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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 69

Theft of a Rifle

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 1

James Campbell (21), drover, was charged with stealing a single shot rifle, of the value of £8, the property of Tom, Kearns, on 27th May, 1946…

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Fine for Cycle Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

Cecil Orlando Wilson Figgins, 80, laborer, was fined £10 yesterday, when he pleaded guilty at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions to a…

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£2000 Theft in Albury

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday: Watches and other stock alued at £2000 were stolen during the weekend from the shop of H. W. Rose, watchmaker,…

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Shot During Chase by Police

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 1

It a sensational chase through thick scrub yesterday at Sylvania, one man was shot and another arrested. The chase began when three men…

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Police Court (Yesterday.) Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, P.M. Diseased Stock

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

S. A. Norton Ward pleaded Bulky to attempting to sell diseased stock. Mr. Hager appeared for the Department of Agriculture…

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Young Fireman On Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Albert Edward Moore, 19, fireman, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having feloniously and…

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Police Seek Car Cover

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Wagga police are searching for a car cover which was stolen from the garages behind the Commercial Hotel, at the week-end. The cover…

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Request for Legal Aid in Police Inquiry Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Because it considers the metier one of grave public concern, the Police Association will ask the State…

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Says Arbitration Bill Would Rob Court of Prestige

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Government's new Arbitration Bill, if enacted, would strip the Arbitration Court of its prestige…

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Alleged Assault on Former Gundagai Police Officer Man Charged With Offence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 7

At Queanbeyan Police Court on Thursday, Arthur Thomas Gabriel, 22, who had been arrested on warrant by Constables Crampton and…

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Airman Gets Two Years' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sidney John McLeod, 21, an airman, was to-day sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Parramatta Quarter…

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Truck and Bus Collision Police Court Sequel Leeton Butcher Fined

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 6

AN accident on the Yanco Road on the night of January 3 last, when a butcher's truck was involved in a collision with a…

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Dispute Over Union Fees Assault Charge Upheld

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 6

A DISPUTE over union fees between a member of the F.E.D. & F. Union and the secretary of that organisation on Saturday…

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Even the Police Were Hoaxed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: A silly hoax to-day held up traffic over Victoria Bridge, which links Brisbane with…

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Straying Cattle Owners Before Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

At the Leeton police court Michael Collins and A. Day were proceeded against by the Leeton Shire Council on a charge of being owners of stock…

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Suspended Gaol Sentence For Traffic Breach

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Colin Francis Roberts, 18, of Cremorne, was to-day given a suspended sentence of six months' imprisonment for…

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Police Court Wednesday, 16th APRIL (Before Mr. R. Hardwicke, P.M.) Traffic Breaches

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

Leslle Montgomery Trim was charged with driving a motor vehicle negligently. Mr. L. h. Henderson appeared for…

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Police Search for Girl

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police between Guyra and Sydney are searching for 13-year-old Minnie Page, who has been missing from…

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Hindus Strike Against "Police Atrocities"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Thursday: The Mahasabha Hindu Orthodox organisation has called a general strike in Calcutta to protest against…

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Vic. Engineers Extend Strike to Country; Court Defied

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: In defiance of the deregistration order of the Federal Arbitration Court issued in Sydney this week the Melbourne district committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union to-day decided to…

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