Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,374 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 69

U.S. Cash and Violence in Palestine Truman and Hecht Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.): "About the only thing on which unanimous opinion is obtainable in Palestine is the assertion that American money is responsible for the violences in the Holy Land," says Eugene Pulliam,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Say "Man-woman" Took Poison

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Gov­ernment Analyst's report showed that the body of Mrs. Louise Agnes Thompson (38) contained sufficient…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Scone Mystery Police Find Remains Of Strychnine

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Detectives are satisfied that Mrs. Louise Agnes Thompson, 38, who had lived in a humpy for nine months with…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

9-Year-old Boy Charged with Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: A nine-year-old boy has been remanded by the Hoylake Juvenile Court on a charge of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Boxer Not Guilty of Assault

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Central Court today middleweight Boxer, John Thomas Kirkham, 25, was found not guilty of having…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Heavy Motor Traffic Handled by Police

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 2

An idea of tho large attendance at the Show could be gained by the large number of cars parked around the ring and in various parts of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tumut Traders Face the Court

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 2

The Prices Commissiiner inspectors did not miss Tumut when they made their “tour” of the State, and last week, at a Special…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

21 Nazi Leaders Charged with Killing 1,000,000

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Monday (A.A.P.): the world's greatest murder trial opened at Nuremberg today when 21 leaders of the German group…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Students Seek Inquiry Into Police Methods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The University Students' Representative Council tonight rejected a motion that a grant of £25 should be made…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Haifa Police Station Wrecked By Explosion

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Monday: Three British policemen, four Arab policemen and an Arab coffee vendor were killed; three British policemen…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Haifa Police Station Explosion Another Britisher Dies

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 1

HAIFA, Tuesday: The death of another British policeman brought the death roll in Haifa police station explosion to ten, with 77 wounded…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Court of Petty Sessions FRIDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. S. Jones, J.P.) Offensive Behaviour

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 2

William Cole (67) and Royce William Eldridge (25) were charged with behaving in an offensive manner in the yard of the new Criterion Hotel…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Butchers Charged With Obstructing Prices Officer

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two butchers were charged in the Special Federal Court today with having obstructed a Prices officer in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Auctioneer on Charge of Attempted Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: In the City Court today, Robert Woodbine Whinfield, a retired auctioneer, was charged with having wounded…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Motor Transport for Local Police

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

A letter from the Premier's Department to Mr. D. G. Padman, M.L.A., relative to mobile transport for the local police…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

No Restrictions on Drinking Hours of Registered Clubs State Full Court Gives Ruling

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: In a majority verdict the State Full Court today ruled that members of registered clubs are entitled to drink on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Unlawful Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

Alexander Rankin (23). Allen T. Rankin (19) john George Mackaway (34), and Keith Marcus Clark (26) were charged with unlawfully…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Petrol Stealing Case

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

Albert Reginald Starley Pickers gill (36) was charged with that on 22nd June, at Gillenbah, he stole 22 gallons of petrol of the value of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Dawson, Senior, Charged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

The Minister for Justice. Mr. Downing, has authorised the prosecution of Stewart Stewart Dawson, city business man, on a charge of having…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Court of Petty Sessions Monday, September 29 (Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M.) Convicted of Stealing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

Max Roy Thompson (21) was charged with stealing a carburettor and one coil of the value of £5, the property of the N.S.W Government;…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →