The…

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Items of News Heavy Court List

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

Although the magistrate (Mr. R. A. Hardwicke) sat until 5 p.m. at the Wagga court yesterday, several cases had to be held over until later…

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Ownership Of Piping Determined By Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court on Thursday last an application was made by the Police for the determination of the ownership of 60 lengths of 3m…

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Life of a Country "Cop" Interesting Address by Sergeant Hyde Double Murder Near Narandera Recalled

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

The cold-blooded and premeditated murder at Billenbah Station (23 miles from Narandera) in February, 1911, of a mother and daughter named…

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