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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 69

Burglary at Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 4

The premises of E.A. Bourne, timber merchants, Tumut, were burgled on Thursday night and a safe containing money was stolen…

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No Trace of Albury Gaol-breaker

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 4

Albury police stated late last night that although they had conducted an intensive search for Lionel Steven Stere, who escaped from…

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More Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Detective-Sgt Peter Clifford. C.I.B., has been promoted to the rank of Inspector A [?]umber of other police…

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Students in Melee at Dutch Consulate Police Arrest Many Demonstrators

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: In a wild struggle outside the Dutch Consulate in Margaret Street, Sydney, at 3 o'clock this afternoon police arrested 13 University students. A crowd of over 3000 gathered watched the melee, which…

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Man Tied Up, Sobbed of Cycle; Story in Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

WOONONA, Friday: At the Bulli Court today two brothers, Harry Bryan, 25, and Richard Mervyn Bryan, 21. were committed for trial…

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Burglary at Tumut

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 1

The premises of E. A. Bourne, timber merchants, Tumut, were burglared on Thursday night and a safe containing money was stolen…

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Prisoner Makes Daring Escape From Albury Gaol Search for Gaol breaker Eases

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 1

The Albury police have abandoned their organised search for Lionel Steven Stere, who escaped from the Albury lockup in the…

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Death of Mr F. Grugeon, Stipendiary Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 1

Mr F. Grugeon, stipendiary magistrate, died last week, in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, aged 57. Mr Grugeon had been in hospital…

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8 Prisoners Escape From Beechworth Gaol

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Eight prisoners escaped from Beechworth prison at midnight after a night warder had been attacked,…

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Students Charged; Sequel to Scene at Dutch Consulate

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Thirteen University students appeared in the Central Court today as a result of the demonstration last Friday…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 2

Ronald Stanley Little, 18, of Forest Hill R.A.A.F. Unit, was toed £1 by Mr. W. Pinlay. S.M., at me Wagga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Police Gendames Clash in Shanghai

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Tuesday: Following a gun-battle with Gendarmes on Sunday, in which eight people were killed and 15 wounded, police yesterday…

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Police Theory on Melbourne Shootings

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Police believe that the shooting at St. Kilda yesterday of Keith Kitchener Hull, 30, has no connection with…

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Police Sergeant J. F. Copeland

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 2

Police Sergeant John Francis Copeland, of Jacarando Avenue. Caring[?]ah passed away in Prince Henry Hospital on 23rd July at the age of…

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Police Truck Parked Near Council Chambers Utter From Solicitors

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 4

A LETTER was received from Messrs. Cater and Dalton at the Council meeting on Thursday night intimating that the…

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Germans Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 3

BERLIN, Tuesday: A British Military Court at Hamburg sentenced Otto Maurer to 15 years' imprisonment for taking part in…

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Hodgetts Leaves Gaol For Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: H. W. Hodgetts, former stockbroker, who was undergoing a sentence of five years over share transactions, is…

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Old Man Acquitted of Alleged Assault in Paddock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 3

A 70-year-old Wagga old-age pensioner, Henry Samuel Turner, was acquitted at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm to his 76-year-old "friend," Joseph Butler,…

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Judge Outspoken on Crime of Robbery and Assault

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 2

Crimes of violence would not be tolerated at Wagga or any other town in his circuit, Judge Berne stated at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday. JUDGE BERNE was comment[?]…

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Judge's Tribute to Police Superintendent

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 2

His Honor Judge Berne paid special tribute to Superintendent Howard, who was formerly to charge of the Wagga police district, at the…

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