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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 69

Police Court Tuesday, February Is (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.) Prohibition Order

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

Harold Edvard Hunt (40) was fined 10/, in default 24 hours, on a charge of drunkenness. Constable Timmins stated that…

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Layers Case Opens Laborer's Trial for Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

Frederic Lincoln McDermott, 38, a labourer, appeared before Mr. Justice Herron and a jury at Bathurst on Monday charged with the murder of…

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Adelong Man on £50 BOND For Assault On Female

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

At the Gundagai Quarter Quarter Sessions on Tuesday before Judge Berne, Frederick William John Smith, of…

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Hospital Inmate Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: An inmate of the Lidcombe State Hospital was charged with manslaughter this afternoon after another inmate…

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Federal Ministers Charged with Defying Govt

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: Two Minister were attacked in the House of Representatives today for their association with organisations…

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"Heard Woman Accuse Husband of Murder"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

BATHURST, Friday: Dorothea Williams, 23, said in the Criminal Court to-day thai during an argument between Frederick linton…

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15 Killed in Bengal Clash with Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

CHITTAGONG (North Bengal), Friday: Police, firing on villagers armed with spears, bows and arrows, brickbats and lathis, killed 15 people…

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Nine Sentenced for Mutiny

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday. The Army has announced sentences on nine soldiers who, on December 17, tried to flight their way off the transport…

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£50 Stolen From Pensioner Youths Charged at Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

Two youths, Alphonsus Wallace, of Temora, and, John Thomas Travers, of Barmedman, who said "they had spent the money on booze," pleaded guilty at…

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Police Move 15 Squatters From Flat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Fifteen people 'squatted in an unfurnished flat at Neutral Bay last night were removed by police to-day…

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Gaol for Theft of Returned Soldier's Badge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday: Patrick James Ryan, 78, described as a boilermaker, was sentenced to two months gaol in the Albury Police Court…

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The Windsor Murder Man Charged and Remanded

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. Thornton, S.M., refused an application for boll when James O'Sullivan, 27, laborer, was remanded in custody at…

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Court Adjourned While Police Check Statement

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

The Police Magistrate (Mr. E. I. Cox) said in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that be admired the…

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Von Papen Sentenced to Eight Years

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Monday: The De-Nazification Court sentenced Yon Papen to eight years' imprisonment in a labor camp…

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Tote Fraud Alleged; Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: When a 28-year-old laborer was charged at the Central Court to-day, with having forged and uttered three winning…

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Alleged Criminal Assault Arrest at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

It was reported to the police on Sunday night that a girl aged 17, employed at the Leeton Cannery, had been criminally assaulted near…

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Drove Tram While Drunk; Month's Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Alan Hugh Williams, 39, tram driver, was to-day sentenced to one month's gaol at Central Police Court for having…

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Arrest in Windsor Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives to-night arrested a man and charged him with the murder of Harry Frith, 52, whose…

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Teams Charged With "Rigging Wagga Cricket

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

Newman's and Lake Albert teams were charged last night with "rigging" their match in the Wagga cricket competition last Saturday. The treasurer of the Wagga…

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Police Court Thursday, February 20 (Before Mr. H. G. Cobley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

Jessie Hilda Eldridge (43) was fined 5/, in default 24 hours, on a charge of drunkenness. It was stated that defendant had a…

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