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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 69

Murder: Suicide By Two Doctors

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: A coronial jury today found that Dr. Robert George Clements, 67, had murdered his wife and…

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Junee Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 3

At the Licencing Court in Junee all applications for the district were granted and only in one instance was an objection raised…

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Wagga Court Congestion

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 2

The need for a resident magistrate at Wagga has never been more obvious than this week, when, in a three-day sitting, the court had a huge collection of cases to deal with…

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Two Handcuffed in Court on Hold-up Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Two young Hen were remanded until July 2, when they appeared at Burwood Court today charged with the…

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Austrian Border Violated; Police Patrol Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 1

VIENNA, Sunday: A group of unidentified marauders crossed the border from Yugoslavia on Friday night. They attacked a…

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Motorists Charged After Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Sidney Thomas Napier, 40, and John Rollo English, 2[?], were each remanded on £100 ball at Newtown court today…

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Fined for Stealing Timber From State Reserve

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 1

"The wholesale theft of timber from State reserves has reached such proportions that it is now a public scandal Timber thieves operate at…

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Warder Charged Over Stewart Dawson Incident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Monday: The warder who escorted David Stewart Dawson to the Supreme Court from Long Bay Gaol last Thursday has been…

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Japanese Charged with Torturing Australian P.o.w

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 1

TOKYO, Monday: A former Japanese Army sergeant, Hiroyuk[?] Morita, pleaded not -guilty today to charges that he had tortured…

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Lack of Police As Chimes Increase

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 4

"Although crime is increasing all attempts to make up the numerical [?] in the strength of the police force have failed men are…

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Another Police Warning to Cyclists

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 2

A man's bicycle was stolen from outside Cox Bros., Fitemaurice Street, between 12.40 and 12.50 p.m. yesterday…

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Missing Launch Police and Fishermen Search

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police and fishermen, will make an intensive search of the rocky coastline north of Newcastle for trace of a 28ft. launch…

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Police Say Man Choked Boy to Silence Him

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday: A man charged with the murder of a boy at Roma is alleged to have told the police that he choked the boy to…

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Police Traffic “Blitz”

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 6

A property conducted police blitz against reckless and thoughtless pedestrians and motorists will be welcomed by the NRMA…

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Police Search Was Unnecessary

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: While police and fishermen were watching for a 22ft launch, overdue between Kempsey and Newcastle, the yacht…

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Transport for Local Police

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

It was disclosed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting that the letter written to Mr. Padman, urging transport for…

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High Court Upholds W.C. and I.C. May Refuse Transfer Land to Italians

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 4

In a reserved judgment, the Full High Court unanimously held held that the Irrigation Commission has power to refuse to give…

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Airman Charged With Stealing Imitation Pearls

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Gut fishing lines and a bag containing 217 strings of imitation pearls was an exhibit in Central Court today,…

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Cables in Brief Congressman Charged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday: A Federal Court jury found former Congressman Andrew J. May guilty of bribery, fraud and conspiracy in…

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